The cultural hijackee syndrome occurs when Mexican Americans interact with the dominant culture over extended periods of time. This syndrome is basically a survival mechanism in which threat and fear are the main elements, and identification with the aggressor and his cause are the attitudinal and behavioral results. (Author/NQ)

The objectives of excellence and equity in minority teacher education are discussed in terms of recent social realignment. It is argued that, because most institutionalized discrimination has been eliminated, perpetuation of multiple sets of requirements for teacher candidates is not needed. (MT)

This transcription of a lecture delivered by Rod Paige provides a discussion of the future plans for American education. After an introduction by Phillip N. Truluck, Executive Vice President of the Heritage Foundation, Paige uses the following topic headings to direct his talk: (1) The Education Revolution; (2) Improving Accountability and…

Article discusses the need to reconsider the female role as student and as educational leader in order to enhance her participation as a complete citizen. (RK)

The black university is a source for black leadership and scholarship and for the political articulation of black interests.'' (Author)

The present paper called attention to the difference between discrimination among individuals and discrimination among groups and suggested that the intraclass correlation coefficient should be used in the process of item selection whenever one is interested in discrimination among groups. (Author)

Discusses how public education fails chicano students' needs. (PG)

State aid equalization arrangements fail to alleviate discrimination against lower socioeconomic status children, and merely reinforce the unequal delivery of school services. (RA)

Describes the efforts of Thomas Hocutt, a Black student, to gain admittance to the University of North Carolina in 1933. The case was lost, but it laid the basis for outlawing racial segregation in public schools through Brown v Board of Education (1954). (CMG)

Suggests that at small and medium-sized colleges, faculty members (particularly those in Black Studies) can help to protect educational opportunities for athletes if they gain the confidence of the athletes themselves and the ear of sympathetic administrators. Describes different strategies toward the same end which are necessary in large…

The history of the social, legal, and educational aspects of equal opportunity and equal results are outlined, and the rift between the two principles is described. Equal opportunity laws work, especially when enforced expeditiously, and are supported by most Americans. Equal results laws are a failure and counterproductive. (Author/AL)

Holds that the "Bakke" decision simply reaffirmed an insufficient commitment to equal opportunities for Blacks in higher education. Reviews several studies, including research conducted at the Institute for the Study of Educational Policy (ISEP) that has focused on the social and economic context of educational discrimination. (GC)

Social prejudice by Texas-Anglo society as reflected by politicians and administrators resulted in a segregated school system. However, the Mexican community never passively accepted discrimination in the schools. The American G.I. Forum's records and the action of the World War II generation indicate that Mexicans have long struggled to acquire…

In examining the Kopchuk case (dismissal of an industrial arts teacher due to lack of French language competence) the author asserts that school boards should make reasonable efforts to retain proven teachers (including retraining and leave of absence) where dismissal would occur for reasons other than incompetence or insubordination. (MB)

Examines the implications for early childhood education of certain countries' failure to entrench children's rights in statutes or advocate forcefully on behalf of children. Argues for the rights of the child, especially where there is discrimination or inequality or where early education has to contend with excessive population growth. (BG)