Students' reflections about their experiences teaching an introductory course in Asian American studies at the University of California, Berkeley. (Author/AM)

Notes that the Chinese Revolution is a complicated subject to teach. On top of the issue of a western versus a third world perspective, and the issue of whether China has anything in common with most of the formerly colonized world, one must come to terms with a Marxist perspective and its influence on Asian thinkers. (Author/AM)

Investigates the influence of racial and ethnic composition of labor markets on earnings inequalities among Black, Hispanic, and Asian males of differing levels of education. Results showed a loss of income for all groups with greater proportional losses among workers with more education. (JDH)

The Suinn-Lew Asian Self Identity Acculturation Scale (SL-ASIA) is modeled after a successful scale for Hispanics. Initial reliability and validity data are reported for two samples of Asian subjects from two states. (Author/BS)

Reports the findings of a 10-year study that examined the continuing conflicts between poor Blacks and Southeast Asian refugees in the United States. Focuses on two areas, economics and race, and argues that government policy has done much to inflame the conflict. Argues that the current refugee policies are diluting already inadequate social…

Examined the relationship of sex-role identity to occupational attainment, self-esteem, and work satisfaction for 161 employed Asian American women. Androgynous Asian American women and those with a high level of occupational attainment had a higher level of self-esteem and a greater degree of work satisfaction than those with other types of…

Scholars have failed to develop theoretical and methodological tools for understanding Asian Americans. However, the issues are not totally ignored since there is a growing number of writers, historians, and poets who are producing promising works outside of the liberal tradition. Examples of authors and enriching works are presented. (VM)

The minority presence on boards of trustees is too small to have a significant impact on redirecting policy and funding support programs for minorities. Minority trustees have a responsibility to prod members to increase the minorities on campus and to make trustees aware of the implications of new demographic projections. (MLW)

Discusses how increasing interest in books by and about Asian Americans has encouraged publishing in this area. (SRT)

Discusses problems of Southeast Asians adjusting to American culture and their new roles. Sources of stress and conflict for adults, adolescents, and young children suggest possible plans of action for teachers and counselors. (SA)

A review of research literature on the mathematics education of Asian-American students indicates that their achievement in mathematics has been relatively high. However, the effects of the recent wave of immigration from Asia have not been identified. (MNS)

Compared Vietnamese and Anglo-American students' (N=74) attitudes toward counseling and their preferences for help providers using a four-part questionnaire. Results indicated that Vietnamese students held less positive feelings toward counseling than the Anglo-American students. Both groups rated friends first as help providers. (JAC)

Reviews Vietnamese Studies in American universities, and stresses the problems of Vietnamese scholars who are usually refugees and thus face research problems resulting from the language barrier. Presents an overview of literature from this field, and describes research areas into which it might expand. (KH)

Examined the view that Asian Americans are nonassertive and that they display differential assertiveness depending on situational variables. Results indicated that Chinese-American and Caucasian subjects (N=76) were equally assertive on all behavior measures. Race of the experimenter was not an important variable in the performance of Asian…