The author suggests that P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, has had a favorable effect on the education of resettled Vietnamese students in New Orleans. Unlike past experiences with culturally diverse students, the Vietnamese situation is considered primarily a social and lingual issue, with special class placement not a…

It is argued that high academic achievement among Vietnamese refugee and immigrant students is, in some part, the reflection of a survival strategy that has been employed over centuries of Vietnamese confrontations with more powerful peoples. Historical circumstances have reinforced a Vietnamese belief that a causal link exists between the…

The paper explores the effects of industrialization on objectives and content of education for women. Three groups of women serve as examples--Jewish women who immigrated from unindustrialized areas of Europe to the growing industrial economy of early 20th century United States; Ghanaian women who function in a dual economy historically and…