Dissertation abstracts describing research on a wide variety of topics in bilingual education are presented. This publication is designed to provide background material for bilingual educators as well as practical procedures for bilingual teachers, administrators, counselors, and evaluators. The titles were acquired by using the two broad descriptors of bilingual and bicultural. The dissertations are presented under the following divisions: program management, assessment, language curriculum, and affective domain. The following topics are covered: scope, history, and legislation; development; bilingual program models; comparative studies (bilingual/monolingual); teacher education; investigations beyond North America; language proficiency; intelligence; acquisition and development; concept and development; language and culture; linguistics; sociolinguistics; reading and language arts; content fields; special education; career education; audio-visual media; self-concept; and attitudes toward bilingual education. (SW)