The objectives of this institute were to provide: a community forum; and unhurried setting; a team approach for experienced teachers to share knowledge; community analysis; and, service for more teachers from a larger geographic area in their pursuit of good human relations between black and white school personnel. Large group demonstrations were…

Investigates the causal dynamics underlying the negative relationship between occupational income and concentrations of minority (female and black male) workers: regression analyses of 1950 through 1970. Census data on detailed occupations indicate that competition and segregation are race or sex specific processes. (Author/JM)

Criticisms of interorganizational relations research (IOR) and theory are discussed, as well as the assertion that use of existing community perspectives would help to eliminate some of the criticisms. A series of propositions regarding conflict and cooperation are developed from an analysis of selected community and IOR literature. Available data…

The data, coupled with the data associated with perceptions of same race stimulus persons of unknown beliefs, suggest that at least for the subjects in the present study who had a history of interaction with persons of the other race, knowledge of race alone was not sufficient to predict propensity towards prejudice. (Author/AM)

Reports on eight high schools in Chicago's black neighborhoods which attract a significant number of white students from neighborhoods and suburbs outside their immediate areas. Most are Catholic or private schools, but one is public. (Author/AM)

Examines the effects of individual-, dyadic-, group-, and classroom-level variables on cross-race friendship choices. Analysis shows that a student's environment creates both constraints on and opportunities for interracial friendships. Constraints and opportunities affect both black and white students. (PS)

In an attempt to clarify the confusion about the teaching of morality in the classroom, the author discusses the distinction between the concepts of morality and convention. Young children can distinguish between rules and moral principles, and successful moral discussion is more likely to occur in classrooms employing cooperative goal structures.…

Two studies compared effects of different levels of cooperation (cooperative controversy, cooperative debate, individualistic; and intergroup cooperation vs intergroup competition) on cross-handicap interaction among 123 intermediate grade students (normal or learning/behavior disordered). Pure cooperation promoted more frequent cross-handicap…

The Punjabi Education Project was a collaborative research effort involving a Sikh community in California, a school district, a community organization, and an educational anthropologist. The project aimed to improve relations between the ethnic and mainstream groups at a local high school and simultaneously to improve educational performance…

Analyzes the intergroup relations in Japanese society and Japan's educational system. Challenges the view that Japan is a homogeneous society by presenting the various forms of discrimination against Koreans, Ainu, and the burakumin. Suggests that despite ostracism and isolation, groups can affect public policy and achieve social advancement. (SA)

Reports on an international conference of human rights professionals held in 1982. Topics covered include ethnicity, intergroup relations, migration, immigration, emigration, and women's rights. (KH)

Explores effectiveness of interorganizational networks for impacting on public policy at local level. Examines efforts of community organizations in Columbus, Ohio, to increase citizen participation in school desegregation. Urges that resource sharing become the norm in community action. (RDN)

Although interorganizational collaboration is becoming increasingly significant as a means of achieving organizational objectives, it is not an easy process to implement. Drawing on the work of authors with extensive experience, an accessible introduction to the theory and practice of creating collaborative advantage is presented in this volume.…

There are certain threats to the Jew's ethnicity, and factors in his ecological setting motivate his anxiety. (DM)

Presents a theoretical discussion analyzing and explaining the use of group methods in feeding back diagnostic data to organizations, illustrating a new peer group--intergroup model with a study of senior officers at a bank. (Author/JM)