Tittle, Carol Kehr; And Others (1975). Women in Educational Research: Their Status from Student to Employee. The Committee on the Role and Status of Women within the American Educational Research Association (AERA) decided to send a series of questionnaires to universities, school districts, state departments of education, and major research and development organizations in order to analyze the respective roles and statuses of men and women within AERA. The purpose of these questionnaires was to determine (a) the relative position and status of women as students in doctoral programs in education; (b) the status of women on the faculties of institutions which train educational researchers; and (c) the status of women as employees in research organizations, local school districts, and state education departments. It was found that women consistently fall in the lower job ranks as determined by responsibility and salary. Even in job categories at the lower end of the rankings, women were paid less than their male counterparts. It was also found that most employers of educational researchers… [PDF]

Wagenheim, Kal (1974). "Thorough and Efficient" Public School Education for Puerto Rican Children in New Jersey. On April 3, 1973, the New Jersey Supreme Court declared that the current method of financing the state's public school system violates the requirement of the New Jersey constitution that: The legislature shall provide for the maintenance and support of a thorough and efficient system of free and public schools for the instruction of all children in this state between the ages of five and 18 years. In this document, the Puerto Rican Consortium For a Thorough and Efficient Education presents the views of New Jersey's Puerto Rican community on the issue of a "thorough and efficient" education. This document lists priorities which are viewed as essential if children of Puerto Rican birth or parentage in New Jersey are to receive a "thorough and efficient" education. Among the priorities are: (1) Allocation of public school funds based on needs. (2) Establishment of bilingual/bicultural programs for all children whose English-language deficiency prevents them from… [PDF]

Ong, Paul M., Ed. (2000). The State of Asian Pacific America: Transforming Race Relations. A Public Policy Report, Volume IV. The papers in this collection respond to the importance of race in U.S. society by providing a comprehensive, multidisciplinary empirical analysis of the diverse ways in which Asian Pacific Americans are redefining and transforming contemporary U.S. race relations. Following a preface by Don T. Nakanishi and J. D. Hokoyama, the chapters are: (1) \The Asian Pacific American Challenge to Race Relations\ (Paul M. Ong); (2) \'Who Are You Calling Asian?' Shifting Identity Claims, Racial Classifications, and the Census\ (Yen Le Espiritu and Michael Omi); (3) \Racial Attitudes and the Color Line(s) at the Close of the Twentieth Century\ (Taeku Lee); (4) \Fu Manchu Lives! Asian Pacific Americans as Permanent Aliens in American Culture\ (Robert Lee); (5) \Residential Patterns of Asian Pacific Americans\ (Tarry Hum and Michela Zonta); (6) \From Vincent Chin to Joseph Ileto: Asian Pacific Americans and Hate Crime Policy\ (Karen Umemoto); (7) \Asian Pacific Americans and Human Rights/Relations…

Shufelt, Brett Stratton (2002). Minority Administrator and Faculty Recruitment at Two-Year Community Colleges in the Northeast United States. This study investigated minority recruitment and growth at two-year community colleges in the Northeast United States. Two major research questions were formulated to guide the investigation: (1) What factors do community college presidents identify as having an impact on recruiting minority administrators and faculty members? and (2) What strategies do community college presidents use to recruit minority administrators and faculty members? In addition to the two research questions, profiles of minority administrators and faculty members employed at two-year community colleges in the Northeast United States and the community college presidents participating in the study were developed. This paper particularly targets Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino, Asian/Pacific Islander, and American Indian/Alaskan Natives as ethnic/racial groups that are often subjected to differential treatment. Fifty-six community college presidents in the Northeast United States participated in this… [PDF]

(1999). Connecticut Community-Technical Colleges Annual Report to the Governor, 1998-99. This report provides the 1998-99 data on the 12 Connecticut Community-Technical Colleges, as reported to the governor. The average Community-Technical College student in 1998-1999 was 30 years of age. Students enrolled in occupational programs represented 43 percent of enrollment, and approximately 28 percent pursued Liberal Arts and Sciences and General Studies programs. The scope of activities in the School-to Career and Technical Preparation programs has expanded during the 1998-1999 year. All colleges have been developing skills outcomes statements for all career programs to better coordinate with the CBIA-developed skills standards. Master plans for several facilities constructions have moved forward. The new Learning Resource Building at Manchester is scheduled for substantial completion and occupancy in June of 2000. The PC Core Competency Training Program has provided ongoing technology training in the major PC office applications as well as Internet and Web technology… [PDF]

(1997). Attitudes and Opinions from the Nation's High Achieving Teens: 28th Annual Survey of High Achievers. This report details the 28th annual study to examine the attitudes of student leaders in U.S. high schools. Participating in the survey were 3,210 adolescents, primarily 16- and 17-year-olds, who had been featured in the 1997 edition of "Who's Who Among American High School Students." The report presents demographic information on the survey participants and provides tables of the survey results, including breakdowns by sex, race, type of school attended, and type of community. Findings are organized in the following sections: education; school violence; weapons; cheating in school; sexual behavior and attitudes; sexual harassment, assault, and date rape; cigarettes, alcohol, and drugs; future plans; the court system; honesty in American leaders; important influences; home life; happiness/depression; dieting, eating disorders, and self-image; cults; suicide; Internet usage; the nation's and their generation's greatest crisis; aspirations; prejudice; ethnic diversity,… [PDF]

Mary Ann Indorf (2007). Americans with Disabilities: Guidelines for Higher Education Administrators. ProQuest LLC, Ed.D. Dissertation, University of Bridgeport. The cornerstones of special education law are the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504), and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). One of the main purposes of these acts was to provide a national mandate to eliminate discrimination against disabled students in the workforce and in an educational setting, especially in grades K-12. These laws could also be applied to discrimination in higher education settings. The title of this dissertation was "Americans With Disabilities: Guidelines for Higher Education Administrators". The purpose of this study was to determine whether guidelines concerning appropriate accommodations for higher education students with disabilities could be developed by analyzing case law as well as the ADA, IDEA, and 504. A questionnaire based on court decisions was sent to one hundred higher education administrators, faculty, and staff in Connecticut to determine whether higher education… [Direct]

Hamilton, Laura T.; Nielsen, Kelly (2022). Democracy's Experiment Station. Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, v54 n1 p24-32. According to the authors of "Higher Education for American Democracy," the role of education in a democratic society "is not merely to meet the demands of the present" but to "serve as an instrument of social transition" (p. 6). A democratic university should be a living model of democracy that could embody the civic ambitions of a nation. The focus in this article is on one such model: the University of California, Riverside (UCR), in the last decades of the 20th century. The author's year-long (2016-2017) ethnographic study of UCR examined the workings of all campus units, from finance to facilities, academic advising to cultural centers. What was discovered offers a keyhole glimpse into the larger racial and financial politics shaping higher education throughout the United States at present. Considering UCR in detail helps to identify what a more democratic higher education could look like, how we might get there, and what might stand in the way…. [Direct]

Schroyer-Portillo, Janet (1984). Civil Rights in Crisis: The Reagan Administration's Reforms. This paper identifies major changes in the area of civil rights which have been instituted during President Reagan's term in office and discusses their implications for Hispanics. Section I briefly outlines central themes of the Administration's attitude towards civil rights. Questions about their negative impact on Hispanics are raised. The next six sections discuss particular developments within a different Federal department or commission. Subjects are as follows: in section II, the Department of Justice (agency leadership, affirmative action, voting rights, fair housing, Federal grant recipient compliance, tax-exempt status for schools, and school desegregation); in section III, the Department of Education (use of the intent test, bilingual education, education block grants, and education for the handicapped); in section IV, the Department of Health and Human Services (increased voluntary compliance and block grants); in section V, the Department of Labor; in section VI, the…

Alliman-Brissett, Annette E; Turner, Sherri L. (2005). Supporting the Career Aspirations of American Indian Youth. CURA Reporter, Spring 2005. Center for Urban and Regional Affairs Dropout rates among American Indian young people are greater than 50% in some places in the country, and the rate of unemployment and underemployment among American Indians still far exceeds that of the majority population, despite affirmative action and other parity-seeking policies. In addition, U.S. Census trends indicate an influx of American Indians in Minnesota migrating to large urban areas. These trends highlight a critical need to provide career planning and development interventions that are culturally relevant and address the unique career challenges of American Indian young people. Career education is one way to help young people set career goals, make plans to reach those goals, and overcome career barriers early in life. However, few tested career education programs are designed to meet the specific career development needs of American Indian young people. To help fill this gap, the authors developed a career education curriculum called "Two Feathers: A Career… [PDF]

Chrisler, Joan C., Ed.; Collins, Lynn H., Ed.; Quina, Kathryn, Ed. (1998). Career Strategies for Women in Academe. Arming Athena. This book presents ten chapters which address the issues and concerns of women who wish to pursue or are pursuing academic careers. Chapters are organized into four parts which address the current status of women in academe, women's roles and career decisions, assuming leadership in higher education, and taking charge and taking care. Included are the following chapters: (1) \Working in the Ivory Basement: Subtle Sex Discrimination in Higher Education\ (Nijole V. Benokraitis); (2) \Competition and Contact: The Dynamics Behind Resistance to Affirmative Action in Academe\ (Lynn H. Collins); (3) \Paying Athena: Statistics, Statutes, and Strategies\ (Ellin Kofsky Scholnick); (4) \Teacher Versus Scholar: Role Conflict for Women?\ (Joan C. Chrisler); (5) \Student Evaluations: The Role of Gender Bias and Teaching Styles\ (Susan A. Basow); (6) \Money Matters: The Art of Negotiation for Women Faculty\ (Suzanna Rose and Mona J.E. Danner); (7) \Women as Faculty Leaders\ (Joan C. Chrisler,…

Washington, Valora (1988). The Power of Black Women: Progress, Predicaments and Possibilities. The power of Black women is discussed in terms of their progress in society so far, their current predicaments, and possibilities for the future. The progress of Black women is seen in their survival, the greater numbers of Black women in nontraditional roles, and the competence and qualities with which they perform in those roles. Four predicaments are seen in the current situation for Black women: (1) Black female-headed households live in poverty not because they are headed by females, but because Black women and children often live in poverty with or without a male present; the issue is not household arrangements, but inequality based on gender, race and class; (2) integration has failed Black women; (3) the women's movement has been relatively silent on Black women's empowerment; and (4) affirmative action in higher education has not worked for Black women and the assumption that Black women are readily marketable because they are both black and female is a myth. Possibilities… [PDF]

Julius, Nancy B., Ed.; Krauss, Herbert H., Ed. (1993). The Aging Work Force: A Guide for Higher Education Administrators. This volume offers 15 papers on the \graying\ of the college and university work force in the context of national demographic trends. The papers are arranged in groups which address: growing older, the graying of America, adapting to changing times, retirement and retirement planning, and the corporate example. The following papers are presented: (1) \Myths and Realities of Aging\ (John A. Toner, Demaris Matteo); (2) \The Psycho-Social Adjustment to Aging of Older Americans\ (Herbert H. Krauss, Nancy B. Julius); (3) \The Aging of Faculty in American Colleges and Universities: Demographic Trends and Implications\ (Ira E. Robinson, Everett S. Lee); (4) \Productive Aging\ (Douglas McConatha, Elizabeth L Hesse); (5) \Will We Achieve the Aims of Affirmative Action?\ (Kathryn M. Moore, Martha L Hesse); (6) \Legal Aspects of the Aging Work Force\ (Nicholas DiGiovanni); (7) \Enhancing Work Situations and Choices for Aging and Late-Career Workers\ (David W. Leslie); (8) \Future Challenges…

(1979). The Countryside Council. Biennial Report 1977-79. The Countryside Council is a citizen-based non-partisan public interest research group based in 19 counties of rural southwestern Minnesota. Each year the Council identifies particular problems or needs of the region and sets up task forces to study each problem and make recommendations for resolution. During 1977-79 six task forces were at work. The 135 member School Finance Task Force focused on the way agricultural land was assessed for tax purposes, challenging the notion that "current market price" was the proper basis for valuing farm land. The group noted that, while land prices in southern Minnesota have gone up 345% since 1972, the farmer's income has not gone up nearly that fast. The task force on the economic status of women concentrated on the need for child care; financial issues such as inheritance laws, credit, and social security; and employment practices related to wage levels, sex discrimination and awareness of Affirmative Action programs. Members of the…

Moreno, Susan E. (1998). U.S. Latinos and Higher Education. IUPLR Briefing Papers, v1 n6 Dec. Over the last 20 years, the college enrollment rate of Latino high school graduates has dropped dramatically in comparison to that of non-Latino Whites. Among college graduates, the only category in which Latinos earned a degree at a higher rate than non-Latino Whites was at the associate's degree level. Latinos have nearly reached parity with non-Latino Whites in the earning of bachelor's degrees, but Latinos have lost ground in the rate of master's degrees they earn. At the doctoral level, despite some earlier gains, Latinos have again lost ground to non-Latino White men. Finally, the overall educational attainment rate for Latinos has remained low. In fact, relative to non-Latino White men, Latinos have lost ground in their overall educational attainment over the last 20 years. California and Texas, where the two largest Latino populations live, have effectively eliminated affirmative action programs through Proposition 209 and Hopwood v. University of Texas, thereby restricting… [PDF]

Thom, Mary (2001). Balancing the Equation: Where Are Women and Girls in Science, Engineering and Technology?. This report presents strategies for ensuring full participation and achievement in the sciences by women and girls, calling upon all adults to support the interest and persistence of females in science, engineering, and technology. After two introductory special reports, "International Efforts through Beijing +5" and "Toward Equity in the European Union," there are six parts. Part 1, "K-12: Training the Nation's Girls and Young Women," includes "Intel Prize Winners: Working with Resources at Hand" and "Funding: Sara Lee Schupf–Making Science Irresistible for Girls." Part 2, "The Undergraduate Experience," includes "Affirmative Action: Controversy and Opportunity" (Carol Hollenshead and Angela Ginorio) and "Congresswoman Connie Morella–Educating Tomorrow's Workforce." Part 3,"Academia: Graduate School and Beyond," includes "Interventions To Advance Women on Science Faculties in Europe and…

Thompson, Becky W., Ed.; Tyagi, Sangeeta, Ed. (1993). Beyond a Dream Deferred: Multicultural Education and the Politics of Excellence. This multidisciplinary anthology with chapters by faculty members, administrators, and students consolidates moral and political views of multicultural education and the institutional changes that have taken place in the past 20 years in higher education. Selections include: (1) "Rethinking America: The Practice and Politics of Multiculturalism in Higher Education" (Evelyn Hu-DeHart); (2) "The New Cultural Politics of Difference" (Cornel West); (3) "On Race and Voice: Challenges for Liberal Education in the 1990s" (Chandra Talpade Mohanty); (4) "Clarence Thomas, Affirmative Action, and the Academy" (Evelynn Hammonds); (5) "The Politics of Inclusion: Reskilling the Academy" (Becky W. Thompson and Sangeeta Tyagi); (6) "Community Ties and Law School Faculty Hiring: The Case for Professors Who Don't Think White" (Ian Haney Lopez); (7) "The Responsibility of and to Differences: Theorizing Race and Ethnicity in Lesbian and…

(1976). Why Not a Woman?. There is a need to reduce barriers to women's employment in skilled trades and related blue-collar jobs. Women have been found to perform successfully as machinists, carpenters, welders, or other blue-collar workers. Why are more women working outside the home? Almost three-fourths are working because they need the money. Aware that \men's jobs\ pay more, more women are turning to these occupations. With social support for breaking out of the stereotyped image, more women are now able to acknowledge their interests and seek personally satisfying work. Nevertheless, statistics show that only 4% of skilled blue-collar jobs are held by women. By 1970, there were 495,000 women (an increase of 80% over the 1960 figure) employed in skilled trades. Employment discrimination has not ended. Now, however, state and federal laws guarantee women's equal employment opportunities. In addition, affirmative action, required of all federal contractors, can be demanded of other employers under Title… [PDF]

Hadley, Paul E. (1981). Ethics in Higher Education. The Third Earl V. Pullias Lecture in Higher and Postsecondary Education. Issues of ethics in higher education, along with a broad overview on the field of ethics, are considered. Ethical concerns include: charges of unfair practices in the recruitment of college students, especially minority athletes; reducing admission requirements to the extent that classroom and even graduation standards may deteriorate; grade inflation; student dishonesty in taking tests and writing papers; student charges that they are being neglected by their professors; the development of standards for freedom of information, sunshine legislation, in contrast to the right of privacy; and the establishment of rules to limit the time full-time faculty members can spend in consultation. Methods or sanctions that have been used to control these practices include: passing affirmative action laws in regard to employment; passing laws to provide ramps to increase access of the disabled to classrooms and offices; maintaining faculty records; monitoring research on human subjects; and…

(1978). On Campus With Women. Number 19. March 1978. The contents of this newsletter concern affirmative action and employment, education of women, Title IX, sports, and international news. The following news items are included: pregnancy rulings and the supreme court, the Lamphere sex discrimination case at Brown University, top college administrative jobs filled by white males, college ties with all-male private clubs, new higher education registry for teachers and administrators, new registry of women scientists, teachers challenge of TIAA-CREF's unequal pension and insurance benefits, minority women Ph.D's gains, women's loss in the battle for more ROTC scholarships, grant-writing workshops, student government quotas, new publications of the National Advisory Council on Women's Educational Programs, lack of role models for female graduate students, a federal government publication on male role stereotyping, new resources for learning and teaching about women, court order to HEW to enforce Title IX and Executive Order 11246, charge…

(2005). Diversity & the Ph.D.: A Review of Efforts to Broaden Race & Ethnicity in U.S. Doctoral Education. Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation (NJ1) Created through Woodrow Wilson's Responsive Ph.D. initiative, \Diversity and the Ph.D.\ looks at a range of mechanisms through which foundations, government agencies, and nonprofits have sought to recruit and retain more minority students in U.S. doctoral programs. Drawing on interviews with the leaders of 13 such programs, the report also points to circumstances that increasingly impede their work. This report reveals the following findings: (1) Doctoral education's diversity record is poor. Despite some gains in recent years, by 2003 only 7 percent of all doctoral recipients were African American or Hispanic–11 percent, if international students are excluded–compared to 32 percent of doctoral-age U.S. citizens from those groups; (2) It's getting worse. Despite extraordinary support within and beyond academia for affirmative action admissions programs–as evidenced by the University of Michigan case–court challenges have had a significant chilling effect, resulting in a dilution… [PDF]

(1981). The Challenges Ahead: Issues in Planning for California Postsecondary Education, 1982-1987. Background papers for the California Postsecondary Education Commission's five-year plan (1982-87) are presented. The first paper, "Planning for the Eighties," discusses the need for planning, delineates the essential elements of planning, describes the segmental and statewide planning processes in California, and notes existing barriers to more effective planning. Financial issues, including the most current information available on sources of funds for California colleges and universities, the role of the state in financing postsecondary education, and issues regarding this role that pose problems for the future, are addressed. A discussion of students summarizes trends in student needs and characteristics and raises questions about institutional obligations and policies toward students in light of these trends. In regard to faculty, four topics are considered: collective bargaining; affirmative action; the role of part-time faculty; and faculty mobility, development,… [PDF]

Kappner, Augusta Souza (1991). The Role of Leadership in Planning and Implementing Diversity. As institutions enrolling a disproportionate number of the minority students attending colleges and universities nationwide, community colleges have a considerable responsibility to develop policies that will support diversity and serve as models for the rest of higher education. At Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC), the student population is 52% Black and 30% Hispanic, while only 25% of the faculty are minority group members. In 1988, following a systemwide administrative retreat, an ad hoc committee of City University of New York presidents formed and developed a statement on diversity which was reviewed and passed by the trustees. In response to that statement, BMCC undertook efforts to recruit more bilingual counselors; infuse diversity issues into the freshman orientation curriculum; increase community outreach efforts; expand the affirmative action committee; initiate special programs and workshops in cross-cultural understanding and inter-group dynamics for…

(1980). Equity in Corrections: A Generalized Planning Model. This guide is a generalized planning model for administrators and mid-management personnel who are trying to develop and maintain effective correctional systems, and to ensure equity for women and minorities employed in these systems. It contains directions for developing systematic, proactive equity plans for implementation by correctional agencies. The generalized planning model gives step-by-step instructions and general guidelines to be followed in producing correctional agency or institution plans which comply with legislative mandates and implement agency or institution goals for affirmative action and equal employment opportunity. Following a section of directions for users, the planning model consists of the three chapters in the guide and a flowchart. Since there are three major parts which should be included in an agency plan, the three chapters describe briefly the three components, and give directions for writing each section in an agency plan. Chapter 1 tells how an… [PDF]

Blumer, Dennis H.; Fishbein, Estelle A. (1981). Report of the Task Force on De-Regulation Initiatives. In response to a request by the Presidential Task Force on Regulatory Relief, this report offers specific recommendations for reform of federal regulations. A cover letter explains the constraints imposed by the recommended format: that the report is unable to address adequately the area of federal regulatory activity generating the most adverse criticism from college and university counsel–i.e., the present mode of enforcement of the laws, Executive Orders, and regulations pertaining to prohibited discrimination. The issues are not presented in priority order. The regulations addressed include: executive order for affirmative action in federal contracts; prohibition of sex discrimination in employment, and equity in pay; Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; sexual harrassment in employment; debarment and suspension of eligibility for financial assistance; three federal student financial aid programs (National Direct Student Loans, College Work-Study, and Supplemental…

Reynolds, William Bradford (1988). Discrimination against Asian-Americans in Higher Education: Evidence, Causes, and Cures. The issue of discrimination against Asian-Americans in higher education is discussed. The focus is on: whether certain of the country's most prestigious universities discriminate against Asian-American applicants; why this occurs; and what university officials, executive branch administrators, and members of Congress can do about it. Suspicions arise because university admissions committees tend to be extremely vague about the impact of race on their acceptance/rejection decisions. Though minority status can add 40 to 50 percentage points to an applicant's chance of admission, such racial preferences generally do not operate in favor of Asian-Americans and are often quite the opposite. Statistical evidence shows these candidates face higher hurdles than academically less qualified candidates of other races. One study shows the cultural bias and stereotypes that prevail in the admission office work to the detriment of Asian-American applicants. Rejection of such applicants appears to… [PDF]

(1977). The Regents of the University of California, Petitioner, vs. Allan Bakke, Respondent. On Writ of Certiorari to the Supreme Court of the State of California. Reply Brief for Petitioner. The Regents of the University of California present the following argument with regard to their medical school admissions policy at the Davis campus: The central issue presented by this case is whether the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution forbids a state professional school to take account of race in admissions to remedy the effects of discrimination against racial minorities. It is unfair and misleading to state that the medical school program admits "less qualified" in place of "better qualified" applicants. It is unfair and misleading to label the medical school program a "quota." The choice of a particular numerical target to define the scope of the program has no constitutional significance. The respondent, Allan Bakke, was not denied admission solely because of his race. Further, the Equal Protection Clause does not bar a state from voluntarily adopting and implementing a policy of increasing the number of medical students and…

(1995). Excellence and Equity: A Plan for Building Community in Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education. This Equity Plan is designed to meet three major objectives for the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. It is meant to serve as the policy reference for systemwide equity and diversity efforts for the remainder of the 1990s and to be the procedural and policy blueprint for the efforts of the individual universities in the system. The plan articulates Pennsylvania's vision for the future with relation to equity. The concept of community is the basis of all elements of the Equity Plan, which challenges everyone at a university to be involved in the creation of a welcoming climate in which all students, staff, and faculty flourish. The plan's major subject areas are: (1) students; (2) personnel; and (3) economic opportunities. Each of these areas is addressed from the perspective of the present status of the system, the system's goals, and recommendations regarding strategies and resources for goal attainment. The personnel section also addresses the issue of gender equity…. [PDF]

Shereem Herndon-Brown; Timothy L. Fields (2024). The Black Family's Guide to College Admissions: A Conversation about Education, Parenting, and Race. Second Edition. Johns Hopkins University Press Finding the right college is a challenge for all students, but Black families face additional challenges and questions when navigating the admissions process. Veteran admissions experts Timothy L. Fields and Shereem Herndon-Brown demystify this complexity by advising families on when to begin the process, where to apply, and how to be a competitive applicant. Fields and Herndon-Brown address specific concerns that are not often addressed by school counselors or other resources. They highlight how recent social justice movements and legal cases have amplified the necessity of considering both Historically Black Colleges and Universities and predominantly white institutions, while covering everything from athletic recruitment and artistic talents to financial aid and step-by-step instructions for how to search for colleges and then apply to them. The second edition includes new chapters on: (1) prioritizing students' and parents' mental health; (2) understanding the influence of… [Direct]

Sagaria, Mary Ann D. (1982). The Mobile Staff: Concepts and Determinants of Academic Administrator Job Change. Predictors of academic staff administrators' job change were studied based on a conceptual framework derived from Rosabeth Kanter's work on opportunity. Questionnaire data from higher education administrators who had been employed between 1973 and 1978 following the application of affirmative action to higher education were analyzed. \Academic staff\ refers to positions that are adjunct to primary institutional tasks and are generally intended to support the organizational chain of command. The questionnaire addressed: administrators' educational and professional background, job characteristics, professional activities, observations about work responsibilities, career influences and prospects, and mentor relationships. The investigation entailed a secondary analysis of data originally collected as part of an administrator survey undertaken in 1979 in Pennsylvania colleges and universities. To determine the predictors of mobility for staff administrators, a series of stepwise…