Beller, Andrea (1978). Title VII and the Male/Female Earnings Gap: An Economic Analysis. Harvard Women's Law Journal, v1 p157-73. After controlling statistically for the effects of other factors that affect earnings, it was found that enforcement of sex discrimination charges under Title VII increased the relative demand for women and thus decreased the male/female earnings differential between 1967 and 1974. (Author)…

Kimmel, Ellen; And Others (1979). Special Programs to Promote Women into Educational Administration. Phi Delta Kappan, v60 n8 p586-89 Apr. Briefly describes some programs that provide training and other support for women aspiring to become administrators. (IRT)…

Staples, Robert (1978). Land of Promise, Cities of Despair: Blacks in Urban America. Black Scholar, v10 n2 p2-11 Oct 1978, Oct78. This article discusses the current effect on Blacks of unequal political and economic power in American cities. Some of the issues examined include: Black migration; employment status; education; socioeconomic status; Black suicide; Black political power; housing; health; and racism. (EB)…

Smith, James F. (1978). Reflections of a Respondent Attorney. Journal of Intergroup Relations, v6 n4 p40-48 Dec. While the book is far from closed on the issue of reverse discrimination, in light of Bakke, there is justification for rethinking and rewriting Equal Employment Opportunity Commission guidelines to focus on opportunities rather than on numbers and goals. (Author/WI)…

Smith, Calvert H. (1978). The Peculiar Status of Black Administrators in Educational Institutions. Journal of Negro Education, v47 n4 p323-27 Fall. Not only is the Black administrator usually hired for the wrong reasons, but he is also given powerless positions in the institution, making it difficult for him to influence decision-making activities. (Author/EB)…

Crowson, Robert L. (1978). Review Article–Towards Equality Through Preferential Public Policy. Educational Theory, 28, 2, 156-61, Spr 78. Nathan Glazer's book \Affirmative Discrimination: Ethnic Inequality and Public Policy\ is reviewed with a focus on the highly divisive nature of redistributive justice in America and its consequences. (DS)…

National Urban League, Inc. (1977). The State of Black America 1977. Black Scholar, 9, 1, 2-8, Sep 77. In looking toward the future, it is obvious that the resumption of progress by blacks; checked by the two recessions, depends on whether the federal government takes steps to provide more stimulus to the economy. (Author/AM)…

Castillo, John Roy (1987). The Dream is Challenged: A State Perspective. Journal of Intergroup Relations, v15 n1 p11-17 Aug. Federal leadership is moving in the wrong direction on Civil Rights. Describes the State of Michigan's actions on civil rights and maintains that current federal policies are undermining the progress that has been made nationally. (PS)…

Hyer, Patricia B. (1985). Women Faculty at Doctorate-Granting Universities: A Ten-Year Progress Report. Journal of Educational Equity and Leadership, v5 n3 p234-49 Fall. Examines the changing status of women faculty at doctorate-granting universities between 1971 and 1980 and explores the extent and causes of variation in the status of women within institutions. Reports that there is an urgent need for sustained attention to the issues of hiring and retaining women faculty. (KH)…

Hyer, Patricia B. (1985). Assessing Progress in the Status of Women Faculty. Research in Higher Education, v22 n2 p169-84. The development of a \change index\ and its application in evaluating the relative performance of individual doctorate-granting universities in hiring and promoting women faculty is reported. A wide range of institutional performance in hiring and promoting women faculty was revealed. (Author/MLW)…

Casas, J. Manuel; Ponterotto, Joseph G. (1984). Profiling an Invisible Minority in Higher Education: The Chicana. Personnel and Guidance Journal, v62 n6 p349-53 Feb. Surveyed 46 Chicanas attending California colleges to develop a profile of a typical Chicana student. Results challenged stereotypes and suggest Chicana students are serious and motivated, with educatioanl barriers centered in the environment rather than the individual. Suggests the need for financial aid, recruitment, and other support services. (JAC)…

Berger, Joseph B.; Coelen, Stephen P.; Crosson, Patricia H. (2001). Diversity among Equals: Educational Opportunity and the State of Affirmative Admissions in New England. Charting Educational Pathways. This report reviews the practice of Affirmative Admissions as a strategy for achieving diversity within New England colleges and universities. It shows how educational leaders perceive Affirmative Admissions, the nature of regional Affirmative Admissions policies, and the numbers of student affected by current enrollment strategies. This report is part of a larger series on educational access and opportunity in New England. Research was organized into five components: (1) analysis of pertinent legal issues related to postsecondary access and equity; (2) interviews with postsecondary campus and state leaders (n=104); (3) interviews with K-12 leaders and educators at state, district, and school levels (n=45); (4) a survey of 221 postsecondary education institutions in New England; and (5) econometric analyses of student data. The focus was on groups of institutions, 18 groups clustered by admissions policies and restrictions. The most compelling conclusion is that there is no… [PDF]

Brown, M. Christopher, II (1999). The Quest To Define Collegiate Desegregation: Black Colleges, Title VI Compliance, and Post-Adams Litigation. This book outlines and explains the statutory and legal foundations of desegregation in higher education. It traces the historical development of college desegregation and analyzes the history of compliance and enforcement litigation in the aftermath of "Adams v. Richardson" (1972). The chapters are: (1) "Black Colleges and Desegregation"; (2) "The Unfinished Quest for Compliance"; (3) "Desegregation Litigation Reborn"; (4) "Legal Standards for Compliance"; (5) "Challenges to Compliance"; and (6) "Defining Collegiate Desegregation." Appendixes contain a glossary of legal terms and a note on the methodology underlying the discussion. (Contains 54 endnotes and 332 references.) (SLD)…

Cohen, Cynthia Fryer (1983). The Impact on Women of Proposed Changes in the Private Pension System: A Simulation. Industrial and Labor Relations Review, v36 n2 p258-70 Jan. This study estimates the effects on pension benefits received by women that would result from some of the changes recommended in 1981 by the President's Commission on Pension Policy. The author argues that the private pension system now presents several barriers to the attainment of benefits by women. (SSH)…

Hitt, M. A.; And Others (1982). Discrimination in Industrial Employment: An Investigation of Race and Sex Bias Among Professions. Work and Occupations: An International Sociological Journal, v9 n2 p217-31 May. This study investigated the existence of race and sex discrimination in the evaluation of job applicant resumes sent to personnel directors of 200 corporations across the United States. The results show that identification of race generated more replies but fewer numbers of positive responses than when race was not identified. (Author/CT)…

White, Anthony J.; And Others (1982). Policies and Practices of Public Four-Year Southern Institutions Regarding the Enrollment of Black Students. College Student Journal, v16 n1 p2-3 Spr. Surveyed southern colleges (N=53) for their admission procedures regarding Black students. Found 91 percent had the same admission criteria for Black and White students, while 65 percent made a special effort to recruit Black students. Suggests institutions that make a special effort to increase Black students have more success. (Author/JAC)…

Wilson, William Julius (1980). Some Reflections on Race, Class, and Public Policy. Urban League Review, v5 n1 p7-20 Sum. The author responds to criticism of his book, \The Declining Significance of Race,\ focusing on the policy implications of his analysis that economic factors, rather than race, form the crux of the problems faced by the Black lower class and underclass. (GC)…

Somers, Patricia; And Others (1981). Women in the Workforce: A Structural Approach to Equality. Personnel Administrator, v26 n10 p61-65 Oct. Changes in the institutional structures that block women's opportunities for occupational advancement will be necessary in the next decade. The structural problems of power, tokenism, and opportunity, identified in Rosabeth Moss Kanter's sociological case study of a corporation, are discussed. (Author/MLF)…

Hauben, Ronald Bruce (1979). A Campus Handicap? Disabled Students and the Right to Higher Education–Southeastern Community College v Davis. New York University Review of Law and Social Change, v9 n2 p163-98 1979-80. In the context of an analysis of the Davis case, an expansion of the law regulating rights of the handicapped to higher education is encouraged. Constitutional arguments are applied. The burden of providing reasonable access is placed on institutions. Equal protection and due process arguments may be used as theories of relief. (MSE)…

Smith, Arthur B., Jr. (1980). The Law and Equal Employment Opportunity: What's Past Should Not Be Prologue. Industrial and Labor Relations Review, v33 n4 p493-505 Jul. Explores the debate over the role of law in ensuring equal employment opportunity. The author argues that the overlapping and conflicting regulations, inconsistent results, and general confusion produced by the past encounters between the law and discriminatory employment practices should not be the model for future development of policy. (Author/CT)…

Griffith, Albert R. (1980). Justification for a Black Career Development. Counselor Education and Supervision, v19 n4 p301-09 Jun. Considers Blackness from an ontological perspective and defines the social context in career development terms. A discussion of the functioning of Blacks within the opportunity structure provides the milieu of Black career development. (Author)…

Simms-Brown, R. Jean (1979). After Caution Comes Red: The Bakke Decision and Its Threat to Black Educational Institutions. Crisis, v86 n2 p67-69 Feb. Reactions to the Bakke decision are described and suggestions are given for students to become more self-reliant so that they will not need special programs in the future. (MC)…

Modjeska, Lee (1979). The Supreme Court, 1978-79–Labor Relations and Employment Discrimination. Cornell Law Review, v65 n1 p57-74 Nov. The legal results of the Court's exercise of restraint are quite logical; the social results are more problematical, as too many individuals remain disenfranchised in whole or in part from comprehensive federal protection. Available from Fred B. Rothman & Co., 10368 West Centennial Road, Littleton, CO 80123; sc $3.50. (Author/IRT)…

(1978). National Urban Policy: A National Urban League Assessment. Urban League Review, v3 n2 p47-53 Win. This excerpt from a position paper prepared by the National Urban League contains recommendations which correspond to the nine policies and initiatives contained in the second version of the President's National Urban Policy report. (RLV)…

Heneghan, John M.; Regan, Janet (1979). The Compliance Review and Beyond. Journal of Intergroup Relations, v7 n3 p36-48 Nov. The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) can initiate a compliance review of any company receiving a federal contract. The OFCCP equal opportunity specialist looks for discriminatory patterns of hiring, firing, promotion, and pay. Any company not complying with recommendations of the OFCCP may be prevented from obtaining future government contracts. (RLV)…

Corson, Lynn A. (1979). The Weber Decision. Journal of Intergroup Relations, v7 n2 p30-35 Sep. Discusses the implications of the Weber decision which focus on the Supreme Court's interpretation of racial imbalance and the emphasis of the decision on the private sector. (RLV)…

Friedl, John (2002). Johnson vs. University of Florida: Tailoring an Admissions Plan To Pass Constitutional Muster. Change, v34 n4 p40-44 Jul-Aug. Discusses how colleges and universities must demonstrate that granting racial preferences in admissions will confer a benefit upon society, and how they can develop a plan for granting racial preferences that is \narrowly tailored\ to achieve only the level of diversity needed to create the desired benefit. (EV)…

Marable, Manning (2003). Defining Black Higher Education for the Twenty-First Century. Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, n39 p109-15 Spr. Discusses current higher education of black students, noting that racial discrimination is still present, with opportunity and access to higher education determined primarily by wealth. Notes reverses in previous advances in racial change within education, examining the polarized environment of class and race, and describing how liberal education must deconstruct the intricate patterns of social privilege that are obscured from critical scrutiny by the ideology of meritocracy. (SM)…

Stimpson, Catharine R. (1989). Over-Reaching: Sexual Harassment and Education. Initiatives, v52 n3 p1-5 Fall. Discusses why sexual harassment in higher education continues to persist despite initiatives to eradicate it. Cites deep cultural roots of sexism. Claims, although higher education has participated in resistance to sexual harassment, this resistance will be of limited good unless historical connections among sexuality, gender, and power are rewritten. (CM)…

Makay, John J. (1990). Strategies for Recruiting Women and Minority Faculty in Communication. ACA Bulletin, n71 p81-88 Jan. Suggests the following strategies to facilitate successful recruitment of women and minority faculty: (1) develop team approach; (2) apply flexible criteria; (3) participate in networks; (4) advertise in nontraditional places; (5) look beyond publication lists; (6) promote cultural diversity; (7) plan to spend money; and (8) communicate an attainable path to tenure. (KEH)…