The work is a study of the human relations mandates in the states of Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin in three select teacher education institutions. It attempts to generate, via the case study observation approach, a body of information which may serve as a foundation in the research and evaluation of future teacher education program in human relations education. Further, it attempts to clarify the confusion surrounding the terms human relations and multicultural education by utilizing a framework which might form the parameters for additional definition for teacher education programs;The study focuses upon three distinctive programs, all of which are regarded by experts in the field of human relations and multicultural education as exemplary. While comparison and contrast are features of the study, each of the programs offers unique insights into a particular aspect of the human relations educational process. Each offers an approach which is regarded as successful, and each enhances the formulation for a clearer conceptualization of the spectrum of the area of human relations education.