Romine, Robert J. (1991). Independence Community College Program Review Process. Program review at Independence Community College (ICC) is structured so that every program of study will undergo review within a 5-year period. The purpose of the program review effort is to assess the relationship of inputs to outcomes, so that actual outcomes can be compared to expected outcomes. Each program of study is evaluated according to the following 18 criteria: (1) institutional mission and goals; (2) advisory council involvement; (3) labor market data; (4) comprehensive needs assessment; (5) local educational area needs assessment; (6) curriculum analysis; (7) instructional analysis; (8) facilities, equipment and materials analysis; (9) enrollment; (10) cost; (11) marketing analysis; (12) internal procedures analysis; (13) transfer; (14) placement and demographics; (15) survey of previous program enrollees; (16) admissions requirements; (17) outside accreditation; and (18) affirmative action/sex equity. Vocational programs are reviewed using a vocational program review…

Marshall, Catherine (1989). More Than Black Face and Skirts: New Leadership To Confront the Major Dilemmas in Education. To address minority students' needs, increase school administrators' instructional leadership capacities, and involve parents in improving schools, school districts must recruit large percentages of women and minority educators to school leadership positions. This will not be a simple task, as entirely new definitions of school leadership are needed. Educators are being challenged to (1) find ways to keep at-risk students in school; (2) create stimulating learning environments; and (3) garner community support. Women are still underrepresented in school leadership, and minorities have not benefited from affirmative action and other equality-based legislation. The dominant reform proposals are flawed for not promoting equity, for failing to involve black educators in reform discussions, and failing to propose measures ensuring minorities' access to school leadership positions. What is needed is a reconceptualization of school leadership and active recruitment of women and minority… [PDF]

Ramirez, Genevieve M. (1986). Retention of the Latino University Student: The Case of CSULB. This study examines the characteristics, needs, and actual experiences of Latino (Mexican American/Chicano and other Hispanic) students enrolled at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB), through identification of Hispanic demographic characteristics from university records, comparison of Student Affirmative Action Outreach Program (SAA) participants with non-participant Latino peers, and random sample interviews with SAA participants. Although Latino CSULB enrollment grew from 5.4% to 8.7% from 1975 to 1985, Latinos, who comprise 18.1% of California high school graduates, are greatly underrepresented. Of SAA Latino students entering CSULB in 1982-83, 73% had been retained to begin their fourth year in 1985 or had graduated. Findings indicate academic failure/difficulty results from unrealistic expectations, lack of clear personal goals deemed attainable, general alienation from the institutional mainstream, and interference of external circumstances. Factors favoring… [PDF]

(1986). Agreement between the Massachusetts Board of Regents of Higher Education for the Massachusetts Regional Community Colleges and the Massachusetts Community College Council/Massachusettes Teachers Association, an Affiliate of the National Education Association for Academic Years 1983-84 to 1985-86 and 1986-87 to 1988-89. Two consecutive collective bargaining agreements between the Massachusetts Board of Regents of Higher Education and the Massachusetts Community College Council/Massachusetts Teachers Association are presented, covering the years 1983 through 1986 and 1986 through 1989. The 26 articles in the agreements set forth rights and provisions related to: (1) unit recognition and definitions; (2) the relationship between the association and the board, and the formation of a special joint study committee to resolve problems related to the agreement; (3) the use of board facilities; (4) the rights and responsibilities of the board, and the role of unit members in college governance; (5) maintenance of records; (6) deduction of dues and agency fees; (7) academic freedom and responsibility; (8) affirmative action; (9) supplemental benefits; (10) grievance procedures; (11) appointment, reappointment, and tenure; (12) workload, work assignment, and working conditions; (13) faculty evaluation; (14)… [PDF]

Hales, William; Whitaker, Colbert (1984). Women in Administration. That women hold less than 3 percent of secondary school principalships underscores society's contuinuing use of sexual stereotypes. Among the misguided assumptions hindering women's professional aspirations are beliefs about their lack of interest in promotions and their ineffectiveness as authority models. There is also the behavioral description: e.g., a female administrator is picky, whereas her male counterpart is good on details. If schools are not to lose a valuable pool of administrative talent, clear change strategies and implementation commitments must be realized. The federal government must enforce discrimination regulations and promote goals for increasing women's numbers in administration. State education boards should support affirmative action plans, and state education departments promote more women to top positions as role models for other women. On a local level, persons should work for the development of an objective administrator selection process–one now marred…

Snyder, William F. (1989). Evidences of Faculty Centered Management Style. At Wytheville Community College (WCC) in Virginia, the seminal management style is collegial, while the seminal management structure is bureaucratic. Formal bureaucratic structures exist for normal and routine communication and for policy decisions. However, faculty are encouraged to share their concerns with the president and other administrators without going through the formal channels. Various mechanisms have been created to encourage "coalition management": (1) the Faculty Government Association has specific committees to address admissions and standards, affirmative action, curriculum, financial aid, improvement of instruction, and other areas; (2) the College Council, made up of students, staff, faculty, and administrative representatives, provides a forum for the discussion of ideas, concepts, and policy matters; (3) the loosely organized Support Staff Group communicates directly with the president on matters related to the improvement of the work environment; (4)…

Kuhns, Eileen; Martorana, S. V. (1978). Academic Programming. AAHE-ERIC/Higher Education Research Currents, September 1978. This review of academic programming considers changes that have occurred as a reaction to real or perceived shifts in institutional and social conditions and values, program design, and program approval, review, and evaluation. Among the conditions influencing programming decisions in the late 1970s are open-access policies, affirmative-action policies, the new majorities of part-time and female students, the demand for noncredit and nontraditional educational opportunities, developments in collective bargaining, and geographic duplication of degree program. The curriculum for American undergraduates typically contains three components: general education, the major concentration, and electives. It is shown that the undergraduate career is now divided almost equally among these three components, and that a growth in elective-taking has been at the expense of the general education component. Curricula have been redesigned to serve the increasing body of adult students, since the… [PDF]

(1979). Development of Attitudinal Skills. Final Evaluation Report, April 1, 1978-June 30, 1979. School district staff, aware of the need for a program to teach attitudinal skills, undertook to develop a curriculum model for vocational teachers to help their students gain those attitudes, behaviors, and personal characteristics valued by employers. Teacher input led to a workshop for converting behavioral ideals into practical teaching terms using learning activities and evaluation techniques. An Affirmative Action Committee evaluated the tentative curriculum so produced to exclude any bias or stereotyped attitudes prior to field testing under conditions of frequent supervision. A final workshop evaluated the total project and refined the model, with results indicating success. Field test teachers found students, teachers, and administrators very enthusiastic regarding the project, with noticeable improvement in student employability and promotion. Students not only knew the attitudinal roles but were also able to duplicate them in terms of behavior. Contributions to curriculum…

Koble, Daniel E., Jr., Ed.; And Others (1975). 1975 National Vocational Education Personnel Development Seminar. Industry-Education Innovations in Personnel Development (Omaha, Nebraska, October 28-31, 1975). Leadership Training Series No. 46. Major contents of this report are the seminar presentations made at a national seminar in which educators focused on innovations in personnel development for industry education. Of the ten major papers three established the context of cooperation between business, industry, labor, and education in providing vocational education. Three papers focus on planning instruction and evaluating instructional systems including use of case studies as an instructional device and integration of affirmative action efforts and issues into the personnel development program. Two papers on industry-education-labor cooperation describe a successful industry-education-labor council and analyze the communication process in education-labor cooperative program development. Other titles are \A Program for Improving the Quality of Working Life\ and \Future Think: Training and Development…Where Do We Go From Here?\ A series of shorter presentations are summaries of various research and development efforts… [PDF]

(1973). Guidebook to Promising Practices in Compensatory Education and Miller-Unruh Reading Program Schools in California. The purpose of this guidebook is to give recognition to some of California's effective schools and, more importantly, to encourage interschool visiting. Emphasizing that organization leads to productivity, specific suggestions as to how to use the book and how to plan school visits are provided. Listed alphabetically and by county, section I provides a roster of schools with promising practices in compensatory education and Miller-Unruh Reading Programs. Section II contains an inventory of program strengths on which validation teams rate the schools. Among the criteria considered are nonisolation of disadvantaged students, auxiliary services, staff development, intergroup relations, and affirmative action. A section providing facts about the schools describes ethnic content, target students, socio-economic background, staffing, and funds follows. Section IV provides a listing of other schools and special projects suggested by various program units within the State Department of… [PDF]

(1998). Senate Rostrum: The Newsletter of the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges, 1997-1998. Senate Rostrum: The Newsletter of the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges, Sep 1997-Oct. This collection of four Senate Rostrum newsletters discusses the various issues of interest to faculty in California community colleges. The September 1997 issue addresses such topics as welfare reform, technology mediated instruction, academic standards, an annual gathering of the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges entitled the Summer Faculty Leadership Institute, and a controversial rewards plan called "Academic Excellence." The January 1998 issue deals with a 2005 Task Force Report and discusses affirmative action, the California Virtual University, and various legislative statements and updates. The next issue, from April of 1998, contains an article by the President of the Academic Senate about realizing the vision of shared governance and other issues addressed in Assembly Bill 1725. The newsletter touches on certain curriculum issues, mentions again the Academic Excellence plan (retitled "Partnership for Excellence"), and contains an article… [PDF]

Ware, Martha L. (1982). Reduction in Force: The Legal Aspects. Six legal issues surrounding a school district's reduction in force are described in this twelfth chapter in a book on school law. First, the courts generally hold that the school board must prove that a reduction in force (RIF) is inescapable. The second issue revolves around which positions and employees are being eliminated. In deciding such cases, one question to be resolved by the courts is whether a board is attempting to circumvent the fair dismissal statute by abolishing a specific position. Third, courts will examine closely allegations that the real reason for a layoff is constitutionally impermissible, such as the exercise of free speech. Fourth, the issue of seniority is largely determined by statute and contract. Tenured faculty attempting to \bump\ other tenured faculty must prove their qualifications for the position. Fifth, in absence of both statute and contract provisions, courts require sufficient notice of RIF. Unfortunately, this causes many boards to issue…

Charles, Camille Z.; Fischer, Mary J.; Lundy, Garvey F.; Massey, Douglas S. (2006). The Source of the River: The Social Origins of Freshmen at America's Selective Colleges and Universities. Princeton University Press African Americans and Latinos earn lower grades and drop out of college more often than whites or Asians. Yet thirty years after deliberate minority recruitment efforts began, we still don't know why. In \The Shape of the River,\ William Bowen and Derek Bok documented the benefits of affirmative action for minority students, their communities, and the nation at large. But they also found that too many failed to achieve academic success. In \The Source of the River,\ Douglas Massey and his colleagues investigate the roots of minority underperformance in selective colleges and universities. They explain how such factors as neighborhood, family, peer group, and early schooling influence the academic performance of students from differing racial and ethnic origins and differing social classes. Drawing on a major new source of data–the National Longitudinal Survey of Freshmen–the authors undertake a comprehensive analysis of the diverse pathways by which whites, African Americans,… [Direct]

(1991). Latinos in Pennsylvania: Summary Report & Recommendations. This report summarizes the activities of the Pennsylvania Governor's Advisory Commission on Latino Affairs from its inception in January, 1989, to December, 1990; and makes recommendations to the Governor on policies, procedures, and legislation that would make the state more responsive to the Latin American community. Latin Americans are the youngest and fastest growing population group in Pennsylvania. Language and cultural barriers breed resentment and discrimination and lead to denial of services and resources necessary to the economic, social, political, and educational well-being of the Latin American community. To promote equal access and equal opportunity in all aspects of community life for Latin Americans, the Commission devised the following priority areas each to be addressed by committees: (1) education; (2) employment; (3) physical health and mental health; (4) economic development; (5) housing; (6) aging; and (7) Latin Americans in prison. Civil rights and civil… [PDF]

(1993). Intercultural Programs: Program Evaluation. The Office of Intercultural Programs of the Des Moines public schools addresses the equity needs of the district through a wide range of equity services. The Office serves as a resource for students, parents, community, and staff, and provides service in the areas of: (1) the Voluntary Transfer Program; (2) paired and magnet schools; (3) extended day kindergarten; (4) English as a Second Language and bilingual programs; (5) Minority and Bilingual Community Liaison Advisor Program; (6) multicultural, nonsexist education; (7) cross-cultural awareness training; (8) the Military Achievement Program; (9) affirmative action; (10) discrimination compliance; and (11) sexual harassment training. An evaluation helped the staff prepare to meet the needs of the growing student population. Systematic equity efforts were framed by the revision of the district's Desegregation Plan and the publication of a formal document defining equity efforts. Strategic planning efforts involved parents, staff,… [PDF]

Graham-Moore, Brian E.; Potter, Penny F. (1984). Two Methods for Classifying Jobs into Equal Employment Opportunity Categories. Working Paper 83/84-4-21. Most organizations planning to assess adverse impact or perform a stock analysis for affirmative action planning must correctly classify their jobs into appropriate occupational categories. Two methods of job classification were assessed in a combination archival and field study. Classification results from expert judgment of functional job analyses were compared to statistical profiles of the Position Analysis Questionnaire (PAQ). From the data banks of the PAQ services, 300 cases were randomly selected. In order to obtain the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) classification for the selected cases, the jobs were first categorized by industry. Major corporations in each of the industrial areas were selected, and personnel officers of the selected corporations were sent a questionnaire containing the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT) written job descriptions. They were asked to place the jobs into one of the three EEO classifications. A discriminant analysis was performed and…

Mapp, Edward, Ed. (1974). Puerto Rican Perspectives. The contents of this compendium are organized in four parts, as follows. Part one, \From Education,\ includes the following essays: \A Positive View of Bilingualism,\ Bejamin Pacheco; \Puerto Rican Children and the New York City Public Schools,\ Luis Fuentes; \Why Puerto Rican Students Drop Out of School: An Explanatory Analysis,\ Alexander Bazquez; \A Case for Puerto Rican Studies Programs,\ Richard Rivera; and, \Affirmative Action in Higher Education,\ Frank Negron. Part two, \From the Arts,\ includes the following essays: \Television and the Puerto Rican,\ Marife Hernandez; \Puerto Ricans in American Films: Peliculas sin Personajes,\ Edward Mapp; \The Anguish of the Expatriate Writer,\ Luis Quero-Chiesa; and, \The Playwright and the Puerto Rican Theatre,\ Jaime Ruiz-Escobar. Part three, \From the Community,\ includes the following essays: \Self-Help Efforts in the Puerto Rican Community,\ Jacinto Marrero; \Reminiscences of Two Turned-on Puerto Rican Librarians,\ Lillian Lopez,…

Citrin, Jack; Kiley, Jocelyn; Pearson, Kathryn (2003). Direct Democracy Takes on Bilingual Education: Framing the Debate in Four State Initiatives. The entrenched nature of affirmative action, immigration, and bilingual education programs shows that ethnic minorities as well as powerful economic interests can benefit from client politics (H. D. Graham, 2002). In recent years, ballot initiatives have pierced the cocoon of legislative support for these policies and overturned them in California and several other states, leading scholars to debate whether direct democracy is a threat to minority rights. This paper is a study of four recent initiatives seeking to eliminate well-protected bilingual education programs. The paper notes that California businessman Ron Unz spearheaded this movement, succeeding in California, Arizona, and Massachusetts, and failing in Colorado. It sets out to outline the genesis, conduct, and outcome of the recent initiative campaigns to drastically reform bilingual education. It considers the pattern of elite support and opposition; the campaign themes; and the pattern of mass support and opposition,… [PDF]

(1990). AB 1725 Model Accountability System. California Community Colleges. Revised. This report proposes a model accountability system for the California community colleges to comply with the directives of Assembly Bill 1725 (AB 1725). The purpose of the accountability system is to provide colleges and districts, the board of governors, and the California legislature with information that will allow for the continued improvement of student learning and success. The AB 1725 model accountability system consists of five components: (1) student access, measured in terms of student enrollments and participation rates, programs to promote educational access (e.g., financial aid, basic skills, and articulation programs) and physical facilities; (2) student success, measured in terms of academic standards, course completions, student goal achievement, basic skills and ESL course preparation assessment, noncredit adult education, and accreditation standards; (3) student satisfaction, assessed by surveys of students and accreditation reports on student services and learning…

(1988). The Hispanic Drop-out Rate and Under-representation of Hispanics in State Employment. A Follow-up Report. 1987 Annual Report. This follow-up study finds that very little progress has been made in the state of Florida on the recommendations contained in the Commission on Hispanic Affairs' 1985 Annual Report, "The Hispanic Drop-out Rate," and the 1986 Annual report, "Underrepresentation of Hispanics in State Employment.""The Hispanic Drop-out Rate," identified 19 recommendations based on the characteristics of potential Hispanic high school dropouts in Dade, Broward, Lee, Orange, and Hillsborough counties. For purposes of follow-up, the commission compared statistical data on the Hispanic dropout rate for the years 1984-85, 1985-86, and 1986-87. Specific dropout programs instituted in Dade, Broward, Lee, Orange, and Hillsborough counties were analyzed for their appropriateness to Hispanic students. Findings indicate that the graduation rate for Hispanics has shown little improvement, and that the dropout programs are ineffective. "Underrepresentation of Hispanics in State…

Hayes, Mabel E. (1990). Minority Women in Higher Education: Status and Challenges. This paper analyzes the status of minority women in higher education in relation to recruitment, retention, fair employment, and equity. Recent research on the American Professoriate showed women made up 27 percent of full-time faculty members and that 10 percent of full- and part-time faculty members are members of a minority. In the California State University system, minority women make up less than 3 percent of all full-time faculty. Minority faculty recruitment and employment have not continued earlier gains due to lowered affirmative action standards, smaller candidate pools, and retention difficulties. Some charge devaluation of minority faculty research and higher teaching loads as causes of low tenure rates. Data on salaries and career tracks (which diverge increasingly at higher ranks) suggest that equity for women does not currently exist. The paper argues that as women rise in the professions, they are stymied by the remaining force of the old social norms that in the…

Heeren, John W.; Mason, Marylee (1993). Enhancing Faculty Development: The Impact of AB1725 on California's Community Colleges. California Assembly Bill (AB) 1725 was passed to improve the operation of the state's community colleges with respect to finance, governance, affirmative action, employment policies, instructional technique, and accountability, providing a $5 million fund for staff development. To assess the effects of AB 1725 on the quantity and quality of faculty development activities, a study was conducted in 1992 of the perceptions of those in charge of development at a random sample of 40 community colleges in the state. Questionnaires distributed to the development personnel at the colleges sought information on the types and extent of current development activities and estimations of development activity five years previously; i.e., before AB 1725. Study findings, based on a 42.5% response rate (n=17), included the following: (1) the modal response for the proportion of faculty involved in development activities on respondents' campuses was more than 70%, compared to 10%-30% estimated for… [PDF]

Fracek, Eugene E. (1981). Office of Indian Education Survey Results: Indian Self-Identified Certified Staff (ISICS), Fall 1981. Developed to meet baseline and support data needs for affirmative action programs, certification standards, and distribution of Indian educators in schools in South Dakota, the Indian Self-Identified Certified Staff (ISICS) Survey presents data received and compiled during August to November 1981. An analysis of student enrollment information is provided on the 299 schools surveyed which include public schools, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) schools, non-public schools, and special education schools. Findings of the ISICS survey indicate: the 157 ISICS account for aproximately 1.5% of 10,338.1 Full Time Employees (FTE) of the 256 schools that responded; 108 ISICS in 12 BIA schools account for approximately 69% of all ISICS in all schools which returned the survey; ISICS account for less than one-half of 1% of 9,037.9 FTE's of the 187 public schools; and a decline in ISICS in most category areas (i.e., teacher, administrator, and counselor). Student enrollment information indicates a…

Meyerson, Martin; Zemsky, Robert (1985). Training's Practices: Education and Training within the American Firm. A study examined the training provided to workers by 20 firms across the Nation. In the 12 years between 1969 and 1981, American firms increased their expenditures on employee training from $2.4 to $3.5 million according to an analysis of data gathered by Current Population Surveys. In the same period, members of the American Society for Training and Development nearly tripled from 8,600 to 22,600. Nevertheless, the extent of firm-sponsored training appears to be related to business cycles since a temporary decrease in such training was noted during the 1981-1983 recession. Less than one-fifth of those trainers interviewed as part of this research project had been trainers in 1972. In general, the larger a firm and the more complex its services, the more likely it is to have a management development program with a built-in strategy for developing and teaching the company culture. As corporations have changed their attitudes toward affirmative action, and as the new generation of… [PDF]

Huelsman, B. Ryle (1977). Womanpower in the United States and in Kentucky. By 1975, the Kentucky and United States female labor force participation rates were both 41 percent. Although pre-World War II data are lacking for the Commonwealth, it was not until 1950 that the labor force participation rate for Kentucky women reached 20.4 percent, a figure achieved nationally as early as 1920. The distribution of women to men varies enormously among the more than 420 separate occupations recognized by the United States Census. Technological change, a type of culture change that is very rapid, has characterized the American occupational scene in the second half of this century. In the 1940s and 1950s, automated data processing required larger staffs of analysts, programmers and clerical helpers. Many of the last group were–and are–women workers. Also, the 1970s Affirmative Action programs may be acting as catalysts to increase the numbers of women entering certain occupations. In regard to the seven selected broad occupational groups, there are structural…

Cohen, Arthur M. (1976). The Faculty and the Humanities: Two Endangered Species. The humanities are not emphasized in two-year colleges, although junior/community colleges enroll over 30% of all students in post-secondary education. The Center for the Study of Community Colleges is engaged in a multi-phased research project designed to provide information for the National Endowment for the Humanities, which wishes to strengthen the humanities in two-year colleges. Two project phases, including a literature review and a national survey of humanities faculty, have been completed. The survey yielded a great deal of information about humanities faculty. About one-fourth had been students in two-year colleges. Fourteen percent now hold the Ph.D. or the Ed.D. The male/female ratio is 2:1 with affirmative action slowly taking hold. This group has broken almost completely with the secondary schools. It is believed that humanities faculty are becoming very insular while being relatively well satisfied with their present job situations. Recommendations for strengthening… [PDF]

(1973). El Boricua: The Puerto Rican Community in Bridgeport and New Haven. Organized in sex sections, this report summarizes the principal findings of an investigation by the Connecticut State Advisory Committee to the U. S. Commission on Civil Rights into areas of employment and health in New Haven, education and housing in Bridgeport, and the anti-poverty and model cities programs of both cities. The investigation included public hearings at Bridgeport on October 5, 1971 and in New Haven on October 6 and 7, 1971, at which time, state and local officials and representatives of the Puerto Rican community testified. In section One, "City Employment in New Haven" the Committee recommends that the city of New Haven should develop and officially adopt an affirmative action program. It is recommended in section Two, "Health Care of Puerto Ricans in New Haven" that the Governor appoint a committee to study the health problems of Puerto Ricans in the State of Connecticut. Section Three, "Education in Bridgeport" includes the… [PDF]

Farmer, Ann (2005). From the Inner City to the Elite. Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, v22 n15 p36-39 Sep. Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, offers to a select group of community college students from around the U.S., an intensive summer program called Exploring Transfer. Exploring Transfer, which recently completed its 21st summer season, is hailed as an affirmative-action program that provides a much-needed educational boost to its diverse, low-income participants. The program runs for five weeks, during which the 45 or so students live on-campus and are showered with a healthy mix of support, challenge and freedom. Dr. Andrew Bush, the Vassar faculty director of Exploring Transfer, explains that the aim of the fully funded program is not to choose students with the highest grade-point average, but to pick those who have perhaps experienced an unsuccessful first semester at community college or possibly even dropped out, but returned. One of the goals of the program is to encourage students to continue to a four-year college after completing their associate's degree. Bush… [Direct]

(1978). Clerical Work: A Manual for Change. Report of the Permanent Commission on the Status of Women on Sex Discrimination in Clerical Work. A three-part investigation of clerical workers in Connecticut concluded that there is sex discrimination in the field. A survey of clerical workers, interviews with various executives, union officials, and personnel consultants, as well as a public hearing with clerical workers led the investigators to conclude that most of the discrimination is systemic. Key causes identified were the sex stereotypes which surround the roles of clerical workers, the unwillingness to promote persons in this line of work, and the oversupply of women in the labor force. Selected additional conclusions of the study are that clerical work is particularly low paid, especially when compared to jobs of a similar skill level which are traditionally held by men; clerical jobs are not adequately defined on the basis of work performed; and the desire for upward mobility in clerical work is being thwarted by low expectations about and inadequate recognition of the aspirations, abilities, and job duties of…

Alperowicz, Cynthia (1983). Fighting TV Stereotypes. An ACT Handbook. Suitable for classroom use, the handbook promotes public awareness of the need to provide more positive role models and fewer negative stereotypes on children's television. Each section contains photographic examples and quotations by members representing organizations such as Black Endowment Television, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the Chicano Coalition of Los Angeles, The Gray Panthers, the National Council of Negro Women, and the National Black Media Coalition. The handbook presents research indicating that proportional representation of racial minorities, women, handicapped people, and the elderly in TV comedies and dramas has actually declined over the last decade despite the fact that minorities are the fastest growing segment in the population. A look at what is wrong with the way minorities are depicted on the screen extends into a discussion of stereotyping in advertising. Statistical evidence that minorities and women are…