U.S. higher education institutions are enrolling increasing numbers of long-term immigrant students, who belong to Generation 1.5. Essentially beginning college while still in the process of learning English, these students often struggle in higher education, and they present new challenges to college writing instructors. This study explored the…

This paper presents an empirical study of the social situations of first year Chinese students in one UK University. The study used in-depth interviews and constructivist grounded theory to investigate the social situations of 19 foundation, undergraduate and postgraduate students in 2004-05. This exploratory approach was informed by Siu's…

This article seeks to articulate developing trends in art education and practice, locating such movements within the broader cultural contexts of globalization, neoliberal capitalism, and postmodernity. Against this more general synopsis, the autobiographical position of the author as a student and teacher of art will be elucidated as inextricably…

A disabled person speaks about the culture of disability and the threat that this concept makes to the world of "normality." He stresses the need to recognize the inherent value of disabled people as persons and the importance of enabling disability culture to be one of the many strands in a multicultural society. (SK)

The first three of these books are attempts by numerous writers to describe, analyze, explain, castigate and remedy the present wave of commercialized pornography in advanced capitalist societies. The fourth is a manual of sexual instruction for adolescents and the fifth a comprehensive account of the Abortion Act 1967. (Author/RK)

Describes the theater of ideology in Nazi Germany, its goals, attitudes, and content, and its effect on German theater to this day. (AN)

Considered a "peripheral" nationality even at home, Maltese immigrants in Toronto are further marginalized. Organized adult education offers few opportunities to affirm community identity and bridge cultures. Community-based education should offer Maltese and English instruction, critical literacy, and interaction and dialogue with other…

A report on a project which uses modern technology in its attempt to reach and teach the geographically and culturally isolated Indians of British Columbia. (LS)

Describes the fervent political and cultural nationalism of German Americans in Chicago during World War I. Discusses how this nationalism, combined with ethnic conflict between Germans and Slavs, helped to sway public opinion against Chicago's German community. (GC)

Discusses the problem of language extinction as cultural homogeneity spreads over the earth. Just 600 of the world's 6,800 languages are safe from extinction meaning that they are still being learned by children. Many anthropologists see the decline as analogous to biodiversity loss: it is a form of cultural impoverishment and a loss of our…

"Our World," by Virginia prison inmate Marvin Atkinson, is a poem which aptly describes the isolation of Black Americans from the national ideals that America represents. To most Blacks these ideals are myths that continue not only to elude them but enslave them. Four American myths which stand in the way of 30 million Black people who…

Testimony presented at hearings on the education of the Spanish speaking is presented. Specific subjects covered include achievement language and cultural exclusion, ethnic isolation, and representation of Mexican Americans in the education profession. (CK)

Examines cultural dependence in Nigeria and the manner in which university education enhances such dependancy by promoting the process of elite formation. Concludes by suggesting an alternative model of university education and cultural development. (BSR)