Describes the results of a nine-year field project designed to provide multicultural education to student teachers through intensive immersion in Navajo and Hopi cultures. Emphasizes the impact of intensive teacher preparation experiences in a cultural community where the trainee must function in the role of a minority person. (Author/MJL)

Presents the results of a study that determined ethnic composition and sex of faculty and doctoral students in universities offering advanced degrees in health, physical education, and recreation. States that data gathered were used to determine the pool of qualified candidates for teaching and research positions in those departments for the…

Describes a study designed to investigate the relationship between high school females' self-perceptions on sex-stereotypic attributes and their occupational aspirations and expectations. Concludes that for females, the sex-stereotype function is an important variable in occupational choice. (Author/MJL)

A study of racial attitudes among Black and White kindergarten children found that White youngsters in segregated kindergartens tended to assign a much lower percentage of positive projections to Blacks than did their counterparts in Black segregated and desegregated kindergartens. (Author/MJL)

Examined work place interaction patterns of men and women, focusing on the relationship between interaction with friendship and power networks, on the one hand, and work alienation, on the other. (GC)

Using Becker's sacred/secular community type continuum and Bailey's concepts of elite/arena council behavior, examined the educational decision making process on the Coeur d'Alene Indian reservation in Idaho. Discusses implications for American Indian education. (GC)

Discusses the status of minorities and women in research and the barriers posed by background and institutional factors. Describes a project implemented in a university setting and designed to (1) increase the pool of trained minority and female researchers, and (2) advance research skills by providing training opportunities. (Author/GC)

Reviews implications of the "deficit model" and the "difference model" for the education of minority groups. Discusses how compensatory and higher education programs for Blacks have subscribed to the deficit hypothesis by attempting to make Black students adopt white middle class traits. (GC)

Holds that although university affirmative action programs are governed by many existing laws and regulations, minorities and women still have limited representation and opportunities in academic research, teaching, and administration. Recommends actions on the individual, institutional, and legislative levels. (GC)

Briefly reviews a number of Federal court cases that have dealt with Title IX, considering the issue of whether the 1974 regulations prohibiting sex discrimination in employment practices accurately reflect the intent of the 1972 law. (GC)