This article provides the rationale for doing research on childlessness and parenthood in late life. Childless older adults have been rendered invisible in the social scientific literature. A central goal of this issue is to make them visible and to expose unstated assumptions about normal adult life. Parenthood emerges as a key organizer of the…

One of the provisions of the law for special education in Cyprus is for children considered as having special needs to be educated in "special units". The purpose of this study is to investigate and observe the way that "special units" function in the educational environment in Cyprus, paying particular attention to one unit in…

In the last 6 years, 27 countries have emerged anew in Europe and Central Asia (ECA). Many countries have moved away from having a single political party manage the state and its economic apparatus. This paper aims to answer whether educational mechanisms can lower social tension and help achieve social cohesion in these countries, and how these…

This special issue examines inclusive education, the movement to include children with disabilities in regular classrooms, focusing on the situation in New Jersey. The issue begins with an editorial by Ethan B. Ellis titled "Inclusive Education: Time To Pay Up." In "The Terms of the Debate," Marc Mercer notes that inclusive…

This topical newsletter focuses on ways to convert segregated day programs for people with disabilities into community integrated employment programs. Individual sections cover: common "conversion" myths and appropriate responses; a national status report on conversion; Florida's innovative use of the Medicaid waiver to fund conversion;…

The article argues that racial and ethnic prejudices have persisted in both society and schools, and suggests the need for a realistic reappraisal of authentic cultural pluralism. (CD)

The panel discussion looked at cross cultural aspects of community integration for persons with severe disabilities. Programs within West Germany, Israel, and Sweden are compared to the United States. Differences among countries in size, wealth, external pressures, history, and organization of services are noted. (DB)

Part of a national study which examined the resettlement of Laotian Hmong refugees in the United States, this volume presents the results of an eight-month study of projects and enterprises that in some way promote the economic self-sufficiency of the Hmong. The specific purposes of the study were to identify and to obtain information about all…

This book is a study of the assimilation process as it applies to Italian Americans. Chapters One and Two provide a contextual framework for the study by discussing the theoretical paradigms that have been advanced to describe ethnic behaviors or the assimilation experience and by reviewing pre-immigration and early immigration experiences of…

The relationship between student participation in high school extracurricular activities and the desire for further social recognition after high school is examined. (DE)

Overall, noncareer enlisted soldiers are generally negative about the military and appear to reflect little integration with its values, although they are positive about their interpersonal and social relationships. Career oriented groups are well integrated, both socially and in terms of values, into the military system. (Author/WI)

Investigated impact of interactions with kin on social integration in old age. A nonrandom sample of aged Baganda in Uganda was interviewed concerning perceptions of loneliness and social isolation. Results show that the majority of subjects did not view old age as a period of loneliness or isolation. (Author)

Describes how cooperation among physical scientists, and between physical scientists and members of other university departments, can foster integrative and multidisciplinary social and research networks. (Author/DB)

Experiences of the black student in the residence hall on the predominantly white university campus. (Author/JP)