A description of an intervention program designed to improve integration between Black and White high school students in presented here. The seven-session format is described. The program could be used by guidance counselors, teachers, churches, correctional officers, and others. Best results occur with no more than 30 participants and the program…

Explains that racial separation causes cultural separation, and the way to improve race relations is to continue to move toward integration. Discusses the need to debunk race, examining racial issues in education. Highlights the importance of actively supporting integration and opposing separatism, explaining that for there to be social progress,…

"Harvard Education Letter" is published bimonthly by the Harvard Graduate School of Education. This issue of "Harvard Education Letter" contains the following articles: (1) Charting a New Course toward Racial Integration: Districts Seek Legal Routes to Capture the Benefits of Diversity (Brigid Schulte); (2) Voluntary Integration: Two Views--(a)…

The authors study the impact of conflict and school desegregation in 91 northern cities. The findings indicate that cities with militant black population and school boards with a high level of internal conflict are more likely to have desegregation. However, civil rights demonstrations and grass roots anti-integration activity by whites seem to be…

An examination of the merits of integrated school systems with respect to academic impact, the potential for improving race relations and the likelihood of bettering life opportunities for black students. Recent critiques of school integration are also evaluated. The tentative evidence is that interracial education, especially when implemented…

This study is concerned with the participation by Negroes in public recreation programs in 24 suburban communities in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, and the five boroughs of New York City. It is a broadly descriptive study of the activities in which Negroes of all ages participate, as well as of administrative practices and problems…

Antecedents and correlates of interracial behavior among high school students were assessed. Separate questionnaires were prepared for white and black students so that specific items referred explicitly to members of one's own race or to members of the other race. These questionnaires were completed by 750 students in an integrated high school…

With the possible exception that defacto segregation and other factors have hindered integration more in the large cities, the success of integration efforts cannot be related to variations in community size. A clearly significant variable has been the commitment, steadfastness and skill in community relations of the school superintendent. Other…

The significance of race is increasing, especially for middle class blacks who, because of school desegregation, affirmative action, and other integration programs are coming into direct contact with whites for the first time for extended interaction. (Author/AM)

Discusses recent research bearing on the interrelationship of desegregation and the movement of people, mainly students. Reviews studies covering two states, 3 cities, and one county, examines a study of segregation in suburbs, and updates the general arguments about desegregation and white flight. (Author/AM)

Discusses integration from the point of view of the black student on a predominantly white campus. (GB)