AMERICAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE CONFRONTED WITH THE NECESSITY OF TEACHING ABOUT PREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION AS FACTS OF LIFE, AS CONDITIONS WHICH PREVENT THE FULL DEVELOPMENT OF EVERY PERSON, AND AS PROBLEMS WHICH MUST BE SOLVED IF DEMOCRACY IS TO FUNCTION HERE AND BE ACCEPTED AROUND THE WORLD. AN OUTLINE ON THE SUBJECTS OF PREJUDICE AND…

MAN IS A SOCIAL BEING, HE CANNOT LIVE ALONE. AT THE CRITICAL MOMENTS OF HIS EXISTENCE HE NEEDS THE SUPPORT AND INVOLVEMENT OF A GROUP. THE QUESTION ARISES AS TO WHETHER IT SHALL BE ONE SINGLE GROUP IMPOSED UPON HIM, OR WHETHER HE SHALL BE ABLE TO CHOOSE FROM INDIVIDUAL INCLINATIONS. THIS QUESTION OF UNITY OR UNIFORMITY HAS BEEN ANSWERED IN…

Intended as both a theoretical and practical analysis of interpersonal communication, this four-part book presents a framework for communication education and proposes methods for classroom implementation. After an overview of new directions in communication education, the book outlines the foundations of communication education, discusses…

Strong positive identification with a specific group is potentially both functional and dysfunctional for the solidarity of an encompassing larger social system. The impact of strong ethnic group identification upon societal integration is here explored by analyzing data obtained from 515 Negroes as part of the Cornell Studies in Intergroup…

An inservice training program was conducted by the New York City Board of Education in a school district in the South Bronx section of the city with an ethnic minority pupil population of 68 percent. The objectives were to improve intergroup relations, to help teachers to respond positively to problems posed by desegregation, and to gain parent…

Dance has often been a significant part of a cultural heritage. Most of the religious organizations which were formed just after the United States achieved its independence, however, rejected many European religious customs, including dance. Despite this, the Mormon church not only allowed dance, but advocated and sponsored it. Dance was an…

The norms and structure of student subcultures in a public alternative "high school without walls" in a large city are explored. The focus is on the attitudes of subculture members toward the innovative educational program and toward intergroup relations. The strengths and weaknesses of various research methodologies are investigated by…

Historically, the dominant culture in the United States has, consciously or inadvertently, attempted to assimilate minority cultures -- hence, the term "melting pot". Yet despite several centuries of systematic Americanization, there remains a definite cultural mosaic in the United States. In the post-Melting Pot Era, such terms as…

This monograph attempts to explore and explain communication between different racial groups within the scope of existing communication theory. The question of race and culture as variables in effective verbal interaction is again raised. No solutions are presented but basic problems are pointed out. An account of some characteristics of…

To effect a system of university governance in which a broad range of opinion may be brought to bear on policy issues and in which differences of opinion within and among groups may be heard, Princeton University's Special Committee on the Structure of the University has proposed the establishment of the Council of the Princeton University…

This paper suggests that the traditional role of school counselor and that of the organizational specialist could be made to fit into a single job description that should be the emerging role of the counselor of tomorrow. Rather than viewing the role of organizational specialist as still another expectation, the authors see it as a natural fit…

Contents of this book include: (1) "Introduction: race and educational opportunity," Meyer Weinberg; (2) "Project 'Unique' and efforts to eliminate racial imbalance in Rochester, New York," Herman R. Goldberg and Raymond S. Iman; (3) "Project 'Apex': magnet schools for enrichment and exchange in Los Angeles," Albert…

This paper examines conditions which influence the emergence of patterns of informal segregation among students in a desegregated elementary school in the South. Of particular interest is the role of the school structure in cross-color relationships, especially in those circumstances under which the color barrier seems to dissolve. (Author/EB)

Analysis of seating patterns in a newly integrated middle school suggests that while race is an important grouping criterion, sex is a more important criterion; and girls show more racial aggregation than boys. Racial aggregation decreased over time in seventh grade, but increased in eighth grade, perhaps due to academic grouping. (Author/MV)

Discusses the nature of bilingual education, the four types of bilingual education programs, the rationale for bilingual education, the possible influence of bilingual education upon language teaching and language learning, extra societal and external societal influences upon language teaching, the relationship of bilingual education to…