Jacobs, Roger B. (1979). New Rights for the Handicapped: The Rehabilatation Act and the 1978 Amendments. Civil Rights Digest, v11 n3 p22-27 Spr. The 1973 Act, which purports to promote employment opportunities for the handicapped, is reviewed and the enforcement procedure is described. The right of an individually aggrieved handicapped person to sue in Federal court ("private cause of action") is discussed in terms of the 1978 amendment. (EB)…

(1978). Blacks in Urban Areas. Urban League Review, v3 n2 p83-90 Win. Although the national Black unemployment rate has been improving, it has not matched gains made by the White population, and in metropolitan areas the Black unemployment rate is actually rising. Trends among the White population cannot be used to justify discontinuance of programs aimed at ameliorating unemployment among Blacks. (Author/RLV)…

Meltzer, Bernard D. (1979). The Weber Case: Double Talk and Double Standards. Regulation, v3 n5 p34-43 Sep-Oct. The "Weber" decision lacks the clarity, coherence, and convincing power appropriate for the work of the Supreme Court. These qualities are often the first casualties of judicial forays into the legislative thicket. Available from American Enterprise Institute, 1150 17th Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20036; sc $2.50. (Author/IRT)…

McCormick, Naomi; And Others (1989). Sexual Harassment of Students at a Small College. Initiatives, v52 n3 p15-23 Fall. Surveyed students (N=432) and faculty (N=211) at small, public college to determine perceived prevalence of sexual harassment. Found that (1) sexual harassment definition agreement between students and faculty; (2) more female students than males described themselves as harassment victims; and (3) faculty needed harassment education more than students. (CM)…

Goodwin, Megan P.; And Others (1989). Sexual Harassment: Experiences of University Employees. Initiatives, v52 n3 p25-33 Fall. Examined Central Michigan University employees' (N=449) sexual harassment experiences through employee survey. Found that (1) more women than men reported sexual harassment; (2) most common harassers cited were male co-workers, administrators, and maintenance employees; (3) harassment most frequently attributed to working conditions and hours; (4) a general lack of knowledge of what constitutes sexual harassment. (CM)…

Ryanen, I. A. (1988). Commentary of a Minor Bureaucrat. Journal of Vocational Behavior, v33 n3 p379-87 Dec. Explores changes affecting personnel testing and selection during past 20 years, noting that outcomes have often been antithesis of expressed or ostensible reason for change. Contends that some changes, designed to end discrimination, have institutionalized discriminatory practices as consequence of legitimizing methods of preferential treatment and making employment decisions based on group membership instead of individual ability. (Author/NB)…

Green, Martha Lou; Pierce, David R. (1992). Community-Based Programming and Diversity. Community College Review, v20 n3 p26-28 Dec. Urges community colleges to embrace community-based programing and accept the challenge of bringing diverse people together to work for the good of the larger community. (DMM)…

Prashad, Vijay (1998). Anti-D'Souza: The End of Racism and the Asian American [book review]. Amerasia Journal, v24 n1 p23-40 Spr. Reviews Dinesh D'Souza's "The End of Racism: Principles for a Multiracial Society" (1995), exploring his neoconservative ideology in the context of concepts of the underclass and what it means to be Asian American or an immigrant. D'Souza perpetuates the Model Minority thesis, which is itself a form of inferential racism. (SLD)…

Cohen, Carl (2002). About Personal Consequences in the Academy When a Professor Opposes Racial Preferences. Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, n34 p96-99 Win 2001-2002. Presents the opinions of a professor (the author) from the University of Michigan who leads the campaign against racial preferences in higher education, focusing on such topics as his feelings about the situation, why he challenged the university's admissions policies, peer reactions to his efforts, the reaction of black students in his classes, and why he feels his opinion is correct. (SM)…

Dixson, Adrienne D.; Rousseau, Celia K. (2005). And We Are Still Not Saved: Critical Race Theory in Education Ten Years Later. Race, Ethnicity and Education, v8 n1 p7-27 Mar. In 1995, Teachers College Record published an article by Gloria Ladson-Billings and William Tate entitled \Toward a Critical Race Theory of Education\. In this article, the authors proposed that critical race theory (CRT), a framework developed by legal scholars, could be employed to examine the role of race and racism in education. Within a few years of the publication of the article by Ladson-Billings and Tate, several scholars in education had begun to describe their work as reflecting a CRT framework. In this article, we review the literature on CRT in education that has been published over the past ten years. We also assess how far we have come with respect to CRT in education and suggest where we might go from here…. [Direct]

Rossi, Eileen J. (1976). The Women's Movement: Have Community Colleges Responded?. Community College Review, 3, 3, 36-46, Jan 76. Although certain aspects of community college education show change due to the women's movement, little support for credit curriculum and few special services have been offered, and few women administrators have been hired. The establishment of a national clearinghouse on women's programs would help provide clearer evaluation and more information. (NHM)…

Ryor, John (1978). The Equal Rights Amendment. Editorial. Today's Education, 67, 1, 5, Feb-Mar 78. This editorial calls for positive action supporting the National Education Association resolution in favor of the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution. (JD)…

(1977). Chronicle of Race, Sex and Schools. Integrated Education, 15, 3, 24-31, May-Jun 77. …

Farrell, Charles S. (1987). NCAA Effort to Spur Black-Coach Hirings Gets Mixed Reviews. Chronicle of Higher Education, v34 n4 pA39-40 Sep 23. A special committee to boost the hiring of blacks in coaching and sports administration was formed by the NCAA. The committee will collect data on minority employment and identify ways to increase the pool of black coaches and administrators. (MLW)…

Levinger, George (1987). Discrimination in Employment: Insight and Action. Journal of Social Issues, v43 n1 p1-3. Introduces this special issue, which initiates a dialogue on Black employment opportunities in an effort to redress the racial imbalance and the weaknesses in the data often brought to bear on social problems. (PS)…

Vetter, Betty M. (1972). More Women for Higher Education. Science, 178, 4063, 815, Nov 72. …

Holmes, Robert A. (1980). What's Ahead for Personnel Professionals in the '80s?. Personnel Administrator, v25 n6 p33-37,82-84 Jun. Discusses the impact of federal regulation (primarily that of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) in the area of personnel selection. (IRT)…

Elkiss, Helen (1980). Modifying Seniority Systems Which Perpetuate Past Discrimination. Labor Law Journal, v31 n1 p37-45 Jan. Suggests modifications to seniority systems that would eliminate those aspects that have not served women and minorities fairly. (IRT)…

Johnson, Ronald D.; Robertson, David E. (1980). Reverse Discrimination: Did "Weber" Decide the Issue?. Labor Law Journal, v31 n11 p693-99 Nov. While still leaving some questions unanswered, the guidelines provided in the "Weber" case have clearly helped to clarify the legal status of race-conscious employee selection procedures. (Author/IRT)…

Mericle, Mary F.; Rosen, Benson (1979). Influence of Strong versus Weak Fair Employment Policies and Applicant's Sex on Selection Decisions and Salary Recommendations in a Management Simulation. Journal of Applied Psychology, v64 n4 p435-39 Aug. Strong and weak policies on fair employment were equally effective in counteracting sex bias in selection decisions; however, lower starting salaries were recommended for females compared to males in the strong fair employment policy condition. (Author/IRT)…

Downey, Gregg W. (1977). How a Noble Federal Push for Civil Rights Is Making Civil Wrongs in Schools and How School People Are Fighting Back. American School Board Journal, 164, 5, 27-30,36, May 77. …

Splitt, David A. (1996). Looking Back on 18 Years of School Law. Executive Educator, v18 n7 p11,39 Jul. Reflects on 18 years' worth of school law columns. Many of the author's predictions have proved accurate, such as forecasts that legislation to assist handicapped students would produce an unprecedented flood of litigation; that minimum competency testing would stand the tests of time and the courts; and that school districts should avoid litigation that accomplishes nothing except enriching lawyers. (MLH)…

Naff, Katherine C. (1998). Progress toward Achieving a Representative Federal Bureaucracy: The Impact of Supervisors and Their Beliefs. Public Personnel Management, v27 n2 p135-50 Sum. Updates research from the 1970s and 1980s regarding the achievement of a fully representative federal bureaucracy. Suggests that there is not widespread support among supervisors for the notion of a representative bureaucracy and that such attitudes may have an impact on recruitment efforts. (JOW)…

Thernstrom, Abigail (2003). Codifying a Double Standard. Academic Questions, v16 n3 p8-12 Jun. On 23 June 2003, the Supreme Court of the United States issued two rulings on the constitutionality of race preferences in university admissions. The cases in question both involved the University of Michigan and were designated Gratz v. Bollinger and Grutter v. Bollinger. The Michigan rulings were a stunning triumph for race preferences, from which those who put stock in the 14th Amendment's promise of racial equality can take little solace. Abigail Thernstrom laments that, as a consequence, our highest court has papered over lagging minority performance in higher education and thereby ignored the roots of the problem in American elementary and secondary schools…. [Direct]

Trotter, Andrew (2006). High Court to Consider Use of Race: K-12 Diversity Policies at Issue in Two Cases. Education Week, v25 n40 p1, 22 Jun. By accepting two appeals on the voluntary use of race in assigning students to public schools, the U.S. Supreme Court will likely decide the constitutionality of widespread practices that school districts use to promote diversity. And the decision could affect schools in unforeseen ways. In both cases, parents of white children have challenged plans that have used race as a factor in assigning students to schools. The justices accepted the two cases on June 5, 2006 for the new term that begins in October. The court's decision to take the appeals involving the Jefferson County, Kentucky, and Seattle school systems means the court "is probably looking at the whole universe of the question of diversity in schools," said Francisco M. Negron, Jr., the general counsel of the National School Boards Association, based in Alexandria, Virginia Sharon L. Browne, a lawyer with the Pacific Legal Foundation, based in Sacramento, California, said, "Together, these cases could put an…

Williams, Charles F. (2006). Supreme Court Preview. Social Education, v70 n6 p343-349 Oct. This article presents the Supreme Court's preview. As the 2005 term neared its June 30 end date, the Supreme Court, still adjusting to its first membership change in 11 years, had yet to decide dozens of cases that had defied quick resolution throughout the term. But with the last-minute release of seriously fractured decisions in many of the most-watched cases at the end of June, it became clear that the new Court could be as divided as the old. Furthermore, the author states that Court began the 2006 term on October 2 with 29 new cases in its inbox–eight fewer than had been accepted for review by this time last year, and only about a third of the total cases will likely end up agreeing to review before the 2006 term ends in June 2007. Included in this initial batch of \cert granteds\ are some genuinely big issues: abortion, environmental law, punitive damages, and the use of race when assigning students to public schools. Thus, the author states that before looking ahead to the… [Direct]

Bloom, Thomas K. (1989). Increasing Female Enrollment in Industrial Education. An action study was undertaken at the University of Vermont to increase the number of women students in Industrial Education (IE) programs within the Vocational Education and Technology Department. The first objective was to increase the number of women students taking introductory technical courses. Objective 2 was to increase the number of women students taking higher-level technical courses. Objective 3 was to increase the number of women minors and majors in IE. Among the activities undertaken were the development of a slide presentation, a recruitment brochure, and posters; demonstrations and displays in popular meeting places on campus; establishment of working relationships with women's advocacy groups on campus; determination that instructional materials were nonsexist; identification of role models; and counseling. Over an 18-month period, all of the basic courses demonstrated an increase in participation by women. However, the impact on enrollment in upper-level courses…

(1980). Conference on the Educational and Occupational Needs of White Ethnic Women (October 10-13, 1978). These conference papers address the issues of educational and occupational equality for women and identify factors contributing to the underrepresentation of minority women in education and work. The conferences, sponsored by the National Institute of Education (NIE), were held between 1975 and 1978 to solicit the views of black, Hispanic-American, Asian-Pacific-American, American Indian, and white ethnic women. Other ethnic groups who participated include Italian, Finnish, German, Slavic, Jewish, and Greek-Americans. Included in the paper are policy, research, social, and humanitarian concerns, much of whose implementation fall beyond the mission, purview, and resources of NIE and the Department of Education. Therefore, NIE is now making them available to a wider audience. Recommendations made by the participants summarize the spirit of the conference. Federal agencies should communicate with each other with regard to the concerns of ethnic women. Their policies and practices… [PDF]

Stern, Robert N.; And Others (1976). Equality for Blacks and Women: An Essay on Relative Progress. Social Science Quarterly, 56, 4, 664-672, Mar 76. Comparing problems facing both women and blacks in their quest for equality, the authors show how the relative size of a minority group directly influences the course of its progress toward equality with the majority and the consequences of this progress. (Author/RM)…

Leach, Daniel E. (1978). Is Change Real or Just Words?. Journal of Intergroup Relations, v6 n4 p11-17 Dec. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's effectiveness to end discrimination should never have been judged by the yardstick of the individual charge process. Reforms are taking place within the commission to create rapid charge resolution procedures and utilize funds more effectively. (Author/WI)…