This study examined the effects of a career project on the level of occupational aspirations of bilingual/bicultural Puerto Rican adolescents. The experimental treatment utilized role modeling techniques, field trips and group discussions. The career guidance project consisted of six lessons and involved career role models and counselors who were…

In March 1975, there were about 11.2 million persons of Spanish origin in the United States. These included 6.7 million persons of Mexican origin, about 1.7 million of Puerto Rican origin, about 740,000 of Cuban origin, 670,000 of Central or South American origin, and about 1.4 million of other Spanish origin. This report presents a detailed…

A statistical description of the Spanish origin population in the United States is presented. Data were obtained in March 1974 in the Current Population Survey of the Bureau of the Census. The statistics pertain to such population characteristics as size, composition, age, residence, marital status, educational attainment, employment status,…

The question of how educational failures lead to or contribute to occupational disability was studied in a youthful Puerto Rican population in an economically poor neighborhood and school district of Chicago. Anthropological field research techniques, supplemented by scheduled interviews and questionnaires, were used to collect qualitative and…

This study examined the effects of family size on a sample of some 5000 students in Bayamon, Puerto Rico and examined the effects of family size and spacing on some 537 families in four suburban towns near Boston. It was found that there were major effects of both socio-economic status and religion on family size, but that the direction of the…

As seen by Ivan Illich, many cherished elements of modern civilization--aid to developing nations, compulsory formal education, and others--embody artificial mystiques and structure which contribute little to the basic quality of human life. The resulting barriers of certification, class, and distinction harm the poor in particular, denying most…

The Plus Program was designed to provide a maximum amount of remedial work in reading and mathematics for disadvantaged youth in grades 1-8. About 75 percent of the project pupils were black, 20 percent white, and 5 percent Puerto Rican. Specially trained teachers worked with small groups of students in programs designed to be corrective and…

Over a period of months, illiterate and disruptive Black and Puerto Rican junior high school students in New York City developed and staged an updated version of "West Side Story." Although by professional standards the results were poor, students were able to participate in a highly rewarding activity which demanded discipline,…

This report covers the evaluation of State Educational Association services to local educational associations, project objectives, staff development and utilization, and programs for private schools and handicapped children. Among the recommendations were the following: the use of paraprofessional personnel to cover the shortage of professionals;…

This program was designed to provide higher education opportunities for disadvantaged students of intellectual promise whose high school scholastic averages, aptitude test scores and personal finances preclude admission under regular procedures to baccalaureate programs of the City University of New York. The goal of the program was to have…

This report presents detailed statistics on selected social, economic, and housing characteristics for persons of Puerto Rican birth and persons of Puerto Rican parentage for the United States, regions, divisions, States, and selected standard metropolitan statistical areas (SMSA's) and cities. The statistics are based on the 1970 census of…

An annotated bibliography of about 50 bibliographies dealing with American ethnic and cultural minorities forms the bulk of this listing. It covers print material, films, recordings, and other nonprint matter. Sources of continuing information on these publications are also listed. A directory of publishers is included. (PF)

This study evaluated the teaching of English as a second language in Puerto Rico in grades seven, eight, and nine. The study was written primarily for the teachers of Puerto Rican children in the United States, but also for those involved in the English program in Puerto Rico. Eight research hypotheses were formulated. (1) The majority of English…

This 18-month phase of a continuing demonstration project was designed to develop and test a program of English literacy training for Puerto Rican workers. Participation in the Basic Occupational Language Training (BOLT) program was based on the assumptions that an intensive exposure basis will result in significant improvement in job-related and…

This book, an outgrowth of a summer institute conducted by Fordham University at the Lincoln Center, New York City in 1969, comprises the following articles: Education 1980 (F.M. Hechinger); Compensatory Education (D. A. Wilkerson); Delinquents and Dropouts: Some Implications for Schools (W. C. Kvaraceus); New Methods of Teaching the Socially…