Examines the response of America's education system to the Hmong, a closely-knit, agricultural, tribal people of Laos. This situation is a case study of the system's capacity for accommodating cultural diversity and considering the neediest of students. (LHW)

Hispanic, Cape Verdean, and Haitian students, unlike European immigrant children, do not have equal educational opportunity in Massachusetts public schools. Bilingual education alone is insufficient to prepare students for the challenges they must meet in order to take advantage of opportunities available in secondary and higher education. (GC)

Presents an interview with Nathan Glazer, professor of Education and Sociology at Harvard University. Discusses such civil right-related issues as the ascendance of minority interests in American politics; the question of whether affirmative action has helped Blacks; and the advancement of new immigrants to the United States. (KH)

Analyzes educational policy and intergroup relations regarding the three major aspects and modes of pluralism in Israel: (1) Oriental-Sephardi and Western-Ashkenazi Jews (assimilation); (2) religious and nonreligious Jews (multiculturalism); and (3) Israeli-Arabs and Jews (separatism). Finds that little progress has been made in solving problems…

Policy considerations that affect immigrant ethnic minorities in the Netherlands are addressed by the articles in this volume. The articles cover the following topics: (1) the recent history of migration and general outline of government policy toward immigrant groups; (2) housing and the concentration or dispersal of ethnic group populations; (3)…

Examines the effect of recent immigration on the following areas: (1) employment in higher education; (2) school desegregation; (3) public-sector employment; (4) voting rights; and (5) Congressional reapportionment. Discusses affirmative action protection for legal and illegal immigrants. (FMW)

The Clinton administration has placed equal, accessible education of immigrants at the top of its agenda for 21st-century American schools. This paper examines the initiative, discussing criticism it has already drawn. For example, there are doubts as to whether providing more money for bilingual education without proper monitoring and evaluation…

This pamphlet discusses the situation of ethnic minorities--particularly those of Caribbean, Asian, or African origin--in the United Kingdom. Following introductory material, the background to immigration in Britain is described and the numbers and geographic distribution of the different ethnic groups are discussed. Next comes a general…