Bakon, Cynthia; And Others (1983). Computer Fear. Educational Leadership, v41 n1 p27 Sep. The gap between male and female participation in elective mathematics is now being replicated in computer classes. School districts implementing computer education programs should take action to ensure sex equity. (MLF)…

Harlan, Sharon L.; O'Farrell, Brigid (1982). After the Pioneers: Prospects for Women in Nontraditional Blue-Collar Jobs. Work and Occupations: An International Sociological Journal, v9 n3 p363-86 Aug. Data from a three-year study of a large industrial firm illustrate the changes that occurred after equal employment policies were installed. The new practices did not address barriers impeding women's access to and advancement in nontraditional jobs. Although more women are hired, new patterns of sex and race segregation are developed. (Author/SK)…

Dandridge, William L. (1978). Recruiting Minority Teachers for Independent Schools. Independent School, v38 n2 p8-11 Dec. Suggests some general observations about the process of recruiting minority teachers as well as a number of specific strategies. (Author/SJL)…

Hoferek, Mary J. (1980). At the Crossroad: Merger or -. Quest, v32 n1 p95-102. As formerly gender-separated physical education departments were merged, women have systematically lost more leadership positions than men. Possible reasons for the loss of women leaders are discussed, and suggestions are given for the fostering of equal opportunity within the profession. (Author/JN)…

Mosley, Myrtis Hall (1980). Black Women Administrators in Higher Education: An Endangered Species. Journal of Black Studies, v10 n3 p295-310 Mar. Black women college administrators are few in number, occupy peripheral positions, have little power, receive little support from peers, are underpaid and overworked, and are disillusioned about the prospects for improvement in their status. (Author/BE)…

Dellums, Ronald (1979). The Responsibility of Black Politics. Black Scholar, v10 n5 p38-44 Jan-Feb. Black Americans must begin to project their humanistic values within the political context of America. The majority of Blacks are still "have nots" and Black politics must address this problem. (Author/WI)…

Gatewood, Robert D.; Ledvinka, James (1979). Selection Interviewing and EEO: Mandate for Objectivity. Personnel Administrator, v24 n12 p51-54 Dec. Outlines a system to standardize the employment interview by making the connections between job tasks, interview questions, and hiring decisions more clear and direct. The system was created to meet the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission standards for tests because those standards also apply to interviews. (Author/IRT)…

Tribe, Laurence H. (1979). Perspectives on "Bakke": Equal Protection, Procedural Fairness, or Structural Justice?. Harvard Law Review, v92 n4 p864-77 Feb. The "Bakke" case is examined for what it has to say regarding first the area of equal protection, then the idea of procedural fairness as distinct from accuracy of result, and finally the notion of structural justice. Available from Harvard Law Review, Harvard Law Review Association, Gannett House, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138; sc $5.50. (Author/IRT)…

Pettigrew, L. Eudora (1976). Reverse Discrimination–Fact or Fantasy?. Integrated Education, 14, 6, 3-4, Nov-Dec 76. Concludes that even though Federal legislation designed to equalize employment opportunities for all U.S. citizens has been enacted, the only group to enhance its employment status over the past ten years has been that of white males. (Author)…

Kekes, John (1997). Against Preferential Treatment. Academe, v83 n1 p35-37 Jan-Feb. Argues that preferential treatment of women and minorities in the selection of college faculty elevates a form of corruption to standard administrative practice by including people in academic life on the basis of characteristics irrelevant to teaching and research; and previous unjust treatment is inadequate justification for preferential treatment today. (MSE)…

Foote, Elizabeth; Holub, Jonathan (1996). Sources and Information: Expanding Opportunities for Minority Administrators. New Directions for Community Colleges, n94 p101-105 Sum. Provides an annotated bibliography of 15 documents related to expanding and maintaining opportunities for minority administrators. Presents articles related to strategies for increasing leadership diversity, creating opportunities for minorities at the executive level, and maintaining existing levels of opportunity. (AJL)… [Direct]

Thomas, David A.; Wetlaufer, Suzy (1997). A Question of Color: A Debate on Race in the U.S. Workplace. Harvard Business Review, v75 n5 p118-32 Sep-Oct. Ten executives of color discuss the state of equal opportunities in the workplace and the existence of institutional racism. They conclude that there have been few successes and too little change for the length of time the struggle has gone on. (SK)…

Tomasson, Richard F. (2000). Reaching the Top. Society, v37 n5 p9-12 Jul-Aug. Critiques the College Board's report, "Reaching the Top," suggesting that it is well-intentioned but wrong to those committed to public policies that are not based on race or ethnicity. Calls the report's ethnic categories stereotypical and imprecise, suggesting that it is rooted in an erroneous faith that schools are the solution to ethnic and racial equity. Asserts that the sub-cultures of disadvantaged and poor minorities are more important. (SM)…

Gottfredson, Linda S. (2000). Equal Potential: A Collective Fraud. Society, v37 n5 p19-28 Jul-Aug. Critiques the College Board's report, "Reaching the Top," asserting that it illustrates collective fraud in the social sciences, which sustains an egalitarian fiction that intelligence is clustered equally across all human populations. Suggests that while the report omits certain popular falsehoods, it also omits crucial truths about educational underrepresentation of high-achieving minority students. Asserts that lie-based social programs leave in place the very inequalities they mean to expunge. (SM)…

Gordon, Jack (1995). Different from What? Diversity as a Performance Issue. Training, v32 n5 p25-32,34 May. Some workplace diversity programs have sown hostility as diversity training has become a full-fledged industry in the United States. The best approach may be to recognize commonalities and to be willing to capitalize on differences. (JOW)…

Sidel, Ruth (1995). Battling Bias: College Students Speak Out. Educational Record, v76 n2-3 p44-52 Spr-Sum. Students from a variety of colleges comment on their personal experiences on campus with racial/ethnic bias or bias based on homosexuality. A number of the students embraced activism as a coping strategy. The institution's role in attending to the needs of all students, minority and majority, is discussed. (MSE)…

Kibler, William L.; Scott, Felicia J. (1998). A Case Study: The Effects of the "Hopwood" Decision on Student Affairs. New Directions for Student Services, n83 p57-69 Fall. States that the Hopwood v. Texas case of 1996 has had significant impact on the practice of student affairs in Texas. Explores these effects from the perspective of a practitioner affected by the decision. Discusses strategies and guidelines for meeting the challenges created by the decision. (Author/MKA)…

Bodensteiner, Jill (1998). Student Discrimination in Higher Education: A Review of the 1997 Decisions. Journal of College and University Law, v25 n2 p331-48 Fall. Reviews key 1997 judicial decisions relating to Title IX gender discrimination claims by students in higher education, decisions concerning California's Proposition 209 (designed to end "preferences" in education and other contexts), and the "McDonnell Douglas" burden-shifting framework for disparate race claims in the educational context. (EV)…

Clegg, Roger (2000). A Contrasting View: The Problem with Racial and Ethnic Preferences. Trusteeship, v8 n5 p12-13 Sep-Oct. Discusses the legal problems with racial and ethnic preferences in college admissions processes noting that there are only three possible goals that are legally \compelling\ for the use of preferences: prophylactically to avoid discriminating, as remedial discrimination to make up for past discrimination, and to foster student diversity. (DB)…

Bok, Derek (2000). Assessing the Results of Race-Sensitive College Admissions. Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, v n29 p106-11 Aut. Investigated the effectiveness of race sensitive college admission using data on 60,000 students admitted under race conscious policies. Students admitted under preferential policies (who would have been rejected under race-neutral policies) were qualified to attend their universities and graduated at high rates. Students believed that living and learning together was important. Concludes that preferential admissions should continue. (SM)…

Musoba, Glenda Droogsma; Simmons, Ada B.; St. John, Edward P. (2002). Merit-Aware Admissions in Public Universities. Thought & Action, v17 n2 p35-46 Win 2001-2002. Joins the college access debate with an original proposal for fairness in college admissions. Tests an alternative method of college admissions, the \merit-aware model\ proposed by William Goggin. First reconsiders the issue of racial preferences, then describes the merit-aware approach. Concludes with a few lessons that can inform admission practitioners and others considering merit-aware admission. (EV)…

Sullivan, Patrick (2006). Diversity, Leadership, and the Community College: A Case Study. Community College Journal of Research & Practice, v30 n5-6 p383-400 Jun-Jul. In Grutter v. Bollinger (2003), the U.S. Supreme Court emphatically affirmed the value of diversity, and argued that the state has a compelling interest to promote diversity on college campuses. The nature of the Supreme Court's argument in the majority decision clearly acknowledged that there remains important work still left to do. The court also took the unusual step of establishing a timeline and \end point\ for this work. Because community colleges traditionally serve a more culturally and ethnically diverse population than our 4-year sister institutions, we will no doubt need to play a vital role in this endeavor. There are many models in the literature related to diversity leadership that we may wish to consider as we move forward with this work. But we shouldn't discount the long-term value of optimism, determination, and perseverance as essential leadership tools. A case study of one community college's work related to diversity is offered as an example of how this important… [Direct]

Trotter, Andrew (2006). Target Demographics. Education Week, v26 n6 p30-31 Oct. In its new term, the justices will review a challenge to a student-assignment policy adopted by the Seattle school board in 1997 to enhance racial diversity at its 10 high schools, including Ballard High, beginning in the 1998-99 school year. Under the policy, which has been suspended since 2002 pending the outcome of the legal challenge, students were allowed to choose a preferred high school. When a high school was oversubscribed, the policy first favored applicants who had a sibling already enrolled at the desired school. Then, if the high school had a minority population that deviated from the district average by more than 15 percent, it was required to enroll students whose race or ethnicity would bring the school closer the district average. In 2000, the race-conscious policy was challenged by several white families who lived near Ballard High but whose children were denied assignment to the then-new school. This article discusses student demographics in the student-assignment… [Direct]

Mathews, John (1975). The School Money Veto: Can Ford Afford It?. Compact, 9, 5, 19-21, Oct 75. A report from Washington on federal appropriation, legislation, and court litigation. (MLF)…

(1986). Practical Resource Handbook for Co-Instructional Physical Education. This handbook presents information for the use of Washington State school districts and schools in the development of physical education programs that conform with Federal and State regulations regarding sex equity. It consists of five major sections which provide, respectively: (1) State legislation pertaining to education, physical education, and sex equity; (2) a step-by-step guide to developing, at the district level and at the individual school, a high-quality co-instructional curriculum; (3) a list of educators who serve as physical education resource consultants in Washington State; (4) a descriptive list of successful co-instructional programs already existing; and (5) an extensive bibliography, partly annotated. An appendix includes a sample student interest survey form. (KH)…

Weaver, Warren (1974). Now That Marco DeFunis Has His Law Degree… Compact, 8, 4, 5-8, Jul-Aug 74. Discusses the effects of the recent United States Supreme Court case dealing with special criteria for admitting minority applicants to schools. (JF)…

Relihan, Walter J., Jr. (1973). Means and Ends: The Evolution of Federal Administrative Doctrine on Equal Employment Opportunity. Journal of College and University Law, 1, 1, 33-37, F 73. Traces the change and implications for university counsel of federal regulations growing out of Executive Order 11246 (which forbade employment discrimination by government contractors) including the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare guidelines of July and October 1972 and the March 1973 joint memorandum stating policy of four federal agencies involved. (JT)…

Shulman, Carol Herrnstadt (1975). Federal Laws: Nondiscrimination and Faculty Employment. Federal laws and regulations designed to assure equal employment opportunities have only recently been applied to faculty employment, but they have rapidly become an important issue in higher education. The goal of true equal employment opportunity has been pursued in court cases and legislation for many years, principally in the industrial sector, where efforts have been focused on the employment of blue-collar workers, particularly racial minorities. Federal agencies, courts, and universities are therefore breaking new ground when they translate the experience of the industrial sector to employment practices affecting professional university workers. This document describes federal laws that apply to faculty employment: Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; Executive Order 11246, as amended; the post-Civil War civil rights laws; the Equal Pay Act of 1963, as amended; and Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. The regulation implementing these laws is…

(1975). The Application of Non-Discrimination Law and Regulations To Collective Bargaining in Higher Education. Special Report No. 23. This document explores some of the interrelationships between the collective bargaining process and equal employment issues. The National Labor Relations Act, the federal collective bargaining statute, is the focal point of the labor law discussion because it has had significant impact on the drafting and interpretation of state labor legislation and stands on an equal footing with federal equal employment laws. The federal labor statute, applicable to private colleges and universities is discussed, underscoring the Act's application to discrimination in employment based on race, sex, religion, national origin or color. Next, four federal equal opportunity laws — Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the Equal Pay Act, Executive Order 11246 as amended, and Title IX of the 1972 Educational Amendments — are briefly described, emphasizing their impact on labor relations matters. Finally, some suggestions for higher education collective bargaining in the context of equal employment… [PDF]

(1977). Equal Opportunities in Education: Instruction and Employment. A Suggested Policy Guide for School Districts. This publication is intended to provide valuable suggestions to local school officials to help them develop and adopt policies and procedures designed to assure equal opportunities in education without discrimination. The guide deals both with concerns related to instructional and extracurricular school programs and issues related to employment and personnel practices. The appendix contains a model procedure for resolving discrimination complaints, a sample school district equal opportunity checklist, two model district equal opportunity plans, and model procedures for evaluating the development and implementation of a district's equal opportunity plans. Although the guide was prepared specifically for use by school board members and administrators in Oregon, it will be of value to school officials in other states as well. (JG)… [PDF]