Examines the lives of Asian American youth in the U.S. in terms of background, stereotypes, and future aspirations. Points out these youth are setting the educational pace by simply working harder to achieve. Concludes by emphasizing that these "whiz kids" are not a threat to society, but a challenge. (BR)

Discusses tensions between Asian American and Black students on college campuses and describes mutual misconceptions. Many Blacks are uneasy about competing with Asians, whereas Asians resent affirmative action policies which exclude them. Describes efforts by Black and Asian faculty members to bring the two groups together. (DM)

Newspaper coverage of Hispanics is growing as the media strive to attract Hispanic readership. However, the predominantly White-controlled press has generally presented distorted, biased, and stereotyped views of Hispanics. The Hispanic community is making efforts to ensure that reports on its programs and goals are accurate. (Author/MJL)

This second volume of Compact Guides to Information on Urban and Minority Education includes three reports: a review of alternative schools, a report on teaching writing to dialectally different youths, and a bibliography on race and sex stereotyping in children's books. The first report discusses the characteristics, types and outcomes of…

Since the 1960s, the popular press and academic journals have promulgated the stereotype of Asian American success, maintaining that Asian Americans are well educated, that they are disproportionately and hiqhly represented in professional and technical positions, and that they earn salaries equal to or higher than those of majority Americans.…