The 1969-70 Leeward Cultural Exchange program described in this report involved a 2-week exchange between 20 grade-5 students of Leeward Oahu, Hawaii, and 24 grade-5 students from the Toyei Boarding School on the Navajo Indian Reservation in northern Arizona. In the report, the program objectives are listed along with a statement of organizational…

Explores both the strengths that minority-serving institutions have brought to serving the educational needs of racial and ethnic minority students and the divergent perspectives that have tended to generate competition among them for scarce resources. Potential integrative policy directions include information sharing, collaboration for entry…

The minority population in North Dakota is very small, less than five percent. Most of the students at Valley City State University (VCSU) are white and from middle class families; only about eight percent of the student body represent diverse cultures. Public schools in the state also have a low enrollment of minority students. Although these…

Information on all facets of the 2-day 1981 American Indian Community Education Conference held in Bismarck, North Dakota, is presented. The document contains promotional materials developed for disseminating information about the Regional Conference; the conference rationale and design; lists of consortium center directors, support personnel,…

In this book adult educators and policymakers focus on the dimensions of the problem of multicultural education in the United States and innovative approaches to multicultural education practice and research. The introduction by Beverly Benner Cassara is followed by 12 essays: "Cultural Pluralism, Democracy, and Multicultural Education" (Young…