Through efforts to interpret and condemn the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, the experience of internees themselves has been neglected. To clarify the experience, the author has focused on the internees in faculty seminars and in history classes at the University of California Los Angeles. (SLD)

A university professor describes the relationship he experienced with his daughter, and her relationship with the man who murdered her and then committed suicide. A special-education professor reacts by discussing prevention and intervention as the keys to survival. The father states that he plans to use this tragedy to help troubled youth. (MKA)

The personal statements of several established scholars and their adult children who have also entered academe suggest several reasons for the children choosing a profession similar to that of their parents, and also examine the nature of the relationship between parent and child and the perspectives of each on the profession. (MSE)

The author had been teaching English at Pierce Community College in Tacoma, Washington, since 1973 when, in the early 1980s, their department was told that current laws demanded their hiring an American Indian to fill a full-time position that had opened. The search committee, she felt, made an excellent decision when they selected Dr. James…

This collection of essays blends autobiography and literary criticism to examine conflicts currently raging around feminism, multiculturalism, and political correctness, both on college campuses and on the larger American scene. The collection begins by probing key experiences of "growing up white and female" in the 50s and 60s and then…

For two working-class academics/editors, the book they co-edited, "This Fine Place So Far from Home: Voices of Academics from the Working Class," is a working-class book masquerading as a traditional scholarly work. Over 100 submissions were received for the collection, and most were autobiographical and did not resemble scholarly essays…

This paper describes the development of a course in Chicano/Latino psychology by a professor of a mixed Chicano and Anglo ethnic background at Washington State University. The course objectives include: examination of the current psychosocial literature related to Chicano/Latino populations; issues of acculturation and ethnic identity; the…

A review of literature concerning the relationship between college teaching and faculty research activities looks at the historical and organizational origins of faculty work, then examines three approaches in the literature: (1) personal commentaries; (2) correlations of effectiveness and productivity measures; and (3) faculty attitude and…

An American Indian faculty member at the University of California, Los Angeles, during the occupation of Alcatraz Island describes his college years without Native peers or professors, his own and his students' involvement in the occupation, details of the landing on the island, role of the media, and his struggles with the personal costs and…

Interviews and biographical sketches of 16 minority students and teachers of German at 3 universities and 1 school district are reported. The process of acquiring the language and becoming familiar with a foreign culture unites these individuals of otherwise diverse ethnicity, background, and experience. (Author/LB)

Through diary entries and written reflections, two educators chronicle and comment on a two-week summer seminar for college faculty on use of the case method as a teaching technique. Discussion focuses on the stresses and rewards of the experience at all levels of participation. (MSE)

Life in the academy is a complex and difficult journey. Future faculty must learn how to adapt and grow because the landscape of their career and higher education will constantly change. We are honored that Dr. Dan Landers asked us to contribute our thoughts regarding future faculty preparation and the Arizona State University (ASU) Preparing…

On December 12, 2000, one of the top three headlines on the front page of the "Anchorage Daily News" ("ADN") read, "Student Attacks Professor's Poem." The subtitle read, ""Indian Girls" described as racist, insulting." One of the two primary photos on the front page that garnered attention was the…

Using the ERIC system, a library search of textbooks, publications from school administrator associations, and the recommendations of educators and researchers, the authors survey the literature from 1970 through 1981 on the principalship, especially on educational leadership and administrative practices. They identify two types of…

"Sketches of Innovators in Education" is a collection of articles in which Indiana State University faculty and staff members discuss their experiences developing courses and teaching with educational technologies. This edition features a special section written by graduate student employees of the University's Faculty Computing Resource…