This book analyzes and presents information from the 1980 Census of Population and Housing and offers state-by-state breakdowns of data on the disabled population. The 50 states and the District of Columbia are divided among 10 regions. Each state is described in terms of population size, proportions of the working-age population that are…

This booklet briefly profiles the U.S. population and the changes it has undergone since the 1970 census. It focuses on population growth, migration, changes in the racial composition, male and female employment, income levels, poverty, and home ownership. Graphs are used throughout to identify changes from the 1970 census. Findings indicate that…

The rural black population outside the South is characterized as an extremely small number whose presence is largely adventitious, attracted by circumstances that do not lead to permanent residence. In this population, an extraordinary number live in group quarters rather than households, are military rather than civilian and are in hospitals or…

At the national level, there is ample evidence of considerable racial inequality in employment in Britain. The two main components of this inequality are discrimination and disadvantage. Under the Race Relations Act of 1976, industrial tribunals are empowered to impose penalties on those who discriminate unlawfully, but the Act does not impose an…

The history of the racial problem in the United States is discussed as it affects higher education. The role several universities are playing to ease the problem is considered, including efforts at the U.S. Military Academy to admit larger numbers of minority students. The impact of higher education for minority students on the Army is also…

This study is a 5-year longitudinal project that commenced in the fall of 1970 and is scheduled to be consummated in the winter of 1975. The research is being conducted on the campuses of five traditionally black colleges who are experiencing a racial shift in their student population. The primary objective of this project is to improve the…

Discusses a study which measured how social class position of Black males determined the extent to which education could be transformed into income. Findings indicated that most differences in returns to education among races are a consequence of the distribution of racial groups into class categories. (Author/DB)

This exploratory study definitely argues that where race is the subject in an American classroom, student thoughts and pre-conceptions are anything but passive. (Author/AM)

Reports on eight high schools in Chicago's black neighborhoods which attract a significant number of white students from neighborhoods and suburbs outside their immediate areas. Most are Catholic or private schools, but one is public. (Author/AM)

Taken from a paper on "The Economic and Employment Status of Asian Women in America" by Pauline Fong and Amado Cabezas of ASIAN, Inc., this brief analysis of statistics on Asian women indicates that highly educated Asian women do not have higher incomes or better jobs than many of those with less education.

Television is an integral part of American culture, and has the ability to play a major role in shaping belief systems, particularly for the youngest and most impressionable viewers. This study is the third annual study of diversity of characters in prime time television programming. The study examined the first two episodes of each prime time…

Children understand that media grant recognition and respect to racial groups that are positively portrayed. Approximately half of the programs in the 1999-2000 broadcast prime time entertainment programming exhibited some diversity in their opening credits casts. This study examined the nature of the portrayals of diversity. The study examined 10…

In order to bring the study of bi- and tri-mixed racial groups into the body of racial theory, it is suggested that such groups be viewed as little races.'' Modern change threatens the future of the little races. (DM)

Used National Longitudinal Surveys of Mature Women data to compare cross-section and 15-year estimates of the incidence of living in extended households among middle-aged Black and White women. Found that up to one-third of the White women and two-thirds of the Black women experienced this household form during part of their middle years. (TE)

Although African Americans comprise almost one-quarter of all scholarship athletes at Division I colleges and universities, they constitute only 6 percent of full-time undergraduates there. Figures trouble academics, experts on race, and other higher education observers. The trend may reinforce stereotypes and demoralize students. More aggressive…