Student perceptions of negative campus climate were predictive of Asian American students' depression levels in spite of students' entering proclivities toward depression and in spite of varying institutional types. Higher education institutions that are perceived by students to discriminate against individuals may put their Asian American…

Hmong refugees in Milwaukee created a literacy program tailored to their cultural learning needs within a vocational-technical institution. Primary ingredients include instructors from the same cultural background, connections between learning and day-to-day survival, attention to significant social needs of students, and strategies consistent…

Examines the 1990 boycott of Korean-owned food stores in Brooklyn by African Americans. Provides background on ethnic conflicts in America, especially those involving Asian Americans. Calls for increased racial and cultural sensitivity in communities and schools. (DM)

Designs guidelines to facilitate communication between predominantly White faculty and minority students in three major areas of interaction: the classroom, academic advising, and evaluation. Finds students mention cultural prescriptions against speaking up. Gives a list of classroom techniques for counseling and evaluation. (NL)

Los Angeles is rapidly becoming more diverse. Its future depends upon whether educational needs can be met and whether public transportation can be developed that ends the isolation of the many "villages" that make up the area and enables them to work together. (EVL)

Compared fertility and menstrual characteristics and contraceptive practices of adolescents in maternal and infant care program. Hmong subjects were more likely to have live birth; Asians were usually married while Whites and Blacks were not. Asians were less likely to have used contraceptives and Hmongs were less likely to choose contraception…

A survey of 536 institutions shows Black, Hispanic, and Asian graduate enrollments outpaced the overall national increase of 2.9 percent, with increases ranging from 8.4 percent to 13.1 percent. American Indians were the only American minority group not increasing its participation. More aggressive recruiting and an improved academic market are…

Discusses how postmodern theories might contribute to the development of Asian American Studies as an intellectual field of inquiry and a vehicle for political and social change. The author explains how the postmodern direction toward inclusion, multiplicity, and heterogeneity is particularly well suited to an analysis of the contemporary Asian…

Discusses Asiacentrism and its place in Asian American Studies, what can be learned from Afrocentrism as a paradigm, and the political and philosophical implications of Asiacentrism. The authors propose the development of an Asiacentric paradigm as a critique of the dominant Eurocentrism in theory-building in Asian American Studies. (GR)

Discusses the increasing presence of Asians in higher education, their domination of the very top of Scholastic Aptitude Test ranks, and why these circumstances may cause racial conservatives to rethink advocating race-blind college admissions. Asian dominance in admissions at the most prestigious universities in the United States and how some…

Examines the psychosocial adaptation of children of immigrants from Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean showing major differences in ethnic self-identification, both among and within groups from diverse national origins. Analyses explore the determinants of assimilative and dissimilative ethnic self-identities and of other aspects of…

Examines and reviews eight young adult novels about Asian Americans, focusing on readability and the portrayal of stereotypes. Discussed are story lines, character development, gender roles, and the conclusion that, in all but one novel, Asian Americans are stereotyped as weak and inferior or as sex objects. (49 references/notes) (EA)

Compared attitudes toward military and civilian jobs among adolescents (n=306). African Americans and Hispanics, but not Asian Americans, had more favorable attitude toward military service than did whites; males viewed military service more favorably than did females. Respondents saw military service as patriotic and providing leadership…

Includes materials selection guidelines and a bibliography for a core collection of books containing appropriate Asian and Asian-American images for school library resource centers. The bibliography lists 80 children's books, arranged by age group and by 11 nationalities. The majority of the books reflect Chinese and Japanese cultures. (KRN)

Using Derald Sue's framework for examining counseling process with racial-ethnic minority clients, develops new model to examine career counseling process with Asian Americans in terms of culturally appropriate and inappropriate process and outcomes. Offers recommendations for culturally appropriate career counseling interventions from this…