(1975). University System of Georgia Annual Report for Fiscal Year July 1, 1974-June 30, 1975. The annual report for the University System of Georgia for the 1974-75 fiscal year reflects, in summary form, a 12-month period of progress in instruction, research, and public service. Covered is: (1) enrollment; (2) graduates; (3) research; (4) faculties; (5) libraries; (6) changes in academic units; (7) construction; and (8) finance. The appendix contains statistical data. Topics include: interinstitutional programs; joint programs; health care education; teacher education; research expenditures and proposals; public service; scholarships; antidiscrimination actions; university systemwide desegregation plan; and equal employment opportunities. (Author/KE)… [PDF]

Bayuk, Barry S.; Bayuk, Milla (1978). The Regents of the University of California v. Allan Bakke. Journal of College Student Personnel, 19, 2, 169-73, Mar 78. The major social issue involved is reverse discrimination and whether or not it is a legally permissible form of discrimination in light of history. Implications for higher education will remain. This article discusses the background of the DeFunis and Bakke cases. (Author)…

Fields, Cheryl M. (1987). Closing the Education Gap for Hispanics: State Aims to Forestall a Divided Society. Chronicle of Higher Education, v34 n3 pA1,36,38 Sep 16. California's problems of educational and occupational underachievement for Hispanics, a large and growing proportion of the state's population, are examined in light of the state's efforts and concerns in providing equal education, lowering the language barrier, and encouraging academic persistence. (MSE)…

Fields, Cheryl M. (1988). Hispanics, State's Fastest-Growing Minority, Shut Out of Top Positions at U. of California, Leaders Say. Chronicle of Higher Education, v34 n35 pA9-10 May 11. Two-hundred Hispanic faculty members, administrators, and students from the nine University of California campuses met to plan strategies for increasing their presence throughout the university. One catalyst for the meeting was frustration because no Hispanics were considered for the four new chancellorships named recently. (MLW)…

Kloosterman, Peter; And Others (1987). Attracting Minority Teachers in Science, Mathematics, Foreign Language, and Computing. Metropolitan Education, n4 p24-9 Spr. This study concerns school policies and actions which foster the hiring of minority teachers to promote the study of science, mathematics, foreign languages, and computing among minority students. Successful recruitment programs for students were found, but new ways must be devised for attracting minority teachers to these fields of study. (VM)…

Dingerson, Michael R.; Rodman, John A. (1986). University Hiring Practices for Academic Administrators. Journal of the College and University Personnel Association, v37 n2 p24-30 Sum. Results of a survey of institutions concerning their practices in recruiting and hiring academic deans and assistant/associate chief academic officers are presented, especially their ability to hire first-choice candidates and internal vs. external applicants and to hire underrepresented consituencies. (MSE)…

Matory, J. Lorand (1993). The Other African Americans. Black North America is ethnically and culturally diverse. It contains many groups who do not call themselves or have not always called themselves "Negro,""Black,""African-American," and so forth, such as Louisiana Creoles of color and many of the Indian tribes east of the Mississippi. There are also numerous North American ethnic groups of African descent whose ancestors came as free people from Jamaica, Nigeria, Haiti, Cuba, and so forth. In the United States, such groups encounter a system of classifying race and stereotypes about people of African descent that differ substantially from those in their native lands. This essay concerns the responses of these ethnic groups to contemporary North American conceptions of race, as well as their role in creating and reshaping these conceptions. This article challenges the current consensus in the social sciences that dismisses "race" as an invalid analytic construct, and it proposes an alternative… [PDF]

(1997). Imperatives for the Future: A Plan for Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education. To realize its vision as an accountable, collaborative, and increasingly integrated network of universities focused on higher learning, the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education commits itself to three major initiatives, focusing on: (1) learning; (2) collaboration and integration; and (3) the accountability imperative. These goals and the strategies to bring them about build on foundation planning set by previous documents including the "Excellence in Equity." To achieve these objectives, the state system will expand access to new and existing clientele, focusing on student diversity. The state also plans to enhance and expand learning activities for Pennsylvania students, and to strengthen the match between the state system's educational programs and the needs of students and the state. The plan also calls for optimizing the management and development of system resources. Six appendixes contain supplemental information about the plan, including the Executive… [PDF]

(2003). Open to All: Title IX at 30. This document is a report to the secretary of education on the findings of the Secretary's Commission on Opportunities in Athletics. The Commission was charged with examining Title IX. Starting in June 2002, the 15-member commission collected information, analyzed issues, and obtained broad public input directed at improving the application of current federal standards for measuring equal opportunity for men and women and boys and girls to participate in athletics under Title IX. The Commission found strong and broad support for the original intent of Title IX, along with a great deal of debate over how the law should be enforced. The Commission also found a great deal of confusion about Title IX and a lack of clarity in guidance from the Office for Civil Rights in regard to enforcement. In response, the commission adopted 23 key recommendations, which are presented in this report. The recommendations are grouped into four themes: (1) commitment; (2) clarity; (3) fairness; and (4)… [PDF]

(2000). Improving Equal Opportunities for Higher Education Staff. This paper invites views from the heads of publicly funded higher education institutions in the United Kingdom, higher education trade unions, and other bodies with an interest in equal opportunities on a proposal to set up an equal opportunities action group. While the proposal notes that progress has been made in providing equal opportunities for all who work in higher education, several reviews in 1999 by administrative bodies indicate that further improvement is required. The proposed group would be a collaborative venture and would included various representative bodies, existing networks, and initiatives with a mission to support the work of higher education institutions in the UK and provide an overall review of progress. A partnership framework is set out in detail. The cost over a five-year period, covering all of the UK, is estimated at 2.5 million English pounds. Several specific comments are requested. Appendix A sets forth the mission and aims of the partnership group;…

Wilbur, Michael P.; And Others (1983). Equal Opportunity Programs: A Case for Counseling. Journal of Non-White Concerns in Personnel and Guidance, v11 n2 p34-42 Jan. Assessed the effectiveness of an Equal Opportunity Program in meeting disadvantaged students' (N=170) financial, social, counseling, and staff needs. Results indicated a need for improved personal counseling services. Results in other areas were nonsignificant. Colleges must give special attention to adequate EOP staffing to provide counseling services. (JAC)…

Blackburn, Robert T.; Elmore, Charles J. (1983). Black and White Faculty in White Research Universities. Journal of Higher Education, v54 n1 p1-15 Jan-Feb. The comparative success of Black faculty in White research universities was studied. Findings reveal similarities between Black and White professors–in work effort, scholarly productivity, favorableness of the racial climate, and the endorsement of universalistic over particularistic reward standards. (Author/MLW)…

Williams, Frank; And Others (1982). Admissions Criteria and the Minority Student. Journal of the National Association of College Admissions Counselors, v26 n4 p11-18 Apr. Sampled colleges nationwide to determine whether admissions criteria differed significantly for minority groups. Results indicated minorities are expected to show evidence of quantifiable accomplishment. Noncognitive factors were less important. Private and Protestant colleges were more likely to consider motivation and admissions interviews. (JAC)…

Wilson, Benjamin F.; Wilson, Merinda Davis (1979). Higher Education in Georgia: The Struggle for Equality. Negro Educational Review, v30 n2-3 p202-08 Apr-Jul. This article gives an overview of significant civil rights cases in Georgia since 1954. Focused on are cases involving racial discrimination in higher education. (Author/MC)…

Jenkins, Iredell (1979). The Impact and Implications of DeFunis and Bakke. American Journal of Jurisprudence, v24 p27-58. It is argued that rationales justifying privileged admission to educational programs contain seeds of racial divisiveness and that they are undermining the integrity of the legal order and reducing courts to arenas of social, political, and personal conflict. (Journal availability: "American Journal of Jurisprudence," Law Building, Notre Dame, IN 46556, $7.50.) (MSE)…

Horowitz, Harold W.; Karst, Kenneth L. (1979). The Bakke Opinions and Equal Protection Doctrine. Harvard Civil Rights – Civil Liberties Law Review, v14 n1 p7-29 Spr. Constitutional issues addressed in the Supreme Court's decision are reviewed. The opinions rendered by Justice Powell are viewed as reflections of the weakness of recent equal protection theory, and as signs of future doctrine. (GC)…

Pruitt, Anne S. (1979). Stop the Revolving Door. AGB Reports, v21 n2 p17-19 Mar-Apr. Since disadvantaged students need more than admission to succeed in college, especially in graduate and professional schools, a comprehensive developmental program is needed, with a full system of student support. Suggestions for institutional and state support, and on campus, a decision-making structure and an advisory structure are recommended. (Author/JMD)…

Daniels, Susan (1976). Consumer Involvement in Rehabilitation. Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 19, 4, 610-612, Jun 76. With the emphasis on consumer involvement in the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, changes in the counseling relationship must occur. This article discusses new interaction patterns for consumer and counselor. (Author)…

McLaren, Peter L. (1997). Unthinking Whiteness, Rethinking Democracy: Or Farewell to the Blonde Beast; towards a Revolutionary Multiculturalism. Educational Foundations, v11 n2 p5-39 Spr. Discusses how society can interrogate the cultural meanings of white dominance, suggesting a need to create a public sphere where the practice of whiteness is identified, analyzed, contested, and destroyed. The paper advocates a revolutionary multiculturalism focusing on the idea that identities are shifting, changing, overlapping, and historically diverse. (SM)…

Fonte, John (1997). The Tragedy of Civil Rights. Society, v34 n5 p64-76 Jul-Aug. Examines the court transformation of civil rights from equal opportunity and nondiscrimination to racial/gender/ethnic proportional representation. It analyzes the implications for justice and equality and suggests that it is time to restore the moral ideals of the civil rights coalition of 1964. (GR)…

Muller, Gilbert H. (1996). Gateways to Success: Urban Community Colleges and Administrative Diversity. New Directions for Community Colleges, n94 p57-66 Sum. Describes urban community colleges as models for matching faculty and administrator diversity to that of students. Argues that the colleges play a crucial role in ensuring access to underserved populations, but that diversity in leadership does not occur through chance but from a sustained commitment to minority recruitment. (16 citations) (AJL)… [Direct]

Loiacono, Stephanie (1989). Blacks and the Women's Movement. Crisis, v96 n9 p26-27,45-46 Nov. Although Black female leaders were influential in creating the modern women's movement, feminism has evolved differently for both Black and White women. Suggests that, although Black women have struggled largely against racial and economic inequalities, women of all colors and backgrounds should embrace their diversity and unite to oppose racism and sexism. (AF)…

Lowe, Rosemary Hays; Wittig, Michele Andrisin (1989). Comparable Worth Theory and Policy. Journal of Social Issues, v45 n4 p1-21. Provides different perspectives on comparable worth issues. Covers the following topics: (1) competing explanations for the wage gap; (2) indirect approaches to wage equity; (3) the need for a direct approach to wage equity; (4) job evaluation; (5) application of comparable worth principles to compensation systems; and (6) strategies for adopting comparable worth policies. Discusses papers in this issue. (JS)…

Kappner, Augusta Souza (1989). Black Americans and Educational Leadership for the 21st Century. Educational Record, v70 n2 p18-21 Spr. Areas of concern that must be considered in any agenda for empowerment of Blacks are discussed, including: greater access to education through improved strategies of recruitment, admissions, testing, articulation, and financial aid, support that can lead to greater retention and graduation rates, and recruit Blacks as faculty, administrators, and trustees. (MLW)…

Graglia, Lino A. (1995). "Hopwood v. Texas": Racial Preferences in Higher Education Upheld and Endorsed. Journal of Legal Education, v45 n1 p79-93 Mar. A federal court decision in which the University of Texas was supported in preferential admissions treatment of minority law school applicants is criticized as perpetuating racial discrimination by a state institution. The suit was brought by four white applicants who would likely have been admitted if they were of a preferred racial group but were denied admission. (MSE)…

Balch, Stephen H. (1992). Political Correctness or Public Choice?. Educational Record, p21-24 Win. This article raises issues of intellectual intimidation and suppression on college campuses in the name of fairness to minorities. Considered are speech codes and intellectual freedom; accreditation and diversity; curriculum reform; and admissions, hiring, and promotion procedures. (DB)…

Gordon, Beverly M. (1993). African-American Cultural Knowledge and Liberatory Education: Dilemmas, Problems, and Potentials in a Postmodern American Society. Urban Education, v27 n4 p448-70 Jan. Argues that African Americans, other people of color, and those committed to democracy must counter Anglohegemony by using liberatory and emancipatory pedagogy in learning institutions. Examples of interpretive lenses of "the other" are given, and implications of using these lenses are examined. The importance of educational research is discussed. (SLD)…

Frier, Ted; Robertson, Piedad F. (1994). Recruitment and Retention of Minority Faculty. New Directions for Community Colleges, n87 p65-71 Fall. Explores the significance of minority faculty as role models for minority college students, suggesting that they aid student retention and serve as reminders of institutional dedication to diversification. Argues that institutions should actively seek out minority candidates and attempt to cultivate their own students for open positions. (MAB)… [Direct]

Saenz, Rogelio (1991). Why So Few Chicano Rural Sociologists?. Rural Sociologist, v11 n1 p7-10 Win. Explores reasons for absence of Chicanos in rural sociology. Possible causes include (1) absence of rural-sociology support system for Chicanos; (2) social-class biases and other institutional factors limiting Chicanos' higher-education and research opportunities; and (3) subject-matter limitations and uncertain status of ethnic studies. Suggests possible responses. (TES)…

Brown, William H., III (1990). Will America Be Competitive in the Work World of A.D. 2000?. Journal of Intergroup Relations, v17 n3 p3-7 Fall. The greatest challenge for American industry will be to have management at all levels that is representative of the diversified workforce that is anticipated. Business must ensure fair compensation, healthy working conditions, growth and personal development opportunities, progress in the company, and pride in the value of work itself. (AF)…