(1978). The Case for Affirmative Action for Blacks in Higher Education. In this book, affirmative action within the higher education community is analyzed in terms of black education and job opportunities for blacks. The importance of affirmative action and other strategies for achieving equal opportunity are discussed. The status of black education in America from the time prior to the Civil War to the time prior to affirmative action is examined. The constitutional and legal basis for affirmative action and related Federal programs is described. Policies and practices of implementation by the Federal government are detailed. Four case studies of affirmative action in institutions of higher learning are presented. The current labor market in academia and opportunities for black faculty are analyzed in light of racial discrimination, affirmative action, and public policy. Numerous tables illustrate the findings. A lengthy bibliography is included. (WI)…
(1979). Wisconsin Minority Sensitivity Workshop; Proceedings. The first part of this report was designed to describe the techniques used to develop a minority sensitivity workshop program. The section attempts to assist in the development of programs for professionals (and students) who plan and provide services for minority, low-income, and developmentally disabled consumers. The second part of the report presents the papers prepared for the Wisconsin Sensitivity Workshop held in 1979. The 17 papers presented focus on four themes: legal rights and advocacy, cultural similarities and differences, recognizing and handling prejudice, and outreach to minority families. (Author/MK)…
(1979). Consumer's Choice: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Consumer Education. Developed for Grades K-4. This manual suggests teaching strategies for integrating consumer education into art, language arts, mathematics, science/health, and social studies in grades K-4. The guide lists consumer education competencies, interdisciplinary structures for consumer education, and provides a chart which relates competencies to page numbers in the guide. Competencies are related to the concepts of the marketplace; legal rights, redress, and consumer law; major purchases of products and services; and special problems such as advertising and product safety. Sections for individual subject areas include the concept, competency, and sub-competency to be covered for each activity, suggested classroom activities, resources, follow-up activities, and performance indicators. In art, students draw a labor saving device, make collages of luxuries they desire and then compute the price, and design packages for new products. Some activities in language arts include interviewing people about their purchasing…
(1976). Women's Studies Sourcebook: A Comprehensive, Classified Bibliography of Books. Over 1,000 entries are presented in this bibliography of resources about women. Subject categories include the following: abortion; academia; art; biography; black women; business, banking, and economics; crime; day care; education; employment; health; history; Jewish women; lesbianism; literary works; medicine; music; national studies; police work; prostitution; psychology; rape; religion; science; sex roles, differences, and identity; sexuality; sports; suffrage and the history of women's rights; and the women's liberation movement. Entries are listed alphabetically by author in 51 different categories. Almost all of the references were published during the 20th century, and most are within the past 15-25 years. Information is given on author, title, publisher, and publication date. An index of titles, topics, and authors is included. (AV)…
(1974). Public Law 93-568, Ninety-Third Congress, Senate Joint Resolution Number Forty. To Authorize and Request the President to Call a White House Conference on Library and Information Services Not Later Than 1978. The text of a joint resolution of Congress is provided in three sections. The first authorizes the President to call a White House Conference on Library and Information Services by 1978 and includes specifications for: composition of the conference, the role of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science in planning and coordinating the conference, travel expenses, a final conference report, the establishment of an advisory committee of the conference, and appropriations. Section two amends the privacy of parents and students provisions of the General Education Provisions Act. Section three contains amendments to the Education Amendments of 1972 clarifying provisions concerning discrimination based on sex. (LS)… [PDF]
(1975). Pupils. This chapter summarizes and analyzes all state supreme court and federal court decisions as well as other significant court decisions involving the rights of school pupils. The cases discussed are generally limited to those decided during 1974 and reported in the General Digest on or before March 1, 1975. Because of their unusual significance, the author also examines the 1975 United States Supreme Court decisions Goss v. Lopez and Wood v. Strickland. In his discussion, the author attempts to integrate cases and to illuminate any unifying legal principles that underlie the decisions relevant to each specific subtopic involving school pupils. Separate sections of the article focus in turn on cases concerning mentally retarded and other exceptional children, state athletic and activity associations, tuition and school assignment, religious and conscientious beliefs of parents and students, students' substantive rights, sanctions for student misconduct, and school desegregation. (JG)…
(1975). Schooling and the Rights of Children. The National Society for the Study of Education Series on Contemporary Educational Issues. This book consists of eight articles that grew out of a seminar and study group on \School and the Rights of Children,\ held at the University of Wisconsin, Madison during the spring of 1973. The book is intended to establish a healthy perspective on the extension of the rights and liberties of children in the public schools. The collective view of the authors is that a process of conflict resolution is essential to avoid continued battle over the issue of students rights versus the prerogatives of educational institutions. The individual articles include the following: \Morality, Science, and the Use of the Child in History,\\Student Rights and the Social Context of Schooling,\\Social-Psychological Concepts and the Rights of Children,\\Student Rights and the Misuse of Psychological Knowledge and Language,\\The Nature of Claims for Student Rights,\\Legal Precedents in Student Rights Cases,\\Trends, Conflicts, and Implications in Student Rights,\ and \Toward Increasing the Potency of…
(1974). South Carolina TEC Student Code. This student code has statewide application to South Carolina Technical Colleges and Technical Education Centers (TEC). Provisions are divided into eight articles: (1) General Provisions, including the purpose of a student code, the precept of internal solution of problems, and definitions; (2) Student Rights, including Bill of Rights protections; (3) Student Rights in the Classroom, including procedures for the conduct of classes, academic evaluation, nondisclosure of student views, appeals, and academic discipline; (4) Student Government; (5) Student Gatherings; (6) Student Records; (7) Proscribed conduct; (8) Rules of Student Disciplinary Procedure and Sanctions, including descriptions of the student-faculty behavior committee, and the special hearing committee, and procedures of sanctions, complaints, suspensions, and appeals. (NHM)… [PDF]
(1973). Employer's Manual on Affirmative Action in Employment. The express purpose of this manual is for its use by business and industry in Kentucky as an aid to eliminate discrimination. Affirmative action is defined here as a comprehensive effort by an employer designed to: employ women and minority persons where they are under-utilized; include minority persons and women in all facets of the company's operations–from management to maintenance; increase company awareness of an interest in the whole of its community; and, insure that company policy toward equal opportunity is not negative, and not neutral–but positive. A model plan is detailed. It is asserted that the manual should be used by a company in developing its own affirmative action policy; that it incorporates quite specific and comprehensive policies and procedures, which, if adopted and followed, should help a company move toward the goal of equal employment opportunity. Testing and other employee selection criteria are discussed. Several lists of Kentucky-based organizations… [PDF]
(1974). The Black Child and Equity in School Finance: Analysis and Alternatives; [and Seminar Discussion]. The purposes of this paper are to discuss the legal, economic and other implications of a 1971 landmark court ruling from a Black perspective; to advocate a position to which Black educators and others concerned with equity in educational opportunities of Black children might react; and to outline further needed research that ought to be undertaken in order to obtain better knowledge of the empirical bases for future positions on these and related issues. The California Supreme Court in Serrano v Priest declared wealth and expenditure disparities that favor the wealthy in violation of the equal protection provision of the U.S. and California constitutions. Legislatures have proposed a number of ways to satisfy the implied mandate and eventually attain quality of expenditures. This paper concludes that more equality of expenditures may well result in less equity of expenditures for Black children. Quality education for Black children cannot be bought in a system designed for white… [PDF]
(1974). Social Reform Groups and the Legal System: Enforcement Problems. Discussion Paper No. 209-74. During the last two decades, there has been a great increase in the use of litigation by social reform groups. This activity has been stimulated by the hospitality of the courts to the demands of social reform groups and the availability of subsidized young, activist lawyers. The paper examines the uses of the legal system by social reform groups and the problems that groups have in enforcing changes in legal rules. Three types of litigation strategy are discussed: (1) defensive, where the group, its leaders, or its members are being prosecuted; (2) subsidiary, where litigation is used in aid of other strategies; and (3) affirmative, to accomplish the primary objectives of the group. Most problems occur in implementing affirmative litigation. Four types of enforcement problems are analyzed: (1) Enforcement involves massive lower-level official discretionary decisions; (2) Enforecment involves massive private discretionary decisions; (3) Enforcement involves continuous inputs at key… [PDF]
(1974). Non-Public Schools and the Fourteenth Amendment. A Legal Memorandum. While the status of the application of constitutional rights in public schools has become clearer because of court cases and statutes, the position of the private and parochial schools has remained vague. This paper examines the status of the private and parochial schools not only to determine how due-process requirements have been extended to schools, but also to show which schools fall under the constitutional requirement. The legal principles and precedents affecting this distinction should also help public school principals to understand the legal basis for their consitutional responsibilities. So far, few cases have been successfully brought against nonpublic schools or their administrators on the basis of depriving students or teachers of due process or other constitutional rights. In making their decisions, courts have examined educational institutions for signs of governmental control or involvement. Most courts have not been convinced that contacts typically found, such as… [PDF]
(1970). Black Students. The black student revolt did not start with the highly publicized activities of the black students at San Francisco State College. The roots of the revolt lie deeply imbedded within the history and structure of the overall black liberation struggle in America. The beginnings of this revolt can be found in the students of Southern Negro colleges in the late 1950's and early 1960's. The central task of this book is to present the historical development of the black student movement: the factors underlying the emergence and waning of its various phases, the characteristics and philosophies of the movement's present participants, and, its possible future directions. Also discussed are: the estrangement of liberal white \allies\ from the black student movement and the potential for future black-white coalitions, the relationships between black students and American colleges and universities, institutionalized racism in American education, and, the feasibility and legitimacy of developing…
(1968). Minority Groups: A Bibliography and Supplement. The books, films, recordings, song books, and additional sources recommended in this annotated bibliography and supplement on minority groups are listed in sections intended for general reference, elementary students, secondary students, and teacher reference. Although the preponderance of sources deal with the history and culture of the American black (i.e., 110 secondary books from the series "The American Negro: His History and Literature"), the elementary section includes most minority groups and the secondary section cites 42 volumes from "The American Immigration Collection." Also included are books on constitutional rights, the nature of prejudice, teaching the disadvantaged, and Anti-Semitism. (MF)… [PDF]
(1967). The Status of Spanish-Surnamed Citizens in Colorado. Report to the Colorado General Assembly. The purpose of this 1967 report sponsored by the Colorado Commission on Spanish-Surnamed Citizens was to study statistical, sociological, and psychological data pertaining to current problems, conditions, and needs of Spanish-surnamed residents of Colorado. The data were derived primarily from analysis of existing studies and the 1950 and 1960 census reports; from government records; and from interviews with public officials, Spanish-surnamed leaders, and other appropriate individuals. In addition, mail surveys were conducted with various agencies, and spot interviews were conducted with Spanish-surnamed citizens. Data were obtained on (1) the Spanish-surnamed population of Colorado, (2) economic status of the Spanish-surnamed, (3) education, (4) crime and delinquency, (5) health, (6) legal aid needs, and (7) housing. It was concluded that serious deprivation exists within the Spanish-surnamed population in the areas of income, employment, education, health, mental health, housing,… [PDF]