A project created tasks and tools to investigate quality and nature of 11- to 14-year-old pupils' reasoning with quantitative and qualitative computer-based modeling tools. Tasks and tools were used in two innovative modes of learning: expressive, where pupils created their own models, and exploratory, where pupils investigated an expert's model.…

If the present trend in black college enrollment continues, by the year 2097, black women will earn all the bachelor's degrees received by African Americans. Explores why this gap exists and what to do about it. (SLD)

Presents reports on the enrollment, graduation, and status of African Americans in higher education. Reports include discussions of academic achievement, affirmative action, and professional education, as well as profiles of some African-American scholars. (SLD)

Presents a statistical record of the progress of African Americans in institutions of higher education in the United States. Contains a black/white educational equality index and reports on students and faculty at black colleges and universities. (SLD)

Recounts the history of the Ku Klux Klan Honorary Junior Society at the University of Wisconsin from 1919 to 1926. Although not tied to the national Ku Klux Klan, this honorary group became a powerful intrafraternity society that served as a barometer of the cultural and ideological climate of the university. (SLD)

Describes the work of the Center for Individual Rights (CIR), a "public interest" law firm that has been highly successful in stamping out the use of affirmative action in the admissions process of some major universities. Summarizes CIR tactics to eliminate affirmative action. (SLD)

Offers evidence that, although blacks were making limited progress in higher education before and immediately after the civil-rights legislation of the 1960s, significant progress did not occur until the late 1960s and later after strong affirmative-action admissions programs were in place. (SLD)

Explores what would happen to black law school admissions if affirmative-action admissions decisions are banned. The threat to affirmative action is only half of the problem of integrating African Americans into the major law firms, which are so overwhelmingly white that many blacks prefer not to join them. (SLD)

Reports from a survey of geographers that canvassed experiences using audio-visual resources to support teaching. Suggests that geographical learning has embraced audio-visual resources and that they are employed effectively. Concludes that integration of audio-visual resources into mainstream curriculum is essential to ensure effective and…

Examines aspects of the marketplace for undergraduate geography programs in England and Wales. Provides a national review, and identifies and discusses the flows of applications and enrollments among regions. Notes a decrease in applications for honors geography degrees and the reliance of geography programs on local supplies of students. (DSK)

Examines prior learning in physical geography of two cohorts of students on entry to a geography program in the United Kingdom. Identifies differences in comprehension of terminology and topic coverage based on secondary school curricula. Notes a dilemma for instructors of first-year courses trying to meet the varied backgrounds of their students.…

Suggests that using the format of the planning public inquiry as a model for a learning activity provides geography students, usually working in teams, with the opportunity to investigate environmental issues from a particular point of view and to present their case as an oral presentation and written report. (DSK)

Argues that much teaching and research in economic geography affirms, or fails to question, the existence of a global, national, or local capitalist economy. Uses queer theory to open a space of difference, and suggests ways of introducing students to a differentiated economic landscape, offering possibilities beyond the capitalist norm. (DSK)

Drawing on contributions of queer theory, rethinks positionality, social identity, and real and imagined boundaries. Summarizes recent debates in queer theory about the permeability of borders, and reveals how these ideas can inform geographical imagination. Concludes that debates about borders in queer theory can inform both geographical…

Draws on experiences as a straight feminist geographer to address questions regarding teaching sexualities in geography. Looks at "sexing" and "queering" geography curricula at the college level; discusses strategies to make universities and classrooms less heterosexist and lesbo/homophobic; and discusses dilemmas of disclosing sexuality in the…