Staying afloat: within-group swimming proficiency for whites and blacks

Article Abstract:

Generally, Blacks are less likely than Whites to be proficient at swimming. Blacks also have higher rates of drowning and are underrepresented in competitive swimming and in occupations requiring swimming or water safety skill. In this study, physiological, demographic, and biodata measures were used within military academy cadets to determine the individual factors contributing to within-group swimming proficiency among Blacks as well as Whites. The best predictor of swimming skill was the age at which the cadets had learned to swim. Other items pointed to fitness, sociocultural, and learned or dispositional differences between better and poorer swimmers. Implications for increasing swimming proficiency among Blacks and for future research are discussed. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Research, Demographic aspects, Swimming, Whites, Blacks

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Integration of immigrants: The role of language proficiency and experience

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A Swedish pilot scheme that targeted immigrants with weak Swedish-language skills registered as unemployed at public employment offices is evaluated. By combining work-oriented language teaching and practical workplace training, the project aimed at enhancing the employability of project participants but also at alerting them to and preparing them for available training and further education opportunities.

Labor force information, Sweden, Immigrants, Employment, Language skills

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Nikola Dobrovic: the sources of his artistic language

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The author describes the work of Serbian architect Nikola Dobrovic, an influential proponent of Modernism born in 1897. The three important artistic periods in his work, cultural influences, political activism, and the contrast between cantilevers and horizontal masses in his projects are discussed.

Yugoslavia, Analysis, Appreciation, Architects, Illustration, Architectural design, Modernism

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