Analyzes reference books which reflect differences in the curriculum and presentation of course offerings in the City Colleges of Chicago, Illinois. Shows how institutions, sometimes unwittingly, help to maintain inequities in educational opportunities. (Author/MK)

Argues that inequality in educational opportunity for the various social classes still persists in Sweden. (CMG)

Discusses problems in the Japanese educational system, such as increasing school violence, controversy over textbook revisions, budget cuts and the educational discrimination against minorities, particularly Burakumins and Koreans. (CMG)

Describes public education for Blacks and Coloureds in Namibia as a tool of the apartheid system meant to ensure that Namibians will be illiterate or at best semi-skilled. Also describes efforts of the United Nations Council for Namibia and the Southwest People's Organization to provide Namibians with equal education. (CMG)

Argues that in 1982 inequality in U.S. education grew while racism gained new ground. (CMG)

A discussion of how the balance of a dual system of education existing in Iran since the 19th century has, since the 1979 revolution, been upset in favor of a religious system. (CMG)

The major factors affecting the academic performance of Black students in predominantly White colleges center upon a lack of confidence in their abilities, a shortage of advocates, particularly personal advocates, and the continuing denial of educational opportunities for Blacks. (Author/EB)

Evaluates the Israeli educational system. Concludes that a separate and unequal education is the prevailing order for the non-Jewish population, and that in the Jewish sector integration among Ashkenazis and Sephardis is minimal. (CMG)

Examines allegations of discrimination (against Jews), bias (against rural students), and corruption (favoring the rich and well-connected) in the admissions practices of Soviet universities. (CMG)

Considers the status of equal educational opportunity in the United Kingdom as a whole, and in Wales, Northern Ireland, and Scotland. Racial, ethnic, and class discrimination are also discussed, as are the effects of education budget cuts. (CMG)

Notes that although they do not have the race problems the United States has, Mexico has serious educational difficulties. Universal education is fairly recent. Although compulsory education is a law on the books, it is not enforced. (Author/AM)

Provides an overview of the status of Latino admissions, enrollment, and retention in colleges and universities in the State of Illinois. Focuses on (1) the use of standardized tests for Hispanic admissions and (2) access to the TRIO programs (special services to address retention problems) by Hispanics. (Author/GC)

An outline of judicial developments in the law of school desegregation designed to be of assistance to school boards and administrators in their policy deliberations. (SB)

Reviews educational concerns in Sri Lanka, including the dropout rate, children who have never enrolled in schools, inequalities between urban and rural schools, the elitist nature of university education, and higher education's affirmative action area quota system for the ethnic majority. (CMG)