Over a 3-year period, the National Inclusive Camp Practices (NICP) project examined camp practices and youth outcomes at 14 resident camps and outdoor schools that fully integrate youth with disabilities into their programs. These outdoor programs were predominantly 1 week long. Data on camp practices and on 742 participating youth with and…

A regional and State analysis of minority group admissions (men, black students, students of Spanish-speaking background, and American Indian or Oriental background) to RN and LPN/LVN schools of nursing in 1971-72 is tabulated and discussed. (DS)

The evidence indicates that while considerable acculturation has taken place, even the third generation of Japanese Americans still retains certain characteristics of the more traditional Japanese family system. (Author)

Examined here is the theory of ethnocentrism, competition, and differential power leading to a stratification of power within a region or unit of people. (JB)

Argues that pluralistic societies, characterized by the number of blocs, recency of colonial rule, and existence of several religious minorities, are not in essence racialist; racialism arises out of pluralism when one group has a powerful advantage over other groups, as in the U.S., South Africa, and Brazil. (RJ)

Critical analysis of the new school of commentators who have declared that the social problems ignored in the 1950s are less serious than they seem, that nothing is wrong with America that lowering of objectives would not solve, and that the country will be in worse shape if people keep trying to solve these social problems. (RJ)

It is concluded that most older men are married, while most older women are widows. Widowhood breaks many societal ties. With nine million in the U.S., widows are a significant social group, with numerous implications. (SD)

In a paper prepared for the conference on "Migration and Behavioral Deviance, November 4-8, 1968, Dorado Beach, Puerto Rico, the author compares "the attitudes of Mexican American adolescents who were born and reared or whose parents were born and reared in the United States with those adolescents who migrated or whose parents migrated…

Speech given before the 101st Annual Meeting of the American Association of School Administrators, Atlantic City, N.J., February 18, 1969.

In 1670 the British parliament granted a charter giving the Hudson's Bay Company a monopolistic right to trade furs in the lands draining into the Hudson and James Bays; this enactment would alter permanently the way of life of the native inhabitants of the fur-rich lands. The first fur trading post was Moose Factory. (ERB)

This essay focuses on an analysis of the relationships among the educational institution, the mode of economic production, and the labor force. Class is considered an important factor in the dominant mode of production. Social classes are produced in a capitalist society by their position in the division of labor. The educational system reproduces…

Describes the development, nature, and potential contributions of refugee community organizations in the resettlement of Indochinese refugees. (Author/GC)

Describes the process of integrating the aged deaf, a disabled group, into a senior-center setting. It was found that integration helps to maintain identity, encourages the development of group consciousness, and enhances feelings of self-determination. (Author)

Stresses the importance of cultural pluralism, community cooperation and involvement, state support, teacher preparation, integrated staff and classrooms, good counseling, and racial fairness, for the achievement of integrated education. (Author/GC)