(1978). A Call to Trustees. AGB Reports, 20, 2, 3-9, Mar/Apr 78. A Colloquium on Government and Higher Education resulted in this appeal, containing four steps trustees can take to deal with the increasing problem of the governmental presence. Focus is on ways in which trustees can provide policy guidance to their institutions to preserve their individual characteristics and independence of action. (Author/LBH)…
(1978). After Bakke. AGB Reports, 20, 2, 10-5, Mar/Apr 78. The first need after the Bakke case is for an atmosphere in which the right questions can be asked and answers sought. Advocates and opponents of preferential admissions need to be willing to discuss the root issues with candor and courage. (Author/LBH)…
(1976). Work Sharing as an Alternative to Layoffs by Seniority: Title VII Remedies in Recession. University of Pennsylvania Law Review, 124, 4, 893-941, Apr 76. Argues that the solution to the problem of the discriminatory impact of layoffs on the work forces to employers with a history of past discrimination lies not in an attack on seniority but in avoidance of layoff, not in formulas for the order of layoff but in devices for distributing available work. (JT)…
(1976). The Structure of Privilege and Its Universe of Discourse. American Sociologist, 11, 2, 73-78, May 76. Notes that racism, like casteism, is structural. The manifestation and tools of racism are systematic discrimination in the interest of sustained racial privilege. (Author/AM)…
(1976). Full Employment: A Womens' Issue. Civil Rights Digest, 8, 2-3, 26-29, W-Spr 76. Suggests that an atmosphere of full employment, of expansiveness, of opportunity, would be a favorable atmosphere for the achievement of many other issues that women consider essential such as day care and health care. (Author/AM)…
(1977). Research Notes. Summary of Laws and Court Decisions Relating to Affirmation Action. Urban League Review, 2, 2, 45-52, Sum 77. …
(1987). Firing 'At Will'. School Business Affairs, v53 n6 p57-59 Jun. Reviews employee hiring and filing policies in relation to recent court cases involving employee grievances (since 1979) and in relation to \firing at will.\ Discusses oral employment contracts and presents a checklist for unjust dismissal prevention. Includes an inset offering interviewing tips. (MD)…
(1988). Magnetic Attractions: Desegregating a Minority School District. Educational Record, v68 n4 v69 n1 p32-34 Fall-Win 1987-88. Politicians and chambers of commerce in Prince George's County, Maryland, recognized the need to improve opportunities for and achievement by Black students. Magnet and compensatory programs were implemented, as well as the "Comer School Development Program," which places special emphasis on parental involvement. (MLW)…
(1987). Racial Trends and Countertrends in American Organizational Behavior. Journal of Social Issues, v43 n1 p90-94. When American businesses hire, promote, and reward on the basis of race,they are not countering a trend, but behaving in accordance with the general norms of this society. To run counter to the trend they need only place Black managers in positions of power over the livelihood of other (White) employees. (PS)…
(1986). More Light on Set-Asides. New Perspectives, v18 n2 p12-16 Sum. Minority business set-asides must be more carefully scrutinized than they have been. To improve minority employment, the government should encourage all firms willing to employ minorities. (LHW)…
(1985). Positive Action Programmes for Women. 1. A Theoretical Analysis. International Labour Review, v124 n3 p253-65 May-Jun. The author discusses the theoretical aspects of positive action programs for women. In looking at the results achieved by the various laws and institutional machinery introduced in Western Europe to enforce equal pay and equal treatment for men and women in employment, she concludes that no notable progress has been made over the past 10 years. (CT)…
(1984). A Defense of the Reagan Administration's Civil Rights Policies: An Interview with Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, William Bradford Reynolds. New Perspectives, v16 n1 p34-38 Sum. The Assistant Attorney General asserts that it is wrong and naive to equate discrimination with economic disparity and to say that because there is an economic disparity between Whites and Blacks, it is due to discrimination against the latter group. (Author/GC)…
(2003). A Brief for the United States as Amicus Curiae Supporting Petitioner. In the Supreme Court of the United States, Jennifer Gratz and Patrick Hamacher, Petitioners, v. Lee Bollinger, et al. on Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. This legal document addresses whether the University of Michigan's use of racial preferences in undergraduate admissions violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d) or 42 U.S.C. 1981. This brief filed in support of the petitioners by the federal government argues that the use of race-based admissions criteria is not justified in light of the ample race-neutral alternatives, noting that: public universities have ample means to ensure that their services are open and available to all Americans; the University's 1995-98 admissions policies were not narrowly tailored because they operated as an express racial quota; and the University's current admissions policy is also unconstitutional (it ignores race-neutral alternatives; it represents a forbidden quota; it would permit race-based discrimination in perpetuity; it places an automatic, inflexible, and disproportionate emphasis on race; and it unfairly… [PDF]
(2002). Preferences versus Preparation: UC Regents Return to Race-Based Admissions. Briefing. The University of California Regents have instituted a "Comprehensive Review" system for admission that purports to consider the whole student instead of merely grades and test scores. An examination of the Comprehensive Review reveals a back door attempt to reinstate racial preferences in college admission, a practice the Regents banned in 1996 and the voters nabbed in Proposition 209. Comprehensive Review will further degrade standards and achievement by sacrificing academic excellence to political correctness and a narrow concept of diversity. Under Comprehensive Review, students are judged on 14 criteria, and campuses are free to emphasize any of these criteria, to any degree. The University of California, Berkeley, has been testing a comprehensive review since 1998. Under this system, Comprehensive Review means that Black and Latino students can be admitted with academic credentials far lower than their White and Asian counterparts. The personal essay will be the… [PDF]
(1997). Academic Freedom. The strength of academic freedom has always depended upon historical circumstances. In the United States, higher education began with institutions founded and controlled by religious sects. The notion of who gets educated and to what ends expanded as American democracy expanded. By the 1980's, legitimate calls for equality became a general debunking of the culture of 'dead white males' and higher education became highly politicized as multiculturalism came to dominate. The ethics of multiculturalism and academic freedom, however, have often come into conflict, with professors and students being accused of racism in lectures or discussions about race. Closely related to multiculturalism, in terms of academic freedom, is the notion of political correctness, or the adoption of official terminology deemed inoffensive to \victim groups,\ which has had a tremendous effect on the classroom environment and led to censorship of speech. New laws to control computer communication and the… [PDF]