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Chapter: Appendix B: Agenda: Research Conference on Racial Trends in the United States

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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Agenda: Research Conference on Racial Trends in the United States." National Research Council. 2001. America Becoming: Racial Trends and Their Consequences: Volume I. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9599.
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APPENDIX B
Agenda: Research Conference on Racial Trends in the United States

National Academy of Sciences Auditorium October 15–16, 1998

October 15

8:30

Opening Remarks

Bruce Alberts, Chairman, National Research Council

and Conference Chairs

Neil Smelser (CASBS), William Julius Wilson (Harvard)

9:00

History and Future

Christopher Edley (Harvard)

Changing America: Indicators of Well-Being by Race

Rebecca Blank (Council of Economic Advisers)

9:45

Group Discussion of Demographic and Immigration Trends

Discussion Leaders:

Reynolds Farley (Russell Sage)

Mary Waters (Harvard)

Paper Authors:

Gary Sandefur (Wisconsin): “An Overview of Racial and Ethnic Demographic Trends”

Min Zhou (UCLA): “America Becoming: Contemporary Immigration and the Dynamics of Race and Ethnicity”

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Agenda: Research Conference on Racial Trends in the United States." National Research Council. 2001. America Becoming: Racial Trends and Their Consequences: Volume I. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9599.
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10:45

Selected Questions and Comments from the Audience

11:00

Group Discussion of Income, Wealth, and Welfare Trends Discussion Leaders:

Gerald Jaynes (Yale)

Sanders Korenman (Baruch College)

Paper Authors:

James Smith (RAND): “Race and Ethnicity in the Labor Market: Trends Over the Short and Long Run”

Thomas Shapiro (Northeastern) & Melvin Oliver (Ford): “Wealth and Racial Stratification”

Robert Moffitt (Johns Hopkins) & Peter Gottschalk (Boston College): “Ethnic and Racial Differences in Welfare Receipt in the United States”

12:00

Selected Questions and Comments from the Audience

1:15

Group Discussion of Education Trends

Discussion Leader:

Thomas Kane (Harvard)

Paper Authors:

Ronald Ferguson (Harvard): “Racial Test-Score Trends 1971–1996, Popular Culture and Community Academic Standards”

Daryl Smith (Claremont): “Racial Trends in Higher Education Policy and Research Implications”

Sharon Robinson (ETS): “Assessment and Learning Trends in Group Test Score Differences”

2:00

Selected Questions and Comments from the Audience

2:15

Group Discussion of Labor Force Trends

Discussion Leaders:

Kenneth Chay (Berkeley)

Marcus Alexis (Northwestern)

Paper Authors:

Harry Holzer (MSU): “Racial Differences in Labor Market Outcomes Among Men”

Cecilia Conrad (Pomona): “Racial Trends in Labor Market Access and Wages: Women”

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Agenda: Research Conference on Racial Trends in the United States." National Research Council. 2001. America Becoming: Racial Trends and Their Consequences: Volume I. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9599.
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John Sibley Butler (Texas) & Charles Moskos (Northwestern): “Labor Force Trends: The Military as Data”

Thomas Boston (Georgia Tech): “Trends in Minority-Owned Businesses”

3:30

Selected Questions and Comments from the Audience

3:45

Group Discussion of Neighborhood and Geographic Trends

Discussion Leaders:

Roberto Fernandez (Stanford)

Paul Jargowsky (Texas)

Paper Authors:

Douglas Massey (Penn): “Residential Segregation and Neighborhood Conditions in U.S. Metropolitan Areas”

Manuel Pastor (UC Santa Cruz): “Geography and Opportunity”

4:45

Selected Questions and Comments from the Audience

5:00

Adjourn

October 16

8:30

Group Discussion of the Meaning of Race and International Comparisons

Discussion Leaders:

Anthony Marx (Columbia)

Richard Alba (SUNY Albany)

Paper Authors:

Michael Omi (Berkeley): “The Changing Meaning of Race”

9:30

Selected Questions and Comments from the Audience

9:45

Group Discussion of Trends Among Asians, Latinos, and Native Americans

Discussion Leaders:

Rodolfo de la Garza (Texas)

Matthew Snipp (Stanford)

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Agenda: Research Conference on Racial Trends in the United States." National Research Council. 2001. America Becoming: Racial Trends and Their Consequences: Volume I. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9599.
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Paper Authors:

Albert Camarillo (Stanford) & Frank Bonilla (Hunter): “Latinos in a Multiracial Society: A New American Dilemma?”

Don Nakanishi (UCLA): “Beyond the Campaign Finance Controversy: Trends and Issues of the New Asian Pacific American Population”

Russell Thornton (Stanford): “Recent Trends Among Native Americans in the United States”

10:45

Selected Questions and Comments from the Audience

11:00

Group Discussion of Racial Attitudes, Affirmative Action, and Political Participation

Discussion Leaders:

James Jones (Delaware)

Jennifer Hochschild (Princeton)

Paper Authors:

Lawrence Bobo (Harvard): “Overview of Racial Attitudes and Beliefs”

Carol Swain (Stanford):” Affirmative Action: A Search for Consensus”

12:00

Selected Questions and Comments from the Audience

1:15

Group Discussion of Justice Trends

Discussion Leaders:

Alfred Blumstein (Carnegie-Mellon)

Darnell Hawkins (Illinois)

Paper Authors:

Randall Kennedy (Harvard): “Overview of Racial Trends in the Administration of Criminal Justice”

2:00

Selected Questions and Comments from the Audience

2:15

Group Discussion of Health Trends

Discussion Leaders:

James S.Jackson (Michigan)

Beverly Coleman-Miller (HSPH)

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Agenda: Research Conference on Racial Trends in the United States." National Research Council. 2001. America Becoming: Racial Trends and Their Consequences: Volume I. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9599.
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Paper Authors:

Raynard Kington (NCHS) & Herbert Nickens (AAMC): “Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health: Recent Trends, Current Patterns, Future Directions”

Vonnie McLoyd (Michigan) & Betsy Lozoff (Michigan): “Behavior and Development in Children and Adolescents”

Renee Jenkins (Howard): “Physical Health Issues in Children and Adolescents”

David Williams (Michigan): “Racial Variations in Adult Health Status: Patterns, Paradoxes, and Prospects”

Eugene Oddone (VA), Laura Petersen (VA), Morris Weinberger: “Health Care Use in the Veterans Health Administration: Racial Trends and the Spirit of Inquiry”

3:45

Selected Questions and Comments from the Audience

4:00

Concluding Discussion of Racial Trends and Research Needs William Julius Wilson, Neil Smelser

4:30

Selected Questions and Comments from the Audience

5:00

Adjourn

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Agenda: Research Conference on Racial Trends in the United States." National Research Council. 2001. America Becoming: Racial Trends and Their Consequences: Volume I. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9599.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Agenda: Research Conference on Racial Trends in the United States." National Research Council. 2001. America Becoming: Racial Trends and Their Consequences: Volume I. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9599.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Agenda: Research Conference on Racial Trends in the United States." National Research Council. 2001. America Becoming: Racial Trends and Their Consequences: Volume I. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9599.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Agenda: Research Conference on Racial Trends in the United States." National Research Council. 2001. America Becoming: Racial Trends and Their Consequences: Volume I. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9599.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Agenda: Research Conference on Racial Trends in the United States." National Research Council. 2001. America Becoming: Racial Trends and Their Consequences: Volume I. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9599.
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The 20th Century has been marked by enormous change in terms of how we define race. In large part, we have thrown out the antiquated notions of the 1800s, giving way to a more realistic, sociocultural view of the world. The United States is, perhaps more than any other industrialized country, distinguished by the size and diversity of its racial and ethnic minority populations. Current trends promise that these features will endure. Fifty years from now, there will most likely be no single majority group in the United States. How will we fare as a nation when race-based issues such as immigration, job opportunities, and affirmative action are already so contentious today?

In America Becoming, leading scholars and commentators explore past and current trends among African Americans, Hispanics, Asian Americans, and Native Americans in the context of a white majority. This volume presents the most up-to-date findings and analysis on racial and social dynamics, with recommendations for ongoing research. It examines compelling issues in the field of race relations, including:

  • Race and ethnicity in criminal justice.
  • Demographic and social trends for Hispanics, Asian Americans, and Native Americans.
  • Trends in minority-owned businesses.
  • Wealth, welfare, and racial stratification.
  • Residential segregation and the meaning of "neighborhood."
  • Disparities in educational test scores among races and ethnicities.
  • Health and development for minority children, adolescents, and adults.
  • Race and ethnicity in the labor market, including the role of minorities in America's military.
  • Immigration and the dynamics of race and ethnicity.
  • The changing meaning of race.
  • Changing racial attitudes.

This collection of papers, compiled and edited by distinguished leaders in the behavioral and social sciences, represents the most current literature in the field. Volume 1 covers demographic trends, immigration, racial attitudes, and the geography of opportunity. Volume 2 deals with the criminal justice system, the labor market, welfare, and health trends. Both books will be of great interest to educators, scholars, researchers, students, social scientists, and policymakers.

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