Hughes, Marija Matich (1970). The Sexual Barrier; Legal and Economic Aspects of Employment. This bibliography covers the laws and conditions governing the employment of women. Included are books, articles, pamphlets, and government publications dating from 1959. Topics covered include: (1) Legal Aspects, (2) Discrimination in Employment, (3) Difference in Pay, (4) Professional Opportunities, and (5) General. Two supplements are available as VT 016 161-016 162 in this issue. (BH)… [PDF]

Austin, B. William (1975). Revenue Sharing and the Black Community. Urban League Review, 1, 2, 46-54, F 75. Concludes that the Revenue Sharing Bill gives rise to a very complicated set of non priorities which could undercut poor and working class blacks in every major city. (Author/AM)…

Marshall, Thurgood (1978). Dissent in the Bakke Case. Freedomways, v18 n3 p127-35 1978, 78. While the author applauds the judgment of the Supreme Court that a university may consider race in its admissions process, he considers it ironic that, after several hundred years of class-based discrimination against Blacks, the Court is unwilling to hold that a class-based remedy for that discrimination is permissible. (Author/KR)…

McCarthy, Martha M.; Patterson, William G. (1978). Academic Freedom in the Schools. Journal of General Education, 29, 4, 299-310, W 78. Reviews major court decisions on cases involving instructors' rights to teach controversial issues, to choose their teaching style, and to affect the curriculum in such ways as deciding to assign creationist or evolutionary biology textbooks. (Editor/RK)…

Zimmerman, Errol (1978). Rights Vs. Rules. College Press Review, 17, 3, 12-3, Spr 78. Discusses court cases involving freedom of the college student press and suggests that student newspaper staffs meet with administrators to agree on editorial policy. (GW)…

Marshall, Thelma E. (1978). Women in the United States, 1976. Black Scholar, 9, 8-9, 29-34, May-Jun 78. While the status of women has improved, women have not yet been elevated to a position of equality with men. (Author/AM)…

Nelson, William E., Jr. (1978). School Desegregation and the Black Community. Theory Into Practice, 17, 2, 122-30, Apr 78. Solutions to the educational problems of the black community will ultimately require the mobilization of the political strength of the black community on a number of fronts (employment, culture, technology, international relations), and the exercise of effective black decision making authority within each of them. (JD)…

Arkell, R. N.; Van Dyke, H. C. (1978). Human Rights Legislation and the Employment of Teachers. Education Canada, 18, 2, 44-7, Sum 78. Looks at teacher employment procedures to see what might be termed discriminatory. (Editor)…

(1978). Bakke Wins, Quotas Lose. Time, 112, 2, 8-16, Jul 10 78. Ruling 5 to 4, the Supreme Court finds a middle ground in the sensitive Bakke case. It gives something to everybody, outlawing strict racial quotas but permitting race to be considered in college admissions policies. (Editor)…

Villegas, Gregory (1978). Cultural Identity. Social Education, 42, 2, 162,4, Feb 78. Reasons for encouraging multicultural education in the public schools include building positive self concept among minority students and cultural awareness for all students. Supports the multicultural education argument with evidence relating to American Indian cultural heritage. (Author/DB)…

Huckle, Patricia (1978). Back to the Starting Line: Title IX and Women's Intercollegiate Athletics. American Behavioral Scientist, 21, 3, 379-92, Jan/Feb 78. Focuses on demands by women for greater resources and choices in intercollegiate athletics as a response to Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972. Concludes that, although some positive changes have resulted from poltical intervention and social change, full equality in intercollegiate athletics is unlikley in the near future. (Author/DB)…

Brigham, John C.; And Others (1976). Dimensions of Verbal Racial Attitudes: Interracial Marriages and Approaches to Racial Equality. Journal of Social Issues, 32, 2, 9-22, Spr 76. The study reported here applies an empirical approach to the analysis of the components of whites' racial attitudes. It was designed to see whether items addressing two approaches to achieving racial equality–changing the community versus improving the black–would cluster separately or whether they would cluster with items of similar type concerning other topics. (Author/JM)…

Brooke, Edward (1978). Crisis in Affirmative Action: Bakke v. the Regents of the University of California. Journal of Non-White Concerns in Personnel and Guidance, 6, 3, 119-24, Apr 78. Provides a discussion of the negative impact of the Bakke case on affirmative action. Includes ideas about legislative strategies to vindicate special-admissions and categorical-aid programs. Presented at Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D. C., March, 1977. (DOW)…

Humes II, Charles W. (1978). School Counselors and PL 94-142. School Counselor, 25, 3, 192-5, Jan 78. Discusses the specifics of PL 94-142 (which guarantees the right of all children, regardless of severity of handicap, to a free, public education) implications for counselors and problems regarding implementation. (Author/HMV)…

Sullivan, Charles A. (1976). The Enforcement of Title VII: Meshing Public and Private Efforts. Northwestern University Law Review, 71, 4, 480-535, Sep-Oct 76. Difficulties exist in reconciling various schemes of relief under Title VII to achieve efficient resource allocation and to avoid conflicting determinations. Focus is on how public and private enforcement efforts can be harmonized to avoid conflict between plaintifss and minimize the burdens on defendants. Available from: Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, Ill. 60611. (LBH)…

Goins, Frances F. (1976). Procedural Developments Under Title VII: Protection for Both Parties?. Case Western Reserve Law Review, 27, 1, 371-411, F 76. The procedural structure of Title VII was designed to safeguard the rights of both plaintiffs and defendants in employment discrimination suits. Judicial interpretations of the procedures are reviewed and it is concluded that confusions created by inaccurate interpretations are detrimental to the rights of both parties and fail to implement the policies of the act. (LBH)…

MacMillan, Donald I.; Meyers, C. Edward (1977). The Nondiscriminatory Testing Provision of PL 94-142. Viewpoints, 53, 2, 39-56, Mar 77. The author discusses the difficulties inherent in testing procedures when used for classifying children as handicapped, and procedures which could be used to insure that such tests are applied, evaluated, and interpreted in a nondiscriminatory manner. (MB)…

Spector, Malcolm (1977). Legitimizing Homosexuality. Society, 14, 5, 52-56, Jul-Aug 77. The movement to decriminalize homosexuality is well launched and will no doubt continue. However, legal reform cannot itself bring about a complete redefinition of homosexuality. Gay activist groups are searching for other institutions that repress or inhibit homosexuals' liberation. (Author)…

Sandler, Bernice (1977). Title IX: Antisexism's Big Legal Stick. American Education, 13, 4, 6-9, May 77. In one of its more significant provisions, the Education Amendments of 1972 makes sex discrimination, once a philosophic or a moral issue, a legal issue as well. (Editor)…

Bok, Derek C. (1985). Reflections on Free Speech: An Open Letter to the Harvard Community. Educational Record, v66 n1 p4-8 Win. The president of Harvard University writes an open letter on the subject of free speech and its application to a university community. The question of whether heckling is an exercise of free speech or an infringement on the rights of the speaker is discussed. (MLW)…

Starr, Isidore (1987). The Idea of Property. Update on Law-Related Education, v11 n2 p36-43,64 Spr. Reviews case law, constitutional principles, and early American writings which deal with the idea of private property. Concludes that, in the future, the issues of laissez-fare capitalism, government regulation, and the welfare state will require further clarification of our conception of private property. (JDH)…

Abang, Theresa B. (1988). Disablement, Disability and the Nigerian Society. Disability, Handicap and Society, v3 n1 p71-77. The condition of the disabled in developing nations, particularly Nigeria, is considered. Discussed are prevention of disability by control of infectious diseases, effects of myth and superstition on attitudes toward the disabled, the lack of medical facilities, and the rights of the disabled to an education and building access. (Author/DB)…

Mendelsohn, L. D. (1987). Legislation for Personal Privacy: Its Impact on Transborder Data Flow. Information Services and Use, v7 n2-3 p43-49. This description of the development of privacy protection laws in several developed nations identifies possible motivations for such legislation other than protection of citizens' privacy, including economic factors and national sovereignty. The impact of privacy legislation on international trade is discussed. (20 references) (CLB)…

Jaschik, Scott (1988). Judge Rejects NAACP Request to Maintain Court Order in College-Desegregation Case He Dismissed Last Year. Chronicle of Higher Education, v34 n35 pA19 May 11. Federal judge Pratt rejected a request to temporarily keep in effect a court order he dismissed last year, saying that the NAACP failed to prove they were likely to win their appeal, or that Black students would suffer "irreparable harm" because of the dismissal. (MLW)…

(1988). State-College Desegregation, the Courts, and the U.S. Government: A Chronology. Chronicle of Higher Education, v34 n23 pA24 Feb 17. A chronology of action arising from a 1970 lawsuit brought against the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund is presented. (MLW)…

Guysenir, Maurice G. (1986). South Africa: Another Look. Councilor, v46 p22-33 Oct. Compares South Africa's apartheid with racial segregation in the southern United States during the 1940s, 50s, and 60s. Reviews current discrimination against Blacks in South Africa and examines the question of disinvestment. Concludes that the White South African government will fall. (JDH)…

Boyer, James B. (1986). Developing a Mentality of Equity: Expanding Academic and Corporate Leadership Challenges. Journal of Educational Equity and Leadership, v6 n2 p139-51 Sum. Discusses research on the impact of environment on identity and mentality, the need for major reform of practices at odds with American ideals of equality, and overcoming biased research. Calls for further research on the impact of difference and unequal treatment on learning. (KH)…

Drechsel, Robert E. (1985). Secrecy Agreement Challenges Rights. Journalism Educator, v40 n2 p32-34 Sum. Describes a testing situation in which students were required to waive their right to discuss the exam, to personalize for students the constitutional problems raised by prepublication agreements such as those required of government workers. (HTH)…

Zakariya, Sally Banks (1985). A Comparable Worth Cyclone Is Swirling toward Your Schools. Executive Educator, v7 n7 p15-17,19-20 Jul. Describes the concept of comparable worth, discusses opposing views concerning whether inequities in pay are results of discrimination, considers efforts to determine the comparability of jobs, including teaching, notes the possible impact of implementing comparable worth legislation, and cites developments in state legislation and local school district implementation. (PGD)…

Male, George A. (1984). Racism and Education in the U.S.A. Education, v104 n4 p394-400 Sum. Focuses on some key forces and events that led to racial desegregation (e.g., the rising educational level of Blacks, excessive separatist policies, national humanitarianism, modern psychology, effects of wars, urbanization, and economic need). Analyzes future prospects in light of the new conservative mood and growing disenchantment with government. (MM)…