Fontham, Michael R. (1978). Legalization of Employment Discrimination against White Males. Journal of Intergroup Relations, v6 n4 p30-39 Dec. The intervention of government to require speeial treatment of designated groups on the basis of race, color, or sex is inconsistent with principles of equal treatment under American law. Regardless of past discrimination against certain classes, governmental determination to favor them at the expense of White males is not justified. (Author/WI)…

Sloan, Allan (1978). An Analysis of Uniform Guidelines in Employee Selection Procedures. Employee Relations Law Journal, v4 n3 p346-56 Win 1978-79. Article points out that while new federal Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures, which became effective September 25, 1978, attempt to clarify two conflicting sets of rules, they also impose new burdens on public and private employers. Available from Executive Enterprise Publications Co., Inc., 10 Columbus Circle, New York, New York 10019; $48.00 annually. (Author/PKP)…

Jones, Mack H. (1978). The Bakke Case: The Logical Legacy of Atheoretical Protest Politics. Freedomways, 18, 1, 16-20, Win 78. Suggests that the importance of the Bakke case lies in the fact that it could act as a catalytic agent that would force social theoreticians, especially black ones, to face to an important question: what is the role of racism in the U.S. political economy? (Author/AM)…

Wright, Bruce McM. (1978). Bangs and Whimpers The Strange Case of Allan Bakke. Freedomways, 18, 1, 21-7, Win 78. Suggests that Bakke was not rejected because he was white or because of a minority program, but rather because he was not highly qualified and in addition possibly because of his age. (Author/AM)…

McLoughlin, Mary Ellen; Scott, Nan E. (1978). Sex-Affirmative Counseling: The Counselor as Change Agent. Tennessee Education, 7, 3, 21-7, Win 78. Sex-affirmative counseling requires: counselor self-exploration re: his/her mind-set toward sex-role stereotyping; awareness of the sex-role attitudes of the counselee re: perceived available alternatives; content analysis of counseling material re: blatant or subtle sex-bias; and affirmative moves by the counselor to explore discarded life options based on sex-role stereotypes. (JC)…

Weinberg, Louise (1977). The New Meaning of Equity. Journal of Legal Education, 28, 4, 532-41, 77. The current bias of law schooling, particularly in the first year, in favor of the ordinary action at law for damages, should be reviewed in light of the significance of contemporary actions \in equity\ for affirmative court orders, says this professor of law. (LBH)…

Farmer, Fran (1977). The Bakke Case: Worrisome Wrinkle or Wholesale Retreat?. Urban League Review, 2, 2, 39-43, Sum 77. The Bakke Case is important because it is part of continuum wherin the Supreme Court has been slowly shifting, placing a much higher burden of proof upon the person who has suffered from exclusion, discrimination, or oppression. (Author/AM)…

Chusmir, Leonard H.; Durand, Douglas E. (1987). The Female Factor. Training and Development Journal, v41 n8 p32-37 Aug. Refutes several myths about women and job commitment; discusses why women work and how they become job-committed. Tells how human resources development and personnel policy can help individuals become job-committed. (CH)…

Beck, E. M.; Kemp, Alice Abel (1986). Equal Work, Unequal Pay: Gender Discrimination within Work-Similar Occupations. Work and Occupations: An International Sociological Journal, v13 n3 p324-47 Aug. Describes an empirical method to identify work-similar occupations using selected measures from the Dictionary of Occupational Titles. Examines male-female earnings differences within a group of work-similar occupations and finds that discrimination against females is extensive. (Author/CH)…

Becker, William E.; Williams, Arlington W. (1986). Assessing Personnel Practices in Higher Education: A Case Study in the Hiring of Females. Economics of Education Review, v5 n3 p265-72. Develops a model of ideal minority representation to assess whether or not an employer's current personnel policies are consistent with a random hiring policy. The model is then applied to a case alleging sex discrimination in the hiring practices of a university academic department. Appended are 12 references. (MLF)…

Thomas, M. Donald (1986). Why Aren't Women Administering Our Schools?. NASSP Bulletin, v70 n488 p90-92 Mar. The percentage of women in educational administrative positions remains low. The author discusses discriminatory practices and offers suggestions for improving the situation. (MD)…

Darlington, Richard B. (1976). A Defense of \Rational\ Personnel Selection, and Two New Methods. Journal of Educational Measurement, 13, 1, 43-52, Spr 76. Two techniques for personnel selection are presented. The first is a graphical technique which non-technical personnel can use in deciding the number of minority applicants to admit to an institution. The other is a large scale computer technique which an institution can use to increase personnel diversity including cultural factors. (Author/DEP)…

Husen, Torsten (1976). Problems of Securing Equal Access to Higher Education: The Dilemma Between Equality and Excellence. Higher Education, 5, 4, 407-22, Nov 76. The changing concept of higher education is addressed, including the idea of \equalization incompatibilities.\ The question is raised whether in a mass system of higher education one would have to consider a dual admissions procedure to preserve the academic core system; i.e., graduate studies and research. (Editor/LBH)…

Lorch, Barbara R. (1973). Reverse Discrimination in Hiring in Sociology Departments: A Preliminary Report. American Sociologist, 8, 3, 116-120, Aug 73. In a questionnaire to sociology department chairmen, 32 percent indicated they had positions to fill in the past two years and felt coerced to practice reverse discrimination; sixteen percent reported they actually did so. Argues this is reason for grave concern. (Author/RJ)…

Swan, George Steven (1973). The Double Standard and the Catholic Minorities. Notre Dame Journal of Education, 4, 4, 328-335, W 73. A recent test case may relate significantly to the interests of many \Catholic ethnic\ minorities in relation to school admissions and job opportunities. (KM)…

Bakon, Cynthia; And Others (1983). Computer Fear. Educational Leadership, v41 n1 p27 Sep. The gap between male and female participation in elective mathematics is now being replicated in computer classes. School districts implementing computer education programs should take action to ensure sex equity. (MLF)…

Harlan, Sharon L.; O'Farrell, Brigid (1982). After the Pioneers: Prospects for Women in Nontraditional Blue-Collar Jobs. Work and Occupations: An International Sociological Journal, v9 n3 p363-86 Aug. Data from a three-year study of a large industrial firm illustrate the changes that occurred after equal employment policies were installed. The new practices did not address barriers impeding women's access to and advancement in nontraditional jobs. Although more women are hired, new patterns of sex and race segregation are developed. (Author/SK)…

Dandridge, William L. (1978). Recruiting Minority Teachers for Independent Schools. Independent School, v38 n2 p8-11 Dec. Suggests some general observations about the process of recruiting minority teachers as well as a number of specific strategies. (Author/SJL)…

Hoferek, Mary J. (1980). At the Crossroad: Merger or -. Quest, v32 n1 p95-102. As formerly gender-separated physical education departments were merged, women have systematically lost more leadership positions than men. Possible reasons for the loss of women leaders are discussed, and suggestions are given for the fostering of equal opportunity within the profession. (Author/JN)…

Mosley, Myrtis Hall (1980). Black Women Administrators in Higher Education: An Endangered Species. Journal of Black Studies, v10 n3 p295-310 Mar. Black women college administrators are few in number, occupy peripheral positions, have little power, receive little support from peers, are underpaid and overworked, and are disillusioned about the prospects for improvement in their status. (Author/BE)…

Dellums, Ronald (1979). The Responsibility of Black Politics. Black Scholar, v10 n5 p38-44 Jan-Feb. Black Americans must begin to project their humanistic values within the political context of America. The majority of Blacks are still "have nots" and Black politics must address this problem. (Author/WI)…

Gatewood, Robert D.; Ledvinka, James (1979). Selection Interviewing and EEO: Mandate for Objectivity. Personnel Administrator, v24 n12 p51-54 Dec. Outlines a system to standardize the employment interview by making the connections between job tasks, interview questions, and hiring decisions more clear and direct. The system was created to meet the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission standards for tests because those standards also apply to interviews. (Author/IRT)…

Tribe, Laurence H. (1979). Perspectives on "Bakke": Equal Protection, Procedural Fairness, or Structural Justice?. Harvard Law Review, v92 n4 p864-77 Feb. The "Bakke" case is examined for what it has to say regarding first the area of equal protection, then the idea of procedural fairness as distinct from accuracy of result, and finally the notion of structural justice. Available from Harvard Law Review, Harvard Law Review Association, Gannett House, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138; sc $5.50. (Author/IRT)…

Pettigrew, L. Eudora (1976). Reverse Discrimination–Fact or Fantasy?. Integrated Education, 14, 6, 3-4, Nov-Dec 76. Concludes that even though Federal legislation designed to equalize employment opportunities for all U.S. citizens has been enacted, the only group to enhance its employment status over the past ten years has been that of white males. (Author)…

Kekes, John (1997). Against Preferential Treatment. Academe, v83 n1 p35-37 Jan-Feb. Argues that preferential treatment of women and minorities in the selection of college faculty elevates a form of corruption to standard administrative practice by including people in academic life on the basis of characteristics irrelevant to teaching and research; and previous unjust treatment is inadequate justification for preferential treatment today. (MSE)…

Foote, Elizabeth; Holub, Jonathan (1996). Sources and Information: Expanding Opportunities for Minority Administrators. New Directions for Community Colleges, n94 p101-105 Sum. Provides an annotated bibliography of 15 documents related to expanding and maintaining opportunities for minority administrators. Presents articles related to strategies for increasing leadership diversity, creating opportunities for minorities at the executive level, and maintaining existing levels of opportunity. (AJL)… [Direct]

Thomas, David A.; Wetlaufer, Suzy (1997). A Question of Color: A Debate on Race in the U.S. Workplace. Harvard Business Review, v75 n5 p118-32 Sep-Oct. Ten executives of color discuss the state of equal opportunities in the workplace and the existence of institutional racism. They conclude that there have been few successes and too little change for the length of time the struggle has gone on. (SK)…

Tomasson, Richard F. (2000). Reaching the Top. Society, v37 n5 p9-12 Jul-Aug. Critiques the College Board's report, "Reaching the Top," suggesting that it is well-intentioned but wrong to those committed to public policies that are not based on race or ethnicity. Calls the report's ethnic categories stereotypical and imprecise, suggesting that it is rooted in an erroneous faith that schools are the solution to ethnic and racial equity. Asserts that the sub-cultures of disadvantaged and poor minorities are more important. (SM)…

Gottfredson, Linda S. (2000). Equal Potential: A Collective Fraud. Society, v37 n5 p19-28 Jul-Aug. Critiques the College Board's report, "Reaching the Top," asserting that it illustrates collective fraud in the social sciences, which sustains an egalitarian fiction that intelligence is clustered equally across all human populations. Suggests that while the report omits certain popular falsehoods, it also omits crucial truths about educational underrepresentation of high-achieving minority students. Asserts that lie-based social programs leave in place the very inequalities they mean to expunge. (SM)…

Gordon, Jack (1995). Different from What? Diversity as a Performance Issue. Training, v32 n5 p25-32,34 May. Some workplace diversity programs have sown hostility as diversity training has become a full-fledged industry in the United States. The best approach may be to recognize commonalities and to be willing to capitalize on differences. (JOW)…