The validity of the stereotype of Asian-Americans as a "model minority" was examined by analyzing the academic achievement of 94 Asian-American college students. Only the stereotype that Asian American were more likely to major in science was supported. The subjects' academic achievement was not superior to that of matched comparisons.…

The model minority stereotype of Asian Americans is retrospectively analyzed twenty-five years after the author's original study of the issue. The continuing effects of this stereotype in higher education are examined. (Contains 46 references.) (Author)

This research anthology is the fifth volume in a series sponsored by the Special Interest Group-Research on the Education of Asian and Pacific Americans (SIG-REAPA) of the American Educational Research Association and National Association for Asian and Pacific American Education. This series explores and examines the patterns of Asian parents'…

A report of some effects of updating the adjective check-list in a follow-up of Katz and Braly's pioneer study of sterotyping, confirms that students possess sterotypes even though they may not make use of them or feel that their judgments are affected by them. (Author/KM)

Investigated presence of occupational stereotypes in ratings by 194 White college students of 16 occupations identified in literature as representative of Asian-White group differences. Determined both positive and negative stereotypes were found across race and gender groupings. (Author/ABL)

Similar to other Asian American students, Southeast Asian American students are often stereotyped by the popular press as hardworking and high-achieving model minorities. On the other hand, Southeast Asian American youth are also depicted as low-achieving high school dropouts involved in gangs. The realities of academic performance and persistence…

Conducted prior to September 11, 2001, this qualitative study explored the perceptions and experiences of seven women who veiled on a large college campus in the Midwest. With national origins ranging from Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt, to the United States, some participants reevaluated and subsequently unveiled due to their college experiences.…

The article offers seven basic hypotheses regarding the nature of the perceptual and cognitive underpinnings of stereotyping, and discusses the theoretical basis and empirical evidence for each. Subjects were 21 college students of mixed sex and race. (Author/MP)

A methodology for stereotype research, including an experimental paradigm and an analytic method, is presented. The paradigm involves the collection of three different types of similarities data concerning ethnic groups and rating-scale adjectives. (Author/DEP)

American college students (N=77) enrolled in a semester-at-sea program rated four target groups before and after exposure in their own national settings, on a rating instrument designed to discriminate between descriptive and evaluative judgments in stereotyping. The greatest change was in the stereotypic profile of the English. (Author)

Explores collective action among Asian Americans participating in a panethnic organization. Notes forms of discrimination faced by Asian American students along with collective action designed to challenge the campus racial climate. Discusses three dimensions of paethnicity: political, cultural, and social. (Contains 56 references.) (GCP)

Forty Mexican American and Anglo American university students were asked to rate 5 common Anglo American and 5 common Mexican American female names on a semantic differential. Divided into 4 groups based on sex and ethnic background, respondents were between 18 and 25 years of age and all claimed El Paso (Texas) as their primary residence for the…

This study examined the race-class stereotypes of black and white college students in terms of the class of blacks and whites being stereotyped and the race and perceived class of the subjects (80 black and 74 white college students). (CM)