Compared the self-concepts of 623 undergraduate students (306 Indian students in Allahabad, 317 American students in New York City) using the Twenty Statements Test. Statements were analyzed in the areas of social identity, ideological beliefs, interests, ambitions, and self-evaluation. Findings show Americans made more self-evaluation statements,…

Examined differences in the independent and interdependent self-construals of 79 American and 71 East Asian graduate students studying in the United States and the influence of these self-construals on coping and stress. Self-construals and direct coping were the strongest predictors of stress for East Asian students, but were not predictive of…

Highlights the growth of feminist academic publications, and discusses the motivation and purpose of these publications in constructing a legitimate body of scholarship on women while trying to legitimize themselves within the academic institution. The paper briefly explores the hostile political environment and examines how the field of women's…

Argues that political correctness is a politically motivated assault on liberalism and that the left's response indicates a fundamental cultural shift evidenced by the complex dynamics of the politics of identity. The article explains how political correctness began decades ago and why one cannot consider the issue a legitimate debate but rather…

Presents a selected list of publications addressing the issue of political correctness. Publications cover the years 1984 through 1993. (GR)

Presents alternative views on measuring progress in curriculum transformation involving diversity issues. In a response to Lynne Goodstein's article, "The Failure of Curriculum Transformation at a Major Public University: When 'Diversity' Equals 'Variety'," this article argues that evaluation of curriculum transformation requires considerable time…

Discusses a workshop that used feminist pedagogy to challenge students' deeply ingrained sexism, promote their appreciation of differences, and encourage them to change their behavior voluntarily. Participants involved a group of male students undergoing punishment in the campus judicial system. Workshop results are discussed. (GR)

Explores why few men registered for and consistently dropped out of a college women's studies course. Interviews with nine men and a review of another student's journal show an uneasiness with being the gender minority in the class, feelings of repression, discomfort at being left out, yet a better appreciation for the minority experience in…

Emphasis in adult education on goals of economic cost-effectiveness, input/output accountability, and credits as currency ignores the fact that what matters is positive learning experiences; the value and quality of human relationships in the educational process; and the values, attitudes, and motivation central to a learning culture. (SK)

Interviews with black adult students in higher education in Britain found them unhappy with ethnocentrism in the curriculum, instructors who are either racist or ignore race issues, lack of black staff, and lack of employment prospects. Black adult learners are increasingly questioning institutional commitment while experiencing institutional…

The experience of adult educators planning a conference exemplifies the process of harnessing talents, skills, knowledge, and understanding in a collective enterprise that helps people articulate their views and ideas on critical issues. (SK)

A further education college for adults used Britain's Investors in People program to improve staff development opportunities for part-time staff. The process necessitated balancing the tension between academic culture and the language of adult education on the one hand and the business/enterprise ethos of the IP program on the other. (SK)

Looks at the current fashion in language used to describe and promote adult education. Suggests that "professionalism" supports high-cost training for those who can afford it and wholesale destruction of adult education services for those with the least experience, but great need, of successful education and training. (SK)

Describes the process designed to enable adults studying part time to claim credit toward a degree for learning undertaken in the workplace. Shows how the criteria used to assess portfolios of evidence were negotiated with students. (SK)

Workshops for teachers engaged in practitioner-based inquiry centered on the controversial issues raised by a television documentary on the Summerhill School. Learners normally engaged in distance education were motivated by the processes of dissent, argument, and disputation. (SK)