The annotated bibliography is intended to inform those concerned with personnel guidance, recruiting, and hiring in industry, research, education, and government about the available publications relating to the employment of Black, Mexican American, Puerto Rican, and American Indian engineers. To facilitate its usefulness, the bibliography is…

Father absence is a growing phenomenon in urban areas. Although both black and white children from low income families are affected, the great rise in father absence rates has been in black families. Three studies of the effect of father absence upon the academic achievement of urban elementary school children are presented in this paper. In the…

This report reviews recent population and manpower projections and examines how they take into account certain unexpected shifts in demographic, social, and economic behavior. It also assesses how well the particular circumstances, trends, and problems of the nation's major minority groups have been brought into the purview of the projection…

The articles in this journal issue explore various aspects of the teaching of composition. Topics include the types of activities and research that rhetoricians will be doing in the future, areas in which composition research is needed, dealing with dialect differences in the composition classroom, and helping students to develop their writing…

Family and demographic factors, such as parental deviance, disturbed homes, delinquent siblings, and poverty, are useful predictors that some form of childhood deviance will occur. They are not sufficiently specific, however, in predicting its quantity, variety or type. In this paper evidence is sought which would explain deviance in children as…

This document describes a course in the teaching of reading for content-area teachers, which has been offered at Temple University since 1970. It was designed to help English, science, and social studies teachers meet state certification requirements in reading. The theoretical base of the course is psycholinguistic, with a major emphasis upon…

This publication includes a study essay that discusses numerous ways in which the English language reflects and promotes racism. Among the topics discussed are black/white color symbolism, terms that reflect obvious bigotry, terms that reflect ethnocentrism on the part of white people, politics and terminology, and "loaded" terms that are used to…

A survey of parent attitudes toward desegregation of Chicago (Illinois) public schools was conducted among black, Hispanic and white parents in Chicago. Findings showed no significant difference in responses between the three ethnic groups. Parents favored school desegregation in general, but rejected busing and mandatory desegregation programs in…

As part of an ongoing effort to prepare librarians and media specialists for work in a multi-ethnic society, the School of Library Service at Atlanta University sponsored a conference in April of 1978 on library programs and materials relating to the life styles, cultures, and histories of Native American, African American, Hispanic American, and…

This report discusses the results of a study of children's spelling errors to determine whether vernacular black English (VBE) speakers and standard English speakers (SE) infer different underlying phonological representations according to their respective dialects. Subjects included two groups of beginning second graders from schools in two…

The extent of housing need among ethnic minorities in Great Britain is examined in terms of their concentration in areas of poor housing, local government policies on allocation of housing to minorities, proportions of shared dwellings, and lack of housing amenities. Local government renting policies are discussed, showing the need to change…

Data on the nutritional quality of Hawaiian children's diet, arranged by age and ethnic group, are presented in this paper. The data are drawn from a random sampling of the diets of 890 students. Tables show mean nutritional intake and the percent of calories from protein, carbohydrate and fat for elementary, junior high and senior high school…

This study sought to determine the perceived, relative importance of fifteen second generation desegregation issues as viewed by randomly selected school staff participants in Mid Atlantic Appalachian Race Desegregation Assistance Center workshops. It also attempted to assess whether there were significant differing perceptions among the…

Recent national data were used to examine the impact of individual and institutional variables on the ability of race and sex groups to complete a four year college degree program promptly (within three or four consecutive years) versus six to seven years. The results showed that black students were less successful than whites in prompt and in…

The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) is the most widely used personality assessment instrument in law enforcement agencies today. Race-related differences on MMPI validity and clinical scales have been the subject of much debate and research in recent years. Male correction officer candidates (N=395) of white, Black and Hispanic…