Using a personal self-disclosing format, relates two graduate students' experiences with multicultural training. Narrates each student's story and then offers three points that expand on an article that examines multicultural training for White students in counseling psychology, such as the trainer's need to balance support and confrontation. (RJM)

Census data were used to test various hypotheses about growing Latino concentration and economic deterioration in rural California communities and found factors related to both Latino inmigration and White outmigration. Public policy implications are discussed relative to improving ethnic relations and building human capital to support economic…

The emphasis on the individual in Western culture has blinded us to how social relationships affect literacy acquisition and, conversely, how literacy transforms these relationships. This article deals with the literacy practices, specifically, letter writing, of Lithuanian immigrants who arrived in the United States during the end of the 19th…

This paper reports on a correlational study of the relationship between adolescent alienation, demographic variables, and school variables. Participants were 466 students including Hispanics, Native Americans, and Whites from 4 public high schools in a Southwestern state. Students completed Mackey's Adolescent Alienation Scale and Ahlgren's…

Response patterns to the Raven Coloured Progressive Matrices (CPM) were analyzed for a sample of 203 Hispanic and 254 Anglo first- through fifth-grade children from a rural school district in southern Colorado. Gender distributions were nearly equal. Gender and ethnic differences were examined within the context of determining whether the CPM…

This two-part investigation attempted to formulate culturally sensitive definitions of desirable and undesirable attachment behavior. Participants were 3 sociocultural groups of 16 mothers each: middle-class Anglo mothers, lower-class Anglo mothers, and lower-class Puerto Rican mothers living on the U.S. mainland. All mothers had at least 1 child…

The study determined whether Navajo parents of handicapped students reported similar knowledge of legal and educational information related to special education in comparison with Anglo parents, and the extent to which both cultural groups had knowledge of their handicapped childrens' educational rights. Twenty-two Anglo and 19 Navajo parents…

This study compared the perceptions held by Mexican-American secondary school students with those held by their Anglo-American peers toward the climate of their classrooms. The objectives of the study were to identify any differences in student perceptions and to examine the relationships between school climate perceptions, academic achievement,…

In a pilot study undertaken with the students and faculty members at the campus of Eastern New Mexico University, a cross-cultural survey was taken to determine whether levels of physical aggression in childrearing practices varied between cultural groups. Specifically, spanking as a form of discipline was studied among groups of 13…

The dental utilization patterns of Chicanos and Anglos were compared using several socio-demographic variables to explain any differences or similarities existing between the two groups. Data for this study were part of an extensive household survey conducted in Pima County, Arizona, to obtain information on various health indicators concerning…

A PILOT PROGRAM STUDIED PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN EDUCATING MIGRANT CHILDREN, RECOMMENDED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, AND IMPLEMENTED EXPERIMENTAL SUMMER SCHOOLS. TECHNIQUES USED TO ARRIVE AT CONCLUSIONS PERTAINING TO BOTH REGULAR AND SUMMER SCHOOL NEEDS FOR ANGLO AND SPANISH-SPEAKING MIGRANTS INCLUDED A SURVEY, A QUESTIONNAIRE WITH INTERVIEWS, AN ANALYSIS…

THE CALIFORNIA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS TO DETERMINE IF THE RACIAL AND ETHNIC COMPOSITION OF EMPLOYEES WAS CONFORMING WITH STATE LAW. AT THE K-12 LEVEL ABOUT 75 PERCENT OF THE STUDENTS IN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE OF THE ANGLO CAUCASIAN GROUP. MEMBERS OF THAT GROUP HOLD 91 PERCENT OF THE…

THE SCHOOLS ARE ACCUSED OF HAVING FAILED IN EDUCATING THE MEXICAN AMERICAN CHILD. ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS UNDERLYING THIS FAILURE IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO AN ANGLO AMERICAN POINT OF VIEW WHICH DISCOURAGES DIVERSE CULTURES IN OUR SOCIETY. THIS SAME POINT OF VIEW REFLECTS THE NOTION THAT THE AMERICAN CULTURE IS SUPERIOR TO ALL OTHER CULTURAL BACKGROUNDS.…

The validity is questioned of testing the intelligence of Mexican Americans via intelligence tests constructed for Anglo Americans. An overview is included of the literature concerned with the comparability of intelligence scores. Critiques are presented of 9 current studies utilizing intelligence test scores of Mexican Americans and Anglo…

Mexican American and Anglo secondary school teacher perceptions of Mexican American students were investigated and compared. The instrument used to retrieve the data was administered to 112 teachers in the three Dona Ana (N.M.) county school districts. Six constructs resulted from the factor analysis of the instrument, namely, achievement, time…