The purpose of this study was the examination of the Albuquerque Model Cities Library Materials and Cultural Centers and of their impact upon the community they serve. This was not a traditional cost/benefit study although it contains many of the aspects of such an analysis. The area served by the Centers is an area of relatively poor persons of…

To understand the library attitudes of Mexican Americans, it is imperative to present the differences between Mexican Americans and Anglos. To sharpen the distinctions, the differences between the values and attitudes of a Mexican-American boy and an Anglo boy are compared. (15 references) (Author/NH)

The purpose of this study was to determine whether a difference exists between the grade achievement of Mexican American and Anglo college students. The study was conducted at the University of Texas at El Paso. A stratified random sample of 480 students equally divided between Anglos and Mexican Americans was drawn from unmarried full-time…

The specific goals of this study were: (1) to develop a survey instrument for both the English and Spanish speaking that would be understood easily and be nonthreatening; (2) through the use of community representatives, select "items" to be included in the questionnaire that would be particularly relevant to the needs and problems of…

Significant differences in child rearing practices do exist among Papago Indian, Mexican-American, and Anglo mothers. (MH)

The report is on the socioeconomic condition of rural people within a selected area in the United States. The information was provided by 1,413 sample households in the rural areas of 125 counties in the Ozarks region of Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. The study included Whites, Indians, and Negroes within the region. Based on household size and…

Cities, as centers of urban culture, have not successfully met the special needs of the urban poor or of the rural poor who have migrated to the cities. A new strategy recommends that the poor (black or white) would be in a better position to break the poverty cycle if they were able to create their own "implanted communities" outside of existing…

In the face of previous evidence that academic achievement for disadvantaged adolescents either remains stationary or declines the most significant finding of the present study was the evidence that on no criterion measure did any ethnic group do significantly less well on the after test. (Author)

Young children prefer to match in terms of color rather than form, and between the ages of 4 and 7 years they shift to a preference for form. A current explanation posits that the shift is an adaptive response by the young child to classroom stimuli, which stresses attention to form. In order to test this hypothesis, 120 children (5- and…

THE CULTURALLY DIFFERENT PUPIL IS DISTINGUISHED FROM THE CULTURALLY DISADVANTAGED IN THIS ESSAY. THE SINGLE-CULTURAL ORIENTATION OF MOST AMERICAN SCHOOLS HAS CREATED EDUCATIONAL DISADVANTAGES FOR MANY STUDENTS. THE CULTURALLY DIFFERENT STUDENT WHO DOESN'T FIT INTO THE MONO-CULTURAL SCHOOL RETALIATES BY WITHDRAWAL, WHEREUPON HE IS LABELED AS…

The bibliography cites 169 books and articles, published between 1928 and 1967, on the problems of southwestern minority groups. A selected list of 69 professional books for teachers and adult students from different cultural backgrounds is included. Both lists are author-indexed. In addition, a motion picture series, a newspaper, and 6 resource…

In Fall 1971, this exploratory study investigated the association between socioeconomic characteristics of participants in selected manpower programs and the training outcomes for those participants. The 2 manpower training programs were the Job Opportunities in the Business Sector (JOBS) and a Manpower Development and Training Act (MDTA) program.…

The purpose of this 1966 study was to explore the relationships between minority groups and selected governmental agencies in Colorado in order to determine if discrimination was practiced in the agencies. A 2-part study was designed. The first part was restricted to the Denver area and was structured to determine which governmental agencies…

The doctoral dissertation compared intelligence, general ability, and reading achievement of 735 Negro, Anglo, and Spanish-surnamed first-graders from the San Antonio Independent School District. Intelligence and general ability were measured by pretest. The "Goodenough-Harris Draw-A-Man Test" was used to test intelligence and "The Inter-American…