Nussbaum, Tom (1983). Minimum Standards for Instructional Programs, Faculty and Facilities. This report highlights recommendations to the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges for new minimum standards in the areas of instructional programs, faculty and facilities. Part I describes prior attempts to address the question of minimum standards in the community colleges and responds to the Educational Policy Committee's review and analysis of accreditation and the scope of statewide standards. Part II provides a revised analysis and recommendations concerning: (1) instructional programs, which cover program objectives, course and program approval, curriculum balance, program review, articulation with high schools and four-year institutions, information dissemination, academic calendar, criteria for credit and non-credit courses, class size, and program priorities; (2) faculty standards, which deal with the adequacy of education and training, sufficiency of faculty numbers, faculty evaluation, in-service training and professional growth, academic freedom,…

(1990). State University System of Florida Fact Book 1988-89. Annual Report 1989. Comparative 1988-1989 data about the State University System of Florida is provided in the form of tabular displays, charts, graphs, and a glossary of terms and abbreviations. A section on institutional characteristics presents data on campus size, headcounts, student age, out-of-state students, and part-time students. Admissions data covers Scholastic Aptitude Test scores, American College Test scores, Graduate Record Examination scores, high-school grade point averages, county of residence, and transfer student information. Enrollment data focuses on enrollment trends from 1978-79 through 1988-89, full-time equivalents, credit hour load; county, state, or nation of residence; sex; race; course load; and age. A section on degree programs offers statistics on academic degree programs approved; headcounts by discipline and level; headcounts by discipline, race, and sex; and degrees granted by discipline, institution, race, and sex. Additional statistics describe registration,…

James, Olive C. R., Ed.; Matson, Hollis N., Ed. (1990). University Commission on Human Relations: Focusing on Racism & Other Forms of Discrimination. Final Report. Volume I: Report of the Commission. The University Commission on Human Relations of San Francisco State University was appointed to study how the campus community deals with human relations, focusing on issues of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or religion. The study involved: three surveys taken of students, faculty, and staff/administrators; public hearings; confidential testimony; a literature review; documentation of campus activities and visuals; and examination of university policies and procedures. This volume of the seven volume report covers: study organization, planning, and data collection; a summary of the findings; recommendations; and a bibliography of 24 resources. Ten general recommendations and 24 issue-specific recommendations are offered, in addition to recommendations offered in issue group reports. The recommendations concern: establishment of an Office for Human Relations; workshops on ethnic, cultural, and social diversity; relevant curriculum and degree requirements;…

Nussbaum, Tom (1983). Minimum Standards for Instructional Programs, Faculty and Facilities. In response to a mandate from the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, this report analyzes current minimum standards for instructional programs, faculty, and facilities in the community college system and offers proposals for Board discussion and modification. First, background information is provided on the Board's criteria for minimum standards and ongoing efforts concerning minimum standards' revision. The next sections review the adequacy of current standards in covering specific aspects of instructional programs, faculty, and facilities. With respect to instructional programs, the report focuses on objectives, curriculum consistency, course and program approval, curriculum balance, review process, articulation, information dissemination, calendar approval, credit/non-credit and state support criteria, class size, and program priorities. With regard to faculty standards, the report considers educational adequacy, number of instructional staff, faculty…

Escutia, Marta M.; Prieto, Margarita (1986). Hispanics in the Work Force, Part II: Hispanic Women. This paper evaluates the status of Hispanic women in the United States work force. First, demographic information on age patterns, fertility rates, and educational attainment is reviewed. Then, labor market status is assessed in relation to Hispanic women's labor force participation, employment patterns, and poverty. Next, the Federal response to these problems is evaluated and policy implications are discussed. The status of Hispanic women in the labor force is characterized by low educational attainment, occupational segregation in the least skilled jobs, low wages, and high levels of unemployment and poverty. This segregation results from the educational attainment of Hispanic women, which is the lowest of all population groups. In contrast to the training programs offered by the terminated Comprehensive Employment and Training Act, the current Job Training Partnership Act offers limited hope for improving the long-term market status of Hispanic women. The elimination of the…

Perez, Richie (1985). The Status of Puerto Ricans in the United States. In the 1950s, Puerto Ricans in the United States began to consolidate to gain more political power, and over the next three decades, many organizations were formed for this purpose. The National Congress for Puerto Rican Rights (NCPRR) was created in the early 1980s to become a mass-membership, activist, civil and human rights organization. Through grassroots coalition-building with blacks and other groups, the NCPRR addresses problems relating to the economic, educational, social, and political status of Puerto Ricans. The governmental and industrial sectors which historically have been the primary source of jobs for Puerto Ricans are declining. Only 40% of all Puerto Ricans over 16 are now working, and Latinos as a group are highly subject to underemployment, family poverty, low educational attainment and a high dropout rate. About one-third live in physically inadequate or overcrowded housing conditions, and their health status is also low. The Puerto Rican community has been…

(1985). University of Hawaii, Windward Community College: Educational Development Plan, 1985-90. Based on wide input from both faculty and staff members, Windward Community College's (WCC's) five-year educational plan was designed as the guiding document for institutional development from 1985 to 1990. The first sections of the plan examine the history and background of the campus; WCC's planning process; its mission and goals; and the external and internal factors, as well as the assumptions, that provided the context for the planning process. The next section offers an assessment of WCC in terms of its accreditation status and the progress it has made in implementing the goals of the 1979-1985 Education Development Plan concerning instruction, vocational education programs, learning skills program, media production center, student services, academic administration, and community services. Next, a list and timeline are provided, detailing the college's 1985-90 priorities for each of its liberal arts and vocational programs, learning assistance and academic support, and student…

Trujillo, Lorenzo A. (1983). Multiculturalism for a Global Society: Together We Can. The needs for understanding the multicultural nature of the world, creating educational opportunities for minorities, and striving toward accurate communication among cultures are addressed. The first part of the paper discusses culture in terms of the symbolic system that encodes the values of humanity at the levels of language, social structure, and world view. Symbols through which people define themselves culturally include idiomatic usage of the language, morals, religion, aesthetics, politics, common practices, and the role assigned to science. The next section, which briefly outlines schools of thought on culture and knowledge, concludes that the educational foundations must be established for society to develop a greater sense of global awareness and multiculturalism in order to allow many value systems to exist in harmony. The remainder of the paper presents statistics on college education in Colorado and describes the population and programs of the Jefferson County… [PDF]

Mann, James W.; And Others (1988). Legislative Needs Assessment Concerning Persons Who Are Blind and Visually Impaired. The report is a legislative needs assessment for persons who are blind and visually impaired in Mississippi. The first chapter presents an overview of the project. Chapter 2 summarizes federal legislation concerning persons who are blind and visually impaired. Chapter 3 reviews the methodology used to analyze state legislation and provides a brief summary of current Mississippi law. Chapter 4 presents findings and recommendations for legislative changes affecting services for this population. Recommendations are grouped into the following areas: administration, education, blindness registry, prevention of blindness, independent living, and blind-made products. Many recommendations include sample legislative texts from other states. Additional program areas not currently reflected in Mississippi laws are also recommended. These include children's services, professional preparation, information services, reader services, home services, the multi-handicapped blind, housing, facility…

(1982). Job Training Partnership Act. Public Law 97-300. The Job Training Partnership Act is intended to establish programs to prepare youth and unskilled adults for entry into the labor force and to afford job training to those economically disadvantaged individuals who are in special need of such training to obtain productive employment. The act is organized into five titles. Title I prescribes the job training partnership, including the service delivery system (such as private industry councils and job training plans), state responsibilities, program requirements, and federal and fiscal administrative provisions. Title II contains provisions for training services for the disadvantaged, including adult and youth programs and summer youth employment and training programs. Title III explains employment and training assistance for dislocated workers, including allocation of funds, identification of dislocated workers, and state plans, while Title IV describes federally administered programs. These programs include employment and training… [PDF]

Witter, William C. (1985). Santa Fe Community College. The President's Annual Report, 1984-1985. Focusing on Santa Fe Community College's (SFCC's) second year of operation, this report provides information on the mission, purposes, and governance of the college, as well as an overview of the year's major accomplishments and a look at future directions. Section I briefly reviews second-year developments and accomplishments, including a variety of institutional self-study, evaluation, and planning activities. Section II considers the mission and purposes of SFCC, enumerating the guiding principles for the college, its major overall goals, its general education policy, and specific second-year institutional goals. In section III, aspects of institutional governance are addressed, including the SFCC board, administrative structure, and college councils and committees. Section IV provides information showing the major accomplishments during 1984-85 in the areas of instruction, student profile, community services, student services, finance, administrative services, affirmative…

Begin, James P. (1978). Bargaining and Faculty Reward Systems: Current Research Findings. Empirical research literature on the relationship between faculty bargaining and faculty reward systems was reviewed. The emphasis was on five areas that may be affected by bargaining: the rationalization of institutional policies and practicies, particularly those related to personnel issues; a rationalization of grievance procedures, with a corresponding improvement in due process; a redistribution of authority among faculty, administrators, and students; changes in the quality of relationships brought about by the adversary nature of the bargaining process; and changes in the level of compensation with possible resulting effects on resource allocations. Some problems that limit research findings are: the collective bargaining movement is still in its early stages and is characterized by a significant degree of instability and variety; there is a heavy reliance on interviews or questionnaire surveys of the perceptions of direct participants and too little use of objective…

Koltai, Leslie (1978). Taxpayer Initiative and the Political Process–The California Experience. California's Proposition 13 set a maximum property tax of one percent of appraised market value, limited assessment increases to no more than two percent of cash value each year, and required that no new taxes be imposed to make up for lost revenues without a two-thirds vote of the state legislature or a two-thirds vote of all qualified voters. Five areas of concern for two-year college administrators have resulted from this situation: (1) the impaired planning abilities of local districts due to the short-term availability of funds; (2) the loss of authority by boards of trustees and college administrations through increased shared authority with the state legislature, the board of governors, the state chancellor, and special interest groups; (3) a transition period in planning resulting in the halt of fiscal growth and the renewed consideration of imposing tuition; (4) decreased public support of community colleges resulting in less innovation and in redefinition of community…

(1980). Information on the Board of Governors and Chancellor's Office. General information is provided concerning the responsibilitiies of the Board of Governors and the Chancellor's Office of the California Community Colleges. The role of the Board is examined first in terms of its responsibility to coordinate regional and statewide development of community college programs and facilities, advise local districts on educational finance, and establish minimum standards for instructional, employment, and budgetary policies. A statement of philosophy for the Board, outlining its commitment to the retention of local district autonomy, precedes a statement of the Board's goals in the areas of equal opportunity, academic freedom, effective use of human and physical resources, distribution of state funds, accreditation, accountability, planning, and the effective articulation of state policies to local districts. The report then considers the administrative organization of the Chancellor's Office and briefly describes the staffing and responsibilities of its…

Love, Ruth B. (1980). The Educational Process and Black on Black Crime. Black on black crime reflects the behavior of people of poverty and powerlessness. It grows from a pathology of racism; a society which denies access and opportunity. Educational institutions can be essential instruments of change. Strategies to help enhance the lives and potential of black youth include: (1) provision for opportunity for success; (2) influencing natural leaders toward positive, constructive activities; (3) development of truancy reduction and re-entry programs; (4) stressing the importance of self-identity and self-worth as basic skills; (5) reduction of criminals on campus; (6) development of curricula on non-violent conflict resolution; (7) role modelling by positive achieving adults; (8) development of programs using streetworkers to counsel black youth and placement of social services within schools; and (9) service by adults as mentors or advocates for under-achieving, high potential youth. It is also important for the black community to mobilize its resources…

Garcia, Jose D.; Gonzalez, Ramon (1980). Proyectos de Educacion Migrante (Migrant Education Projects). Written in Spanish and English for project personnel, parents, and others interested in migrant education, the booklet summarizes general concepts and requirements behind Title I-Migrant activities in Oregon, which has been allocated $4,439,341 in Title I-Migrant funds for fiscal year 1980. Following brief definitions of important terms, information is organized in two main sections: project planning and project implementation. Included in the planning section is brief information regarding: how a school district qualifies for Title I-Migrant funds; project priorities to be considered; eligibility and participation of migrant children; requirements for comparable access to state and local services; required parental involvement; required provision of supplemental rather than duplicate programs and services; rights of the state of Oregon regarding property ownership, continued funding, and grants to non-profit groups; required project approvals; and support and day care services… [PDF]

O'Reilly, James T.; Simon, Gale P. (1980). Unions' Rights to Company Information. Labor Relations and Public Policy Series No. 21. In recent years a surge of conflicting laws and regulations have emanated from Congress, federal agencies, and the courts concerning the right of individuals and organizations to obtain what heretofore had been considered private information and the right of individuals and organizations to maintain the privacy of such information. To answer the host of questions involved in unions' rights to company information, the author was commissioned to make this study. Part 1 discusses the nature of disclosure. Part 2 discusses disclosure pursuant to the National Labor Relations (Taft-Hartley) Act, which requires employers and employee organizations to exchange all information relevant and useful in the collective bargaining process. Part 3 concerns the Federal Privacy Act of 1974 and employer-employee relationship. The relationship of the Freedom of Information Act and information policy is discussed in part 4. This act is a charter of rights under which members of the public can obtain…

Squires, Robert (1980). Sustaining the Essentials. There are social forces exerting a tremendous influence that would, unchecked, remove humanistic elements from the teaching and learning of language by imposing a narrow set of basics–those skills that can be measured and which threaten to become the whole, very minimum, curriculum. The "Essentials of Education," a statement developed by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) in reply to the basics advocates, encourages sustaining the essentials in language arts. This policy would work to sustain and rediscover America's rich cultural pluralism, by respecting the dialects and languages students bring to school while still sustaining standard English. Students' right to read is another essential that must be sustained, by defending their right to make informed and mature choices for themselves. Research is essential because without it the teaching profession has neither the knowledge to effect significant change in the teaching of language arts nor the facts to…

(1979). ACCT Trustee Quarterly: Volume 3, Number 1-4, 1978-1979. ACCT Trustee Quarterly, v3 n1-4 1978-79. These four issues of the third volume of \Trustee Quarterly\ present 25 articles dealing with community college finance, administration and mission. Specific topics covered by one of more of the articles include: (1) selecting a college president; (2) accountability in college finance; (3) the political role of the community college trustee; (4) the functions of a college development office; (5) the working relationship between the trustees and the college president; (6) urban community college needs; (7) the role of the college in preserving the democratic form of government and the free enterprise system; (8) inflation and retrenchment; (9) reentry programs and lifelong learning; (10) long- and short-range planning; (11) the overall functions of the community college administrator evaluation; (14) decision-making frameworks for college governance; (15) the disadvantaged position of nontraditional, part-time students under federally funded financial aid programs; (16) the role of…

Rawles, Beth (1975). The Media and Its Effect on Black Images. While the media is not directly responsible for establishing bigoted attitudes and prejudices, movies, television, radio, and print have reinforced racial prejudice and perpetuated the negative images and stereotypes of blacks in this country. Movies as early as 1902 reflect many of the early black stereotypes: the black male is stupid and lazy, obliging and obedient, or sexually aggressive and destructive, while the black female is \mammy,\ a matriarch, ingenue, seductress, or more recently, \tough mamma.\ Racial stereotypes and inequality in radio and television programing are reflected in the following: low employment ratio for blacks in these fields, scanty representation of the black viewpoint, lack of multi-dimensional black characterization, and the absence of ethnicity in program content. Mainstream newspapers, magazines, and advertising reflect low press coverage for blacks; when blacks are included, the tendency is to reinforce negative stereotypes, particularly in…

Walter, Verne (1975). Self-Motivated Personal Career Planning: A Breakthrough in Human Resource Management. The author discusses major barriers which hinder the accomplishment of effective employee career management and presents Self-Motivated Personal Career Planning as a means to reconcile personal and organizational goals. The plan involves employee planners and management facilitators in a process of self-assessment and goal-setting, which capitalizes on the forces of one's own motivation to succeed in life and seeks to create an organizational climate of interpersonal relationships fostering personal growth and career development. Various steps are followed which lead to the composition of an individual's Personal Career Review and Action Plan Summary. The starting point for self-assessment is the construction of an autobiographical summary of educational preparation, work experience, and personal career accomplishment from analysis worksheets. Psychometric inventories are used for comparison purposes and the Career/Personal Development Profile is used for further specific…

(1972). Chancellor's Advisory Committee on the Status of Women at CUNY. Public Hearings Testimony: An Edited Summary and Evaluation. In December 1971 a committee was appointed at the City University of New York (CUNY) to recommend meaningful changes in policy to meet the problem of discrimination and to advance the status of women at CUNY. Public hearings were held in February and April of 1972, and faculty, students and staff were invited to testify regarding prejudicial practices at the various colleges. The testimony pointed to the existence at CUNY of some general attitudes about women and their proper roles in academia and the larger society. Precisely how these attitudes affect the status of women at CUNY was made abundantly clear by witness after witness. Thus, in order to understand why the status of women employed at CUNY is so uniformly low, this condensed report of the public hearings testimony begins with a consideration of the image of women. It then moves on to consider the status of women at CUNY, specifically with regard to recruitment, promotions, salaries, policy-making, parenthood, grievances… [PDF]

Cardenas, Jose A. (1974). Addendum to the Intervenor's Education Plan for the Denver Public Schools. The addendum to the Denver Public Schools education plan, which was submitted to the Court on January 23, 1974, makes specific recommendations for elements of school activities outlined in the plan. The recommendations pertain to the philosophy; policy; the scope and sequence of poverty, cultural, language, mobility, and perceptual aspects; curriculum; staffing including poverty, culture, language, mobility, and societal perceptions training; recruitment; hiring; evaluation; co-curriculum activities; student services; the testing program; psychological services; counseling services; pupil orientation programs; special motivation services; a catch-up or adjustment center; noninstructional needs; community involvement; implementation procedures; and jurisdiction. Among the recommendations are: (1) rules and regulations which are consistant with the philosophy statement issued by the Denver Board of Education shall be enacted; (2) bilingual and bicultural programs must be implemented…

Steinbach, Sheldon Elliot (1973). Equal Employment Opportunity Pressures on Colleges and Universities–Present and Pending. Presented in this paper is a discussion of various federal demands and their ramifications concerning nondiscriminatory employment practices in higher education. These demands require that colleges and universities desiring or holding federal contracts eliminate all traces of discriminatory practices with regard to faculty recruitment, hiring, anti-nepotism policies, placement, job classification and assignment, promotion, termination, conditions of work, salary rights and benefits, leave policies and fringe benefits. A complaint of discrimination may be filed by or on behalf of an individual or by one of the Commissioners of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Notice of the charge is forwarded to the employer within 10 days stating the date, place and circumstances of the alleged unfair employment practice. After an investigation, if a finding of discrimination is confirmed and the employer and complainant have failed to reach conciliation, the individual or the… [PDF]

Lipset, Seymour Martin (1972). Group Life in America: A Task Force Report. Contents of this book include discussions of the following topics: (1) issues for the 1970s (redefining American pluralism); (2) historic pattern of change (rise and fall of repressive movements); (3) unity in the post-war era; (4) breakdown in consensus (racial equality and black militancy; demand for group rights; anti-war and other protests; white ethnicity revitalized; failure of backlash politics; and attitudes toward political and social institutions); (5) the urban crisis; (6) decline of WASP provincial; (7) the democratic coalition: stable or broken (national coalitions; municipal and state coalitions; shifts in the Roosevelt-New Deal coalition; anti-Catholicism of upper class liberals); (8) crisis of liberalism and political situation of American Jewry (declining Jewish political influence?; Jews and blacks; Jews and conservatives; cleavages in the Jewish community); (9) economic issues and group tensions (income distribution in the U.S.; recomposing the GNP: changing…

Chin, Laura, Ed.; And Others (1975). The Farmington Report: A Conflict of Cultures. A Report of the New Mexico Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights….. In response to numerous complaints from Navajo leaders, the New Mexico Advisory Committee undertook this study of the complex social and economic relationships that bind the city of Farmington and the Navajo Reservation. This report examines issues relating to community attitudes; the administration of justice; provisions of health and medical services; alcohol abuse and alcoholism; employment; and economic development on the Navajo Reservation and its real and potential impact on the city of Farmington and San Juan County. From testimony of participants during a three-day open meeting in Farmington and from extensive field investigation, the Advisory Committee has concluded that Native Americans in almost every area suffer from injustice and maltreatment. Recommendations are addressed to local, county, State, and Federal agencies. They include: establishing a human relations committee in Farmington; developing a comprehensive alcohol abuse and alcoholism program; coordination… [PDF]

Mitchem, Arnold L. (1997). Setting Funding Priorities for Access: An American Perspective. This paper, presented at an international conference, tries to put the unique problems of providing access to postsecondary education in the context of the social, economic, and political climate of the United States. The paper notes that since 1979 students are assuming a growing share while taxpayers have reduced their relative contributions to the costs of financing higher education. Additionally, federal assistance has shifted from grants to loans. While the U.S. government funds only a portion of higher education, access to wealth in America is closely tied to access to college; the average income for a college graduate is $37,224, for a high school graduate it is $20,248. With funding priorities shifted away from assisting the neediest students, the current focus is on programs specifically targeting disadvantaged and first-generation college students. Such programs begin to assist students earlier in their lives and have been a successful access strategy, even as the…

(2001). The Status of Equal Opportunity for Minorities in Moorhead, Minnesota. This report contains information received at a public fact finding meeting held in Moorhead, Minnesota, in 1999. The meeting examined equal opportunity conditions for minority residents in Moorhead, noting possible disparities in four areas: income and employment, education, public safety, and housing and public accommodation. To buttress the data collected, researchers administered attitudinal surveys to white and minority residents. After an introduction to the study, data are presented on the four areas, offering background information, survey results, commentary from public and organization officials, and commentary from the minority community. Overall, there were significant differences between white and minority members' perceptions of equal employment opportunity. Whites perceived that there was equal opportunity in employment and earning, while minorities perceived barriers to equal employment opportunity. Minorities were disproportionately under-represented in the public… [PDF]

(1997). Valuing Diversity: Student Perceptions of Campus Climate in the Oregon State System of Higher Education. This report presents results of a campus climate survey which focused on student perceptions of issues related to race and ethnicity on campuses in the Oregon State System of Higher Education (OSSHE). Following a literature search and questionnaire development, questionnaires were mailed to 5,989 randomly selected students at all seven OSSHE campuses. Analysis of the 2,296 returned questionnaires indicated that: (1) financial aid was a concern for all groups of students, with significant differences among ethnic/racial groups regarding the amount and sources of aid or financial support received; (2) although students reported generally low levels of participation in extracurricular events or ethnic/cultural events, 73 percent said they would feel welcome at such events though 2.7 percent reported feeling rejected; (3) enrollment in diversity-related courses was widespread among all groups (43 percent), with African-American students the most likely to have enrolled in such courses;… [PDF]

(1996). Minority Achievement Report, 1996. In 1996 Howard Community College (HCC) (Maryland) developed three campus goals for the next 5 years for the enrollment, retention and graduation of minority students, and for the hiring of minority faculty and staff. These goals support the college's mission statement that guarantees all residents of its service area equal access, and its statement of beliefs that the college values the diversity of its student population. First, enrollment levels for minority students will reflect population percentages by race/ethnicity within the service area. Second, graduation and transfer rates for minority students will be equivalent to those rates for the student population as a whole. The college will reach parity in graduation and transfer for minority students in 5 years. Third, the college will meet its commitment to recruit, hire, and retain individuals who reflect the community's diversity. Specific objectives within each of these goals are also presented. College data related to… [PDF]