Information from (1) questionnaires completed by present and former students, parents, educators, and business men, (2) government agency reports, (3) school records, and (4) agricultural employer surveys in 24 geographic areas which included all the counties (1) determined the need for additional occupational training, (2) identified major…

Public debate between Euro-American seniors and minority speakers on the educational needs of the Hispanic-American community in upstate New York is examined. Differing views of group identity emerge, and reasons for the social and educational status of the ethnic minority are presented. Also examined are reasons for conflict over multicultural…