Franzosa, Susan Douglas (1981). Academic Freedom, Excellence and the Defense of University Autonomy: The Dinnan Case Reconsidered. Educational Theory, v31 n3-4 p359-68 Sum-Fall. Legal arguments are summarized concerning the case of Professor James A. Dinnan, whose refusal to reveal his vote on a tenure review committee led to his jailing. The author argues that the case illustrates the need to reassess tenuring patterns that foster institutional discrimination, rather than an assault on academic freedom. (PP)…

Grey, Richard; Marshall, Catherine (1982). Legal Rights of Women Seeking Administrative Positions in Local School Districts. Journal of Educational Equity and Leadership, v2 n4 p253-59 Sum. Outlines legal provisions relating to sex discrimination in employment generally and in education in particular, and examines limitations of these laws for changing school systems. Evaluates the impact of antidiscrimination legislation on the organizational systems of incentives, supports, recruitment, sponsorship, and exclusion. (Author/GC)…

Hellman, Nathan (1980). \An Answer to the 'Liberal' Objection to Special Admissions\: A Reply. Educational Theory, v30 n2 p149-50 Spr. Reward for achievement is rooted in our democratic social system. Special admissions policies create added hostility and prejudices between social groups. Achievement is the best means to break down barriers caused by sex and race. (JN)…

Downey, Peg; Endy, Daryl (1981). A Struggle for Academic Equity. Graduate Woman, v75 n6 p10-15 Nov-Dec. Five women ex-faculty members at Cornell University are suing that institution for sex discrimination. The plaintiffs argue that women faculty are more vulnerable to the negative impact of vague, subjective, and arbitrary criteria used in faculty evaluation because they must also face the pervasive unconscious bias against women. (MLW)…

Uyehara, Grayce K. (1979). Asian Women–Our Responsibility for Outreach in Sisterhood. Bridge, An Asian American Perspective, v7 n1 p36-38 Spr. Discrimination against Asian women is discussed in this article. Suggestions are made for self-development and social change so as to improve the status of Asian women in the United States. (MC)…

Hahn, Carole L. (1980). Social Studies with Equality and Justice for All: Toward the Elimination of Sexism. Journal of Research and Development in Education, v13 n2 p103-12 Win. The role of social studies in the study of women, their roles now and in the future, and the directions the social studies should take with regard to women in the next two decades are discussed. (JMF)…

Larson, E. Richard (1979). Race Consciousness in Employment after Bakke. Harvard Civil Rights – Civil Liberties Law Review, v14 n1 p215-63 Spr. Race-conscious employment programs are considered in two contexts: governmental measures designed to remedy governmentally identified past discrimination or underrepresentation of minority employees; and voluntary implementation of remedial, race-conscious measures by private employers. (Author/MC)…

Young, Andrew (1979). The Challenge of Leadership. Black Scholar, v10 n5 p2-8 Jan-Feb. The challenge is still before Black people to give the kind of moral leadership that would help this nation to see what it is that the poor are struggling with. Black people who become successful must not forget the sufferings of those who made it possible for them to get where they are today. (Author/WI)…

(1978). The Carter Administration and Civil Rights. Integrated Education, v16 n6 p9-19 Nov-Dec. President Carter has made a strong verbal commitment to civil rights and commendable appointments to important positions, but there has not been uniform implementation of this policy. (Author/EB)…

Tuchman, Gaye (1979). Women's Depiction by the Mass Media. Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, v4 n3 p528-42 Spr. The distorted representation of women and other minority groups in the media is the subject of this essay. It is argued that underrepresentation of women, including their stereotypic portrayals, reflect a woman's real lack of power in society. Suggestions are made for improving the media's depiction of women. (EB)…

Hacker, Sally L. (1979). Sex Stratification, Technology and Organizational Change: A Longitudinal Case Study of AT&T. Social Problems, v26 n5 p539-57 Jun. Recent technological displacement in AT&T affected workers differentially by sex. This longitudinal analysis of changes in AT&T's organizational structure addresses the tendency of organizational research to ignore the variable of sex in the study of change. (Author/RLV)…

Plax, Karen A. (1976). Employment Discrimination Litigation: The Availability of Damages. UMKC Law Review, 44, 3, 497-516, Spr 76. The focus of this comment is on the availability of damages under both Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and section 1981 with an analysis of the decisional law and theoretical rationales used by federal courts in allowing or disallowing damage awards. Consideration is given to compensatory versus punitive damages as well as those for mental distress. (LBH)…

La Brecque, Richard (1995). Concept Formation in Educational Reform. International Journal of Educational Reform, v4 n1 p65-71 Jan. Proposes a set of questions to help educational planners develop clear, coherent concepts in policy proposals. Guidelines must be used discerningly, depending on the degree of lucidity politically feasible for particular policy situations. Planners might want to formulate deliberately ambiguous policy concepts and let precise meanings evolve out of partisan discussions and changing political conditions. (11 references) (MLH)…

Morgan, Joan (1989). Solving the Black Medical Faculty Shortage. Black Issues in Higher Education, v6 n17 p1,12-13 Nov. Discusses the problem of lack of Black faculty members at medical schools, how this affects minority student enrollment, what can be done about the problem, and what is presently being done to reverse the trend. Suggests implementation of incentive programs to attract Black faculty to academic medicine. (JS)…

Lapchick, Richard E. (1989). Future of the Black Student Athlete: Ethical Issue of the 1990s. Educational Record, v70 n2 p32-35 Spr. Recommendations to help Black student-athletes are discussed covering: coaches' hiring practices, recruiting process, academics, special programs, support services, monitoring, conducive social environment, scheduling policies, post-eligibility support, and better representation. (MLW)…

Fernandez, Joseph A. (1989). Dade County Schools Are Building a Greater Miami. American School Board Journal, v176 n2 p24 Feb. The Dade County, Florida, $1.5 billion school construction and renovation project provides an opportunity to promote social change. By 1995 the school board wants to increase to 52 percent the share of construction, purchasing, and special services contracts awarded to businesses owned by minorities and women. (MLF)…

Tuch, Steven A.; And Others (1994). Fifty Years after Myrdal: Blacks' Racial Policy Attitudes in the 1990s. Challenge: A Journal of Research on African American Men, v5 n2 p44-57 Dec. Explores attitudes of black Americans, including middle class black Americans, toward policies designed to ameliorate racial disadvantages. Data from two omnibus national opinion surveys enable the appraisal of black opinions about a variety of race-targeted policies. In each policy area, blacks are more favorable than whites toward government intervention. (SLD)…

Ridgely, Julia (1992). Toward Equal Access: The IHELG/AAUP Conference on the Status of Minorities in Higher Education. Academe, v78 n5 p13-18 Sep-Oct. A 1992 conference on the status of minorities in higher education is summarized. Issues addressed include speech codes on college campuses, sexual harassment and power, minority scholarships, equal access to higher education under the law, and the need to redress both current inequities and the cumulative effect of discrimination in education. (MSE)…

de los Santos, Alfredo G., Jr. (1994). Minority Faculty Recruitment and Retention Strategies: The Maricopa Experience. New Directions for Community Colleges, n87 p73-80 Fall. Describes the steps taken by the Maricopa County Community College District to diversify its faculty and staff in response to a dramatic change in local demographics. Indicates that the district's action led to an increase in both the absolute number and the proportion of minority full-time faculty. (MAB)… [Direct]

Laanan, Frankie S. (1994). Sources and Information: Recruiting and Maintaining Minority Faculty. New Directions for Community Colleges, n87 p87-93 Fall. Provides an annotated bibliography reflecting major issues involved in the recruitment and retention of community college minority faculty. Includes articles on state-level diversity plans, developing a pipeline for increasing minority faculty at two-year colleges, and the role of leadership in expanding diversity. (MAB)… [Direct]

Phelps, Donald G. (1991). Access, Equity, and Opportunity. Community, Technical, and Junior College Journal, v61 n3 p34-37 Dec-Jan 1990-91. Describes the Los Angeles Community College District's approach to increasing the diversity of the district's faculty and administration, while simultaneously turning around a declining enrollment. The district's approach included a retirement incentive program and a concerted marketing and recruitment effort directed toward minorities. Reviews results. (DMM)…

Pachman, Matthew B.; Stokes, Jerome W. D. (1991). Are Race-Based Scholarships Illegal?. West's Education Law Reporter, v69 n3 p663-78 Nov 7. Explores the issue of whether minority scholarships are illegal under federal statutes or the Constitution. Concludes that, according to Title VI and Supreme Court decisions, minority scholarships would be legal when offered by private schools and by public schools that could meet the court's requirements. (112 references) (MLF)…

Tatum, Beverly Daniel (1999). Color Blind or Color Conscious?. School Administrator, v56 n6 p28-30 May. A color-blind approach often signifies that an educator has not considered what racial/ethnic identity means to youngsters. Students want to find themselves reflected in the faces of teachers and other students. Color-conscious teachers seek out materials that positively reflect students' identities and initiate discussions about race and racism. (MLH)…

Loury, Glenn C. (2000). America's Moral Dilemma: Will It Be Color Blindness or Racial Equality?. Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, n27 p90-94 Spr. Contends that the nation will begin to resolve the debate over racial preferences only when public commentators begin to draw a clear distinction between the procedural morality of color blindness and the historical morality of racial justice. Explains that it matters very much how college admissions decisions are made and recommends that people understand the facts. (SM)…

Clark, Catherine (2000). Challenges Facing Students Entering Higher Education in South Africa. Learning Assistance Review, v5 n2 p5-12 Fall. States that institutions of higher education in South Africa are in a process of redressing apartheid inequalities. Discusses how the University of Port Elizabeth in particular has addressed post-apartheid issues such as student under-preparedness, widening access, instability on campus, high student debt levels, declining enrollments, and curriculum reform. (PGS)…

Morrison, Ann M.; And Others (1995). A Glass Ceiling Survey: Benchmarking Barriers and Practices. This handbook presents findings of a survey that asked human-resources managers to identify current barriers preventing women and people of color from reaching senior management. The survey was sent to 902 human-resources managers at various organizations. A total of 304 surveys were returned, a 34 percent response rate. The managers gave support to the notion that the glass ceiling involves a variety of barriers that continue to exist to some extent in their organizations. Overall, barriers rated as most significant differed from those identified by managers in a previous study (the Guidelines on Leadership Diversity, or GOLD Project). The data suggest that a number of managers did not see a strong connection between diversity and the health of their organizations. The two most common barriers included the preference of existing management to associate with people like themselves (the discomfort factor) and a lack of accountability. In addition, some diversity practices seemed to…

(1983). Minorities in Newsrooms: The Continuing Challenge. The Report of the ASNE Committee on Minorities. Beginning with a modest recommendation for the employment of a full-time member of the American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE) to work toward the Society's goal of truly integrated newsrooms by the year 2000, this report contains a number of items. Among them are (1) background information on minority representation in journalism; (2) a 1983 update on employment practices among newspapers; (3) a comment on the journalism school talent pool; (4) a discussion of problems involved in extending talent searches to schools with substantial minority enrollment; (5) a report on innovative efforts to increase minority input into the news media; (6) a statement on the commitment of ASNE to address minority needs; (7) a report by the Minority Committee of the ASNE's subcommittee on Hispanics; (8) a report on minority employment in daily newspapers; (9) a list of newspapers, journalists, and schools who volunteered in the 1982-83 ASNE Minority Professional-In-Residence Program; and (10) a…

(1982). A Study of Accommodations Provided to Handicapped Employees by Federal Contractors. Final Report. Volume I: Study Findings. A study examined the accommodations provided to handicapped employees by federal contractors. During the 20-month project, researchers surveyed 2,000 federal contractors, conducted telephone interviews with 85 firms, surveyed disabled workers, and conducted intensive case studies of 10 firms identified from their survey or telephone responses as having exemplary accommodation practices. Based on these data, the researchers concluded that for firms that have made efforts to hire handicapped individuals, accommodation does not involve much in the way of actual costs. In 51 percent of the cases reported, accommodation cost nothing and in 30 percent of the remaining cases it cost less than $500, with the most expensive and extensive accommodations provided largely to blind persons and individuals in wheelchairs. Accommodation efforts are generally perceived as successful in allowing workers to be effective on the job. While variations exist in who receives accommodation, the basic… [PDF]

Jennings, Kenneth (1975). Arbitrators, Blacks and Discipline. Personnel Journal, 54, 1, 32-7,64, Jan 75. A discussion of the handling of disciplinary problems of black employees concludes that management should be concerned because of the effect that grievance resolution may have on the company's overall employee discipline program and the additional appeal alternatives available to the black employee. (Author/EA)…

Alston, Denise A. (1988). Recruiting Minority Classroom Teachers: A National Challenge. An explanation of the impending shortage of minority teachers and suggestions for increasing the supply of minority teachers compose the crux of this document. The following specific actions may be taken by local school districts, colleges of teacher education, teacher certification boards, and teacher recruitment and selection offices to ensure that a highly talented cadre of minorities will choose teaching over other professions: (1) gather information about gender and minority distribution of students enrolled in colleges of education, and of teachers; (2) organize task forces that focus uniquely on minority teacher recruitment; (3) develop strategies to expand the number of target groups from which to recruit teachers; (4) lobby for fiscal support to improve minority participation in the teacher recruitment effort and expand financial assistance packages; (5) increase financial support for schools that minorities attend; and (6) develop a pool of oncall minority professionals… [PDF]