Roach, Ronald (2003). Taking Stock, Resuming Course. Black Issues in Higher Education, v20 n11 p16-19 Jul 17. Academic officials have begun taking stock of their admissions policies in light of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in the University of Michigan admissions case. The survival of the use of race in college admissions has supporters breathing a little easier for the time being. (SLD)…

Johnson, Susan M.; Lollar, Xia Li (2002). Diversity Policy in Higher Education: The Impact of College Students' Exposure to Diversity on Cultural Awareness and Political Participation. Journal of Education Policy, v17 n3 p305-20 May-Jun. Analyzes the influence of students' exposure to diversity at the University of Wisconsin Whitewater on their cultural awareness and democratic citizenship, including political participation. Finds exposure to diversity has positive influence on students' cultural awareness and democratic citizenship. (Contains 29 references.) (PKP)…

Farrell, Charles S. (1989). Institutions Deny Setting Quotas for Asian American Admissions. Black Issues in Higher Education, v6 n3 p10-11 Apr 13. Many Asian Americans are accusing elite colleges, including the University of California system and Harvard University, of setting admission quotas. Colleges blame high school counselors for failing to encourage Asian students to develop verbal skills and to participate in extracurricular activities. (FMW)…

Magner, Denise K. (1994). Duke Tries Again. Chronicle of Higher Education, v40 n24 pA23-24 Feb 16. When Duke University (North Carolina) adopted a five-year plan in 1988 to double the proportion of black faculty, it lost almost as many as it gained. The new 10-year plan will focus on support and retention as well as hiring. The new plan has critics but more support than the last. (MSE)…

Finney, Jodi (1991). Opening the Minority Pipeline. AGB Reports, v33 n3 p16-19 May-Jun. Without forceful and effective leadership, it is unlikely that American higher education will be able to improve the education of minority students. This includes setting institutional enrollment and graduation goals, supported by plans to remove barriers and improve teaching and learning, and aligning institutional incentives with goals and strategies. (Author/MSE)…

(1990). Girls and Mathematics: Some Recommendations. Australian Mathematics Teacher, v46 n4 p16-17 Dec. This article outlines recommendations by the Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers for attainment of gender equity in school mathematics learning within the following domains: teaching methods and resources, curricula, assessment techniques, school system policies, and community attitudes. (JJK)…

Chance, Sandra; Hon, Linda Childers; Weigold, Michael (1999). The Meaning of Diversity among the Professoriate. Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, v54 n1 p51-68 Spr. Discusses results of a survey of journalism and communications faculty at the University of Florida regarding the meaning of diversity: its impact on faculty members' professional life and on their concerns, hopes, and fears; resolving concerns about diversity; criteria for a diverse faculty; fairness in procedures and policies; and ensuring outcomes in hiring and retention. (SR)…

Daufin, E-K. (2001). Minority Faculty Job Experience, Expectations, and Satisfaction. Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, v56 n1 p18-30 Spr. Looks at the reasons educators of color gave for entering pedagogy, what they expected from academia, and whether they thought they would remain in education, or return to the professional media full time. Attempts to describe minority faculty academic and professional training. Finds that minority educators had more education and media experience than their white counterparts. (SG)…

Elkins, Teri J.; Konopaske, Robert; Phillips, James S.; Townsend, Joellyn (2001). Evaluating Gender Discrimination Claims: Is There a Gender Similarity Bias?. Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, v44 n1-2 p1-15 Jan. Investigated the possible existence of a gender similarity bias in evaluations of gender discrimination allegations, using a laboratory experiment in which the strength of evidence against a defendant company and the gender of the plaintiff were manipulated. Participants were ethnically diverse undergraduate students. Although female mock jurors did not rule to the disadvantage of male plaintiffs, they tended to favor female plaintiffs. (SM)…

Bloom, Judith Ilene (1975). Constitutional Law–Equal Protection–"Benign" Discrimination–Minority Admissions Programs–Supreme Court's Response to Preferential Treatment–DeFunis v. Odegaard, 416 U.S. 312 (1974); Kahn v. Shevin, 416 U.S. 351 (1974); Morton v. Mancari, 417 U.S. 535 (1974). Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review, 8, 191-211, 75. Three U.S. Supreme Court rulings on minority preference cases are analyzed with reference to the question of the constitutionality of minority preferential admissions. It is concluded that the Court's unpredictability casts doubt on the validity of minority preference and that special consideration should be given in a racially neutral manner. (JT)…

Eisinger, Peter K. (1979). Black Mayors and the Politics of Racial Economic Advancement. An analysis of personnel policies and city purchasing and contracting patterns in cities governed by black mayors suggests that the black mayors have adapted modern techniques of public administration to serve traditional ethnic income goals once pursued by urban machines. By guaranteeing the increased participation of blacks in municipal civil service jobs and in city purchasing, the black mayors are making city government a significant focus for the redistribution of income. The implications of this analysis, which examines data on the increase in black participation in these areas in six large cities, are (1) that the capture of city hall by blacks can have important economic consequences for the black community; (2) that the politics of ethnic (or racial) advancement once practiced by traditional machines is possible even under the rationalized techniques of modern public administration. (Author)…

Pottinger, J. Stanley (1974). Administering A Solution–Goals Versus Quotas. This document gives in broad outline the contours of the notion of affirmative goals and timetables, as adopted in the Four Agency Agreement developed by the Justice Department, EEOC, the Department of Labor, and the Civil Service Commission. Two appellate court decisions dealing with the issue of affirmative hiring relief are discussed. (MJM)… [PDF]

(1971). Report of the Special Committee on the Status of Women at UCSC. The status of women at the University of California-Santa Clara is indicated in reference to faculty numbers, rank, administration, regularization of nonladder appointments, tenure, merit increases, and termination. Recommendations suggest: (1) UCSC should strive to achieve in its ladder ranks a percentage of women equal to that of women who received Ph.D.'s from the 10 leading universities between 1962-1967, that is 12% (2) UCSC should give high priority to correcting the imbalance existing in administration and policymaking positions; (3) Boards of studies and colleges should review their recruitment procedures; (4) UCSC should not neglect minority needs; (5) any faculty should be entitled to unpaid maternity leave of two quarters; (6) any nontenured faculty members who become pregnant should be allowed an extension of the appointment for one year for each pregnancy; and (7) the Special Committee on the Status of Women should be continued for another year. (MJM)… [PDF]

Borland, David T. (1976). Organizational Development and Goals: A Consultant's View of Women's Centers. The North Texas State University's Women's Center was designed to define and identify the needs of women in the NTSU Community and to encourage and facilitate institutional and community response to those perceived needs. David T. Borland, consultant, advised the organizing group about the clientele who were to be served, the available resources for the center, and the scope of activities of the organization. His recommendations concern the goals of the organization not only as they relate to substance or services but as they relate to maintenance of the system. The recommendations deal with the organization and administration of a womens center: its basic purpose, immediate and long-range goals, the staff, the accountability. (JMF)… [PDF]

Moore, William, Jr. (1976). Black Knight/White Fortress. Community and Junior College Journal, 46, 7, 18-20,40-43, Apr 76. Reports the findings of a study designed to test the hypothesis that \significant progress has been made in the recruitment, selection, and hiring of black educators and assigning them to positions commensurate with their training and experience.\ The data soundly reject this hypothesis and show that the actual situation is tragic. (DC)…

Fontham, Michael R. (1978). Legalization of Employment Discrimination against White Males. Journal of Intergroup Relations, v6 n4 p30-39 Dec. The intervention of government to require speeial treatment of designated groups on the basis of race, color, or sex is inconsistent with principles of equal treatment under American law. Regardless of past discrimination against certain classes, governmental determination to favor them at the expense of White males is not justified. (Author/WI)…

Sloan, Allan (1978). An Analysis of Uniform Guidelines in Employee Selection Procedures. Employee Relations Law Journal, v4 n3 p346-56 Win 1978-79. Article points out that while new federal Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures, which became effective September 25, 1978, attempt to clarify two conflicting sets of rules, they also impose new burdens on public and private employers. Available from Executive Enterprise Publications Co., Inc., 10 Columbus Circle, New York, New York 10019; $48.00 annually. (Author/PKP)…

Jones, Mack H. (1978). The Bakke Case: The Logical Legacy of Atheoretical Protest Politics. Freedomways, 18, 1, 16-20, Win 78. Suggests that the importance of the Bakke case lies in the fact that it could act as a catalytic agent that would force social theoreticians, especially black ones, to face to an important question: what is the role of racism in the U.S. political economy? (Author/AM)…

Wright, Bruce McM. (1978). Bangs and Whimpers The Strange Case of Allan Bakke. Freedomways, 18, 1, 21-7, Win 78. Suggests that Bakke was not rejected because he was white or because of a minority program, but rather because he was not highly qualified and in addition possibly because of his age. (Author/AM)…

McLoughlin, Mary Ellen; Scott, Nan E. (1978). Sex-Affirmative Counseling: The Counselor as Change Agent. Tennessee Education, 7, 3, 21-7, Win 78. Sex-affirmative counseling requires: counselor self-exploration re: his/her mind-set toward sex-role stereotyping; awareness of the sex-role attitudes of the counselee re: perceived available alternatives; content analysis of counseling material re: blatant or subtle sex-bias; and affirmative moves by the counselor to explore discarded life options based on sex-role stereotypes. (JC)…

Weinberg, Louise (1977). The New Meaning of Equity. Journal of Legal Education, 28, 4, 532-41, 77. The current bias of law schooling, particularly in the first year, in favor of the ordinary action at law for damages, should be reviewed in light of the significance of contemporary actions \in equity\ for affirmative court orders, says this professor of law. (LBH)…

Farmer, Fran (1977). The Bakke Case: Worrisome Wrinkle or Wholesale Retreat?. Urban League Review, 2, 2, 39-43, Sum 77. The Bakke Case is important because it is part of continuum wherin the Supreme Court has been slowly shifting, placing a much higher burden of proof upon the person who has suffered from exclusion, discrimination, or oppression. (Author/AM)…

Chusmir, Leonard H.; Durand, Douglas E. (1987). The Female Factor. Training and Development Journal, v41 n8 p32-37 Aug. Refutes several myths about women and job commitment; discusses why women work and how they become job-committed. Tells how human resources development and personnel policy can help individuals become job-committed. (CH)…

Beck, E. M.; Kemp, Alice Abel (1986). Equal Work, Unequal Pay: Gender Discrimination within Work-Similar Occupations. Work and Occupations: An International Sociological Journal, v13 n3 p324-47 Aug. Describes an empirical method to identify work-similar occupations using selected measures from the Dictionary of Occupational Titles. Examines male-female earnings differences within a group of work-similar occupations and finds that discrimination against females is extensive. (Author/CH)…

Becker, William E.; Williams, Arlington W. (1986). Assessing Personnel Practices in Higher Education: A Case Study in the Hiring of Females. Economics of Education Review, v5 n3 p265-72. Develops a model of ideal minority representation to assess whether or not an employer's current personnel policies are consistent with a random hiring policy. The model is then applied to a case alleging sex discrimination in the hiring practices of a university academic department. Appended are 12 references. (MLF)…

Thomas, M. Donald (1986). Why Aren't Women Administering Our Schools?. NASSP Bulletin, v70 n488 p90-92 Mar. The percentage of women in educational administrative positions remains low. The author discusses discriminatory practices and offers suggestions for improving the situation. (MD)…

Darlington, Richard B. (1976). A Defense of \Rational\ Personnel Selection, and Two New Methods. Journal of Educational Measurement, 13, 1, 43-52, Spr 76. Two techniques for personnel selection are presented. The first is a graphical technique which non-technical personnel can use in deciding the number of minority applicants to admit to an institution. The other is a large scale computer technique which an institution can use to increase personnel diversity including cultural factors. (Author/DEP)…

Husen, Torsten (1976). Problems of Securing Equal Access to Higher Education: The Dilemma Between Equality and Excellence. Higher Education, 5, 4, 407-22, Nov 76. The changing concept of higher education is addressed, including the idea of \equalization incompatibilities.\ The question is raised whether in a mass system of higher education one would have to consider a dual admissions procedure to preserve the academic core system; i.e., graduate studies and research. (Editor/LBH)…

Lorch, Barbara R. (1973). Reverse Discrimination in Hiring in Sociology Departments: A Preliminary Report. American Sociologist, 8, 3, 116-120, Aug 73. In a questionnaire to sociology department chairmen, 32 percent indicated they had positions to fill in the past two years and felt coerced to practice reverse discrimination; sixteen percent reported they actually did so. Argues this is reason for grave concern. (Author/RJ)…

Swan, George Steven (1973). The Double Standard and the Catholic Minorities. Notre Dame Journal of Education, 4, 4, 328-335, W 73. A recent test case may relate significantly to the interests of many \Catholic ethnic\ minorities in relation to school admissions and job opportunities. (KM)…