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]

(1985). Oversight Hearing on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's Enforcement Policies. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Ninety-Ninth Congress, First Session, Washington, DC, July 18, 1985. This volume presents a transcript of discussion and statements presented at an oversight hearing before the House Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities. The hearing reviewed new enforcement policies of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), which had the stated intent of increasing the litigation of individual cases of unlawful discrimination. Among the speakers were the commissioner of the EEOC, who described the policy revisions; the executive director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, who discussed problems seen in the revisions and focused on the Stotts case; and two psychologists, who commented on the validity of policies affecting the uniform guidelines for selection procedures. (KH)… [PDF]

(1988). The Role of Florida Community Colleges in Articulation. Articulation Study by the Florida State Board of Community Colleges' Task Force on Articulation. In May 1987, the Florida State Board of Community Colleges authorized the formation of a task force to study articulation processes, programs, and activities currently in place; to identify current and potential problem areas; and to recommend further studies and the appropriate agencies to conduct them. Drawing from existing data and the findings of a national survey of state articulation systems, the task force concluded that Florida's articulation system is unique in the United States, due to a consciously created structure of higher education that incorporates community colleges as the primary providers of freshman/sophomore education and anticipates the movement of students among colleges and universities as the norm rather than the exception. From relatively simple beginnings, the present-day articulation process has become a formalized system of statutes, rules, agreements, and activities. The success of the Florida model is demonstrated by enrollment and student performance… [PDF]

(1988). Report on Minorities in Higher Education. Hearing before the Committee on Education and Labor. House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, Second Session. A hearing before the House Committee on Education and Labor was held regarding the American Council on Education's 1988 report, "One-Third of a Nation: A Report of the Commission on Minority Participation in Education and American Life." The report was made part of the official record of the committee and is reproduced in the committee's report. Statements by the following persons are also provided: Frank Rhodes, president, Cornell University; Robert H. Atwell, president, American Council on Education; Wilma Mankiller, chief, Cherokee Nation; and Dorothy Height, executive director, National Conference of Negro Women. Prepared statements by Wilma Mankiller and the Hon. Bill Richardson are also provided. (KM)… [PDF]

Reynolds, Wm. Bradford (1985). Remarks of the Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, at the Twentieth Anniversary of the Arizona Civil Rights Act Symposium (Phoenix, Arizona, April 24, 1985). On this 20th anniversary of the passage of the Arizona Civil Rights Act, the State is to be congratulated for its successes in civil rights enforcement. The significance of the passage of the Act is twofold: (1) it added the full weight of State law enforcement to the battle against unlawful discrimination; and (2) it underscored the continuing vitality of the Federalist system of Government. The Reagan Administration is committed to the Federalist system, and has fostered a newer and more lasting appreciation of the sovereignty of State and local governments, insisting that there is more than enough room for effective law enforcement at the Federal level without preempting all State and local powers. Congress, however, does not agree. The Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1985 proposed by Congress would introduce more comprehensive Federal civil rights legislation and usurp many of the State law protections already in place. Instead of going ahead with this legislation, Congress… [PDF]

(1987). Improving the Education Status of Native Hawaiians, and For Other Purposes. Report from the Select Committee on Indian Affairs (To Accompany S. 360). 100th Congress, 1st Session. This report provides results of the Select Committee on Indian Affairs' consideration of a bill to improve the education status of Native Hawaiians through grants to the University of Hawaii; community colleges; the Hawaii Department of Education; and Native Hawaiian organizations for educational programs, curriculum development, preschool education centers, and special education. The Committee recommends that the bill be passed with an amendment establishing a native Hawaiian Gifted and Talented Center. The report includes the following information: (1) information on purpose and background of, and need for, the bill; (2) analysis of the legal and historical relationship between the Federal government and Native Hawaiians; (3) summary of the major provisions of the bill; (4) legislative history of the bill; (5) explanation of the Committee Amendment; (6) section-by-section analysis of the bill as amended; and (7) several letters in support of and opposing the bill. (PS)… [PDF]

Beserra, Frank; And Others (1982). Minority Elderly Services: New Programs, Old Problems. Part I. Report of the United States Commission on Civil Rights. This book reports the results of a 1978 study of minority participation in programs under the Older Americans Act (OAA) in six communities: Cleveland, OH; Bridgeport, CT; Tucson, AZ; Tulsa, OK; San Francisco, CA; and Honolulu, HI. It focuses on programs funded under Title III of the OAA which provides meals and social services. Following the introduction, the report presents a historical perspective of the Federal role in providing services to older persons. The findings for each of the six communities are discussed in the text and presented in tables corresponding to each category of discussion including: (1) a demographic profile; (2) employment practices including recruitment, hiring, and promotion of minorities; (3) minority organizations represented; (4) minority participation in five major service categories; and (5) program characteristics that appear to facilitate or impede minority participation. A discussion of service planning and evaluation procedures is provided and… [PDF]

Belsches-Simmons, Grace (1983). State Civil Rights Laws. ECS Working Paper LEC-83-16. This paper reviews State constitutions and State laws providing for race equity in education. Results of a comprehensive survey of constitutions and statutes reveal a substantial State commitment to the goal of education equity. Constitutional provisions in an overwhelming number of States mirror the requirements of the Federal equal protection clause. Even where the State constitutional provisions are markedly different in terminology, State courts have construed them to be equivalent to or to exceed the Federal standard. In addition, most States have expressly prohibited race discrimination or race segregation in education. Virtually every State has some kind of statute on race discrimination or segregation in schools. Some of these prohibit such inequity in "places of public accommodations," expressly or implicitly including schools in the definition. Others have provisions in the State education code. Some States adopted policies before the Federal government, and some… [PDF]

Barnett, Cherie P.; And Others (1981). Selected Bibliography of Government Publications about Black Americans Published in 1977-1978. This annotated bibliography of government publications is based on information from the Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications, the Selective List of Government Publications, and the publications lists of individual agencies. All items were printed in 1977 or 1978, and reflect subjects of special interest to black Americans. The bibliography does not include (1) Census Bureau publications except those which deal specifically with the black population; (2) House or Senate hearings except those which dealt in depth with an area of interest such as busing; (3) reprints of articles originally published in the U.S. Government serials or periodicals indexed in one of the standard sources; (4) ERIC documents; or (5) publications sold by the National Technical Information Services which were available only on microfilm or microfiche. Annotations include price and ordering information. There are approximately 150 entries. (Author/JCD)…

Heim, Kathleen M. (1978). Women and Minorities in Academic Libraries. The statistical data on women and minorities in higher education administration analyzed in this paper are found in a study done by the College and University Personnel Association (CUPA). Collected during the 1975-76 Administrative Compensation Survey, these data were broken out for white coeducational institutions, white women's institutions, white men's institutions, and minority institutions, and these institutions were further categorized as public or private. It was found that white men predominate as head librarians in all institutions except white women's private and minority public and private institutions. The head librarian position is the most frequently cited high position for women in higher education administration. The small number of women and minority men administrators at public white institutions earn higher median salaries than their white counterparts, but at the highest levels of academic librarianship true equalization between the races and sexes has not yet…

Reynolds, William Bradford (1982). Enforcement of Federal Civil Rights Laws in the Reagan Administration. In this statement, William Bradford Reynolds, Assistant Attorney General, discusses the Federal government's enforcement policies and activities regarding equal employment opportunity, and defends the Reagan Administration and the Justice Department against charges cited in a report by the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights. Reynolds contends that the Administration's civil rights policies are based on the principle that discrimination is morally wrong, but the remedial use of preferential hiring and promotion techniques violates rather than promotes the principle of equal employment opportunity. He also contends that although the "color-blindness" principle established by Title VII enabled minorities to compete effectively with members of other groups, employment preferences serve to hire and promote with discrimination. Reynolds suggests that the use of racial quotas has not necessarily resulted in the hiring of unqualified employees, but in the hiring of lesser… [PDF]

(1978). Indian Employment within State Government. Document No. 10750057. The basic purpose of the project was to study and determine the nature of the "inadequate ratio" of Indian employment in Arizona's State agencies. The survey study was based on personal interviews and questionnaires furnished to 153 Indian State employees, 71 agency officials, and 25 ex-State employees. Findings indicated that in 1976, while Indians constituted approximately 5.5% of the Arizona population, only 1.49% of a total work force of 32,853 State employees were Indians; they were perceived as being underrepresented at all levels. Of those interviewed in the area of career progression, only 33.8% agreed that Indians had been successful in terms of career advancement; the average stay of State employment for all Indian workers interviewed was only 2 1/2 to 3 years. To implement policies and procedures within State government that will enhance hiring, upward mobility, and retention of Indian employees, the Commission of Indian Affairs recommendations included…

Whiteside, Patricia W. (1976). A History of Sex Discrimination in High School Athletics–School Law and Athletic Administration. The passage of education legislation extending equal rights to women precipitated a series of court cases testing the rights of women to participate in high school athletic programs. These court decisions have resulted in fundamental changes in the operation, organization, and administration of athletic programs within many school districts. A history of major court decisions concerning sex discrimination in high school athletics is given. Arguments, both pro and con, used in court cases involving mixed competition are discussed in the summary. (JN)…

Acevedo, Baltazar; Escobedo, Theresa Herrera (1979). Project for Minorities and Women in Research: Status Report, 1979 and Proposed Activities, 1980. An experimental project at the University of Texas at Austin, which was designed to increase the participation of minorities and women in educational research and related work, is described. The project brings together individuals who are at the post-doctoral and pre-doctoral level to cooperatively work on research questions. The project model includes the following provisions: (1) stipends for four post-doctoral participants and eight pre-doctoral participants and experience in special activities and research projects; (2) special activities that include monthly seminars conducted by the post-doctoral participants and other scholars; (3) special sessions (five per year) to be conducted by nationally recognized researchers; (4) opportunities to engage in team research projects and in individual research projects; (5) access to support services such as statistician consultant services, computer time, and library resources; and (6) the opportunity to engage in publication of research…

Steiger, JoAnn M.; Szanton, Eleanor S. (1977). Women's Participation in Management and Policy Development in the Education Division. Although there are many reasons for why women are so scarce in top positions in education, including top positions in the Education Division of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, a primary one is sex discrimination in hiring and promotion. Women are discouraged, in the Education Division, and elsewhere in the profession, from training or applying for administrative positions and by an informal "buddy" system that operates among men in power and, in essence, excludes women. These are two conclusions reached by the National Advisory Council on Women's Educational Programs in its study of the Education Division of HEW. This publication describes the status of women in the Education Division, identifies barriers to their advancement, explores exemplary practices that foster the participation of women in management and policy development, and examines the Division's use of women as professional advisors. Each chapter concludes with a set of recommendations for…

Ansorge, Charles J.; And Others (1976). The Effects of Age, Tenure Status, Salary Status and Degree Status on the Responses of College Level Physical Educators to Questions Regarding the Merger Process. This investigation was designed to determine the effects of age, salary, academic degree status, and tenure status of college-level physical educators employed either combined or separate departments on their response patterns to various questions regarding the merger process. A stratified sample of faculty employed in either separate departments or combined departments was surveyed by means of questionnaire. The results of the analysis of the returned questionnaires demonstrate that: (1) the age of the respondents in combined departments influenced their perception of areas of disagreement in their department; in separate departments, age influenced their perception regarding outside pressure to merge, their attitude towards merging, and their perception regarding possible conflicts in their department; (2) the salary of the respondents in combined departments influenced their perception of the need to have an equal number of male and female faculty in a combined department; in… [PDF]