Describes Sister-Friends, a counseling group implemented to help black female students cope with isolation at a predominantly white university. An evaluation reveals that this group seems to help members reduce their feelings of isolation and persist with academic studies during the semester. (Author/GCP)

When she traveled to Kansas from New York in November 1875 to join a husband who had gone west six months earlier, Sarah Anthony faced bitter disappointment. What caused Anthony's discontent, at least in part, was an unfamiliar and alien landscape, as yet untouched by the hand of domesticity. With dedication and fortitude, however, the place could…

The purpose of the study was to examine the experiences of international graduates to find out how they perceived their new learning environment in Singapore, and to explore the strategies they employed to adjust to, manage and construct meaning out of their learning situation. A qualitative, critical incidents methodology was used in the…

Ethnicity in the American context involves two components: the cultural component and the "outsider" component. The first consists of those customs, folkways, rituals, and values identified with a particular ethnic group and its unique patterns of living. The second is the feeling of being outside the mainstream politically, economically,…

This extensive report is concerned with socialization patterns and the impact of change on rearing the young. Specific objectives were: (1) construction of the "core culture" of the traditional community and its relation to educational patterns, (2) description of socialization patterns through the life cycle in the traditional community…

Several questions concerning the lives of Asian Americans in middle size cities and smaller communities are addressed. Excerpts from one interview conducted as part of a research project are presented in this article. Ethnic identity and quality of life are among the issues discussed. (GC)

Looks at the mission of Camp Adventure, a U.S. cultural contact summer camp program contracted between the Department of Defense and the University of Oregon for the children of military personnel overseas. (RWB)

Traces the evolution of perceptions of social distance and discrimination by host society among members of a recently arrived foreign minority and reviews hypotheses about determinants of these perceptions. Findings demonstrate the significance of interethnic contact and competition in the development of ethnic awareness. (Author/KH)

Interest among foreign students to attend universities in countries other than their own has been high for many decades. Until recently the emphasis has been on students from European cultures. This Eurocentrism focus in the United States affects non-European students. They find little familiarity and sometimes little acceptance of their cultures,…

Authors considered the meaning for teenage grouping, the feelings of individual adolescents as they mature, and the influences that make growing up a difficult process for young people. (RK)

The educational and civil rights issues underlying the conflict between State education standards and Amish parochial schools. (RA)

Over the four years the student is in high school the most logical person to impart to hime a love of reading, as a lifelong, never failing source of ideas and inspiration, is the school librarian. This is his ladder to the sky. (NH)

Presents a biographical sketch of Frank Sargeson. Considers Sargeson's themes, unity of his world view, characters, and use of symbols. Explains that his style is intentionally designed to express frustration, isolation, and failure to communicate. (DMM)