The dramatic shift in immigration patterns is discussed. By the end of the 1980s Asian refugees will account for 75.2 percent and Southeast Asians will total 60 percent of immigrants. The new Asians are too often excluded from special programs and scholarships and forced to compete with native-born Asians. (MLW)

Recent recruiting efforts for minority college faculty have amounted to little more than musical chairs, with campuses focusing on hiring minority professors away from each other. Minority-group members need to be steered into undergraduate programs and into graduate school. (MLW)

Qualitative research conducted with 14 Vietnamese American students in Boston (Massachusetts) shows that social exclusion and racial conflict are daily realities. Perspectives of these students challenge the validity of the dominant black-white model that defines public understanding of race relations. (SLD)

Focuses on the implications of lived theory (that is, theory as it is lived and practiced) within the arena of Asian American academic discussion and theorizing. The author highlights the critical issues that need to be addressed in order to bridge the gap between theory and practice and offers suggestions how Asian American Studies can contribute…

Using data from a 1988 national survey of postsecondary faculty, the study compared publication rates for African American, Asian American, and Hispanic faculty with those of Caucasian faculty. Results did not support the frequently advanced claim that fewer minority faculty receive promotion and tenure because of fewer publications. (Author/MSE)

Total institutional enrollments and percentages of American Indians, Asians, African Americans, Hispanics, whites, and foreign students are presented for about 3,100 colleges and universities, organized by state. Overall racial percentages and enrollments, and one-year increases, are also given. (MSE)

Examines the impact of sociodemographic variables on employment retention of 2,078 male and 1,299 female Cambodian, Laotian, Vietnamese, Polish, Romanian, Soviet, and other refugees in greater metropolitan Chicago (Illinois). Labor force participation patterns and experiences are influenced differentially by background characteristics and exposure…

Article reviews literature on women of color, highlighting traditional silence and invisibility in society and sport. It examines topics regarding social and sport experiences of women of color: historical traditions of silence; critical analyses of gender and race; socialization at the intersections of gender, race, and socioeconomic class; and…

Articles and excerpts on diversity in higher education, appearing in issues of the journal from 1969 through 1991, are reprinted here. Topics addressed include higher education's benign neglect of racism, black education, black faculty, ethnic studies (black, Asian American), American Indian students, women's education, and Hispanic American…

Using diverse representative sources, child developmental outcomes (e.g., delinquency and achievement) are studied in black, Hispanic, Asian, and white ethnic groups. Covariance matrices computed for these ethnic groups and compared by a LISREL goodness-of-fit test indicate the similarity of developmental processes for different ethnic and racial…

A study compared productivity for five groups of college faculty: white men (n=3,182), white women (n=1,221), and faculty of African (n=79), Asian (n=120), and Hispanic (n=67) origin. Variables examined include research productivity, contact hours, administrative service, consulting, promotion/tenure standards, job satisfaction, and affirmative…

Explores how religion is a pervasive influence in moral education in both the home and school in Japan, despite an official secular policy. Points out that after 1945 nationalism was replaced by secular social studies. Finds western thought included with Buddhism and Confucianism in government decrees on the curriculum. Places newly reemerging…

Questions the appropriateness of "Asian American" as a term to categorize this heterogeneous combination of cultural groups. It explains how the notion of a common and shared sentiment of unity among the many cultures labeled collectively as Asian Americans may be viewed as an artificial construct. (GLR)

Little is known about the Asian Pacific American (APA) college student, but three problems may have important implications for teaching and learning: communication with and within the population; refugee waves; and generational identity. Educators should consider alternative and more appropriate strategies to avoid neglecting segments of this…

Western social-work interventions must be adapted to empower ethnic minority families. A case study of a Hawaiian family-centered, family-empowering, problem-solving intervention using the Gandhi Technique shows it to be compatible with Asian and Pacific-Islander values. Considerations for culturally competent social work practice with Asian and…