The conference papers presented in this volume focus on the urban minority experience with regard to race, ethnic issues, and ethnic studies programs. The papers which deal with ethnic studies programs address such topics as American Indian Studies, Eurocentric bias in Western studies of Asia, black student alientation at small liberal arts colleges, continuing education programs for social workers, bilingual/bicultural education, innovative models for desegregation, and African Studies curricula. The papers which deal with race and ethnic issues address such topics as ethnicity and pluralism, the urban experience of Italian-Americans, the deportation of Mexicans from East Chicago in 1932, Mexican-American stereotypes, racism and Indian policy in North Carolina, and the increase in urbanization of blacks and the expansion of black participation in nationally based voluntary associations. (Author/EB)