Adkison, Judith A.; And Others (1980). ICES, A Project of Internships, Certification, Equity-Leadership and Support, October 1, 1977–September 30, 1979. Final Report. A Project of Internships, Certification, Equity-Leadership, and Support (Project ICES), whose purpose was to develop intervention strategies to increase women's participation in educational administration, was field-tested in Kansas from 1977 to 1979. Under a grant from the Women's Educational Equity Act Program (WEEAP), this model selected, trained, and placed women with proven administrative ability, which resulted in the hiring of 10 of the 13 interns as administrators after completion of the program. This report discusses the need for individual and systemic change; how Project ICES was developed, implemented, and disseminated; who was involved; and some of the experiences of those who participated. The ICES program consists of four elements: (1) internships, providing on-the-job training as well as the opportunity to demonstrate administrative competence; (2) certification, guaranteeing that each participant would have the necessary credentials upon completion of the project;… [PDF]

(1975). New England College Academic Manual, 1975-1976. College rules and regulations governing faculty personnel policy and academic policies and procedures are presented in this September 1975 edition of the manual. Part 1 consists of the college's final proposal to the faculty federation and includes some controversial matters such as an article dealing with salaries and salary adjustments. Part 2 consists of a restatement of the old academic policies and procedures as amended in the past two years and as modified by Part l. Several items require attention by the appropriate committees of the faculty-at-large and each of the faculties. Part 3 contains pertinent statements concerning the reorganization of the college. Specific topics covered include: academic freedom, probation, admission, anti-discrimination, courses, dismissal, student and faculty evaluation, faculty responsibilities, grievance, honors, instructional aids, leave of absence, promotion and merit, reappointment, grading, retirement, standing committees, suspension,… [PDF]

Collison, Michele N-K. (1987). Columbia Rocked by Allegations of Racism. Chronicle of Higher Education, v33 n29 p27,30 Apr 1. In the wake of a black-white student fight on campus, Columbia University administrators are investigating reports of racial bias and black students have filed charges of aggravated racial harrassment and demanded establishment of an Afro-American studies program, more black faculty, and a larger black student population. (MSE)…

McMillen, Liz (1986). Women Flock to Graduate School in Record Numbers, but Fewer Blacks Are Entering the Academic Pipeline: Women. Chronicle of Higher Education, v33 n2 p1,25 Sep 10. Many academic administrators consider the future job market "a golden opportunity" for universities to increase the representation of women on their faculties. However, lingering sexual bias in hiring and promotion decisions, as well as a shortage of women with doctorates in scientific fields, may cloud that promise. (MLW)…

Jacobs, Johan, Comp.; Shapiro, Yvonne, Comp. (1999). South African Graduate Statistics, 1999: Profiles and Recent Trends. Labour Market Analysis. This Register of Graduates was compiled by the Human Science Research Council (Pretoria, South Africa) and offers statistical data on college graduates in South Africa for 1999. This information on graduate availability is used by employers to prepare and implement employment equity plans, as required by the Employment Equity Act, No. 55 of 1998. The base information on the graduates was obtained electronically from each South African university. A questionnaire was then sent to each graduate requesting further information on occupation, address, and other issues. Graduate qualifications were sorted into 48 categories (e.g., fields of study). Each degree and postgraduate diploma, as well as each major field of study (980 total) was allocated to a category. Each graduate is shown in all the categories in which he or she has qualifications. A double page of data for each category lists qualification trends by level, qualification trends by population group and gender, qualification… [PDF]

Uhlir, Ann (1982). The Wolf Is Our Shepherd: Shall We Not Fear?. Phi Delta Kappan, v64 n3 p172-76 Nov. Asserts that the impact of the last decade's legislation providing for sex equity in sports programs has actually reduced professional opportunities for women and has forced women's athletic programs and sports organizations to adopt the competitive philosophy traditional in men's sports. Considers effects of recent court litigation and interorganizational rivalries. (PGD)…

(1981). Nontraditional Programs, Including Programs for Special Categories of Students. College and University, v56 n4 p305-423 Sum. Proceedings of the 67th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers which relate to nontraditional programs, including programs for special categories of students, are summarized. Names and institutions of conference participants are included. (MSE)…

Toll, John S. (1980). Rewards to Stimulate Excellence. National Forum: Phi Kappa Phi Journal, v60 n2 p3-4 Spr. In a new environment of decreased enrollments and financial austerity, what incentives and rewards can be used to stimulate increased excellence among professors in colleges and universities? Among the possibilities are salary, tenure, rank, merit considerations, increased time for research, mobility for research pursuits, and funds for research. (MSE)…

Chien, John W. (1990). Lobbying for Justice: Lessons from a Graduate Student. Amerasia Journal, v16 n1 p119-22. Describes to experience of one of professor D. Nakanishi's graduate students, who with others, lobbied the California State Legislature on Nakanishi's tenure denial at the University of California Los Angeles. Describes Nakanishi as a teacher and mentor and links the tenure struggle to the Asian-American community's political development. (JB)…

Bacchi, Carol (1993). The Brick Wall: Why So Few Women Become Senior Academics. Australian Universities' Review, v36 n1 p36-41. It is proposed that, to address the lack of women in senior academic ranks, higher education should reexamine appointment procedures, scrutinize the standards by which men have been assessed traditionally, ask men to justify their own merit, and examine the way in which male academics interact with their female counterparts. (MSE)… [PDF]

Phillips, Roy G. (1991). Model Programs in Minority Access. New Directions for Community Colleges, n74 p23-30 Sum. Discusses legal and societal trends and issues related to the access of underprepared minority students to higher education. Assesses four model minority access programs in terms of academic preparation, career planning, positive reference-group expectancy, and institutional and financial assistance. The programs involve early intervention, transfer, and retention strategies. (DMM)… [Direct]

Ahlgren, Priscilla (1993). La Escuela Fratney (The Ratney School). Reflections on a Bilingual, Anti-Bias, Multicultural Elementary School. Teaching Tolerance, v2 n2 p26-31 Fall. Experiences of a bilingual multicultural elementary school in Milwaukee (Wisconsin) illustrate how concepts of social justice, equality, and respect for ethnic differences can be introduced. The school is distinguished by its two-way bilingual program that gives every child a chance to master English and Spanish. (SLD)…

Dowling-Sendor, Benjamin (1999). Struggling with Set-Asides. American School Board Journal, v186 n4 p20,22,63 Apr. When a qualified white student was denied admission to an elite public school, her father sued the Boston Public School Committee, claiming the new, racially based admissions policy violated the Equal Protection Clause. The First Circuit Court reversed a lower court decision for the school committee, because the admission policy served no compelling government interest. (MLH)…

Bok, Derek; Bowen, William J. (1998). Why Race-Conscious Admissions Make Sense. College Board Review, n186 p8-11,29 Fall. Until society has addressed underlying factors in racial and minority-group inequities, it should attempt to make progress toward equity at all educational levels, including colleges and graduate and professional schools. Analysis of newly available empirical data suggests that following race-neutral policies at selective colleges would have resulted in underachievement for many students. (MSE)…

(1993). Gender Equity: A Resource List of Organizations and Information Centers. Technical Assistance Report Series. This resource guide contains descriptions of and contact information for 36 educational information centers, 37 organizations, and human resources focusing on gender equity. Each entry in the first two categories provides a description and contact information, including name, address, and telephone and fax numbers. The following human resources are listed: 55 state directors of vocational education, including national office, District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands, and 57 state sex equity coordinators, including the U.S. Department of Education, District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and two contacts each for the states of Alabama, Michigan, and Wisconsin. Information provided for each human resource consists of contact person's name, title, address, and telephone and fax numbers. An index lists educational information centers and organizations, separately, in alphabetical order. (YLB)… [PDF]

Sanders, Wayne (1991). The Oncology of Discrimination and the Disparate Impact Therapy: Title VII and Upper Level Professional and Managerial Jobs. An examination was made of the evidentiary problems that exist in using a disparate impact theory to challenge the subjective criteria many organizations use to hire, promote, or dismiss upper-level professional and managerial employees. Although subjective criteria occur at all levels of employment, they are especially prevalent when dealing with upper-level jobs. Thus, subtle race and gender-based discrimination is harder to prove. At stake are the interests of employees who want the freedom to aspire to upper-level professional and managerial jobs without race or gender barriers, employers who want to make efficient decisions, and society, which has an interest in providing equal access to economic institutions. Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act is the legislation used to combat workplace discrimination. However, applying this law to the less-blatant types of workplace discrimination has been extremely difficult. The Supreme Court has considered many cases alleging disparate…

Brown, Shirley Vining; Clewell, Beatriz Chu (1991). Building the Nation's Work Force from the Inside Out: Educating Minorities for the Twenty-First Century. This paper assesses the new immigration law and its impact on the growing minority segment of the U.S. labor force. It frames the issues raised by the law that concern non-Asian American minority citizens, presents evidence that supports these concerns, and suggests both short-term and long-term policy implications. The analysis begins with an examination of those provisions of the new immigration law that are germane to minority workers, including a brief discussion of competing views of how immigration policies affect U.S. workers. The paper then looks at the status of minorities in the labor force, determining their current location and status in the major occupational categories that comprise the structure of the American work force. This information provides the basis for an examination of minorities in the professional labor market and for examining the link between U.S. education and immigration flows and how the focus on immigration ignores educational reforms that are…

Lewis, James H. (1991). Learning from the Past–Preparing for the Future: Addressing Fair and Affordable Housing Issues in the Chicago Region. This conference paper discusses the current situation of racial differences in housing in the Chicago (Illinois) area with regard to the ramifications of the "Miliken v. Bradley" (1974) case. The Miliken case closed the door on busing and school desegregation plans crossing school district lines and in many cases, crossing municipal boundaries. It legitimized the idea that social problems could be geographically limited and that accountability for social welfare should be localized. The case's impact is far-reaching in terms of the way people think about the relationship between the predominantly Black and Hispanic American inner city and the predominantly White suburbs and who is responsible for what problems. The maintenance of separations directly affects housing and the economy within metropolitan systems. The following major topics are discussed: (1) metropolitan patterns of segregation (high segregation in Chicago with very few Blacks and Hispanic Americans living…

(1992). Workforce Readiness and Wage Inequality: Public/Private Perspectives. This report presents the background materials for a 1991 conference of the National Puerto Rican Coalition on labor force participation issues affecting Puerto Ricans. The first of three sections, "Shaping Tomorrow's Workforce: A Leadership Agenda for the 90's," calls for an effort to unite a fragmented collection of programs for workforce development with a coherent strategy through a policy framework involving public/private partnership, coordinated service delivery, accountability and decentralized administration; and a new role for the Federal Government. Several steps for federal action and leadership are offered. The second section, "A Unified State Plan for New Jersey's Workforce Readiness System," describes the efforts that New Jersey has undertaken, led by Governor J. Florio, to improve the way that the state educates and trains its workforce by aiming to increase the skill level and the competitiveness of the state's workers and employers based on… [PDF]

Baltzell, D. Catherine; Dentler, Robert A. (1983). Selecting American School Principals: A Sourcebook for Educators. This sourcebook presents results of a recent case study of how principals are selected in American public school districts. Part 1 (chapters 1-3) describes and evaluates conventional selection practices in 10 randomly supplied school districts according to a five-step process: vacancy announcememts, selection criteria, applicant pools, screening, and employment decisions. These procedures as currently practiced do not do justice to the importance of the principalship, nor do they manifest any consistent likelihood of attracting or selecting the best qualified candidates. Chapter 3, "Pathways to the Principalship," provides case histories of five principals of varying competence, in order to illustrate the vagaries of the selection process from the applicants' perspective. Part 2 (chapters 4 and 5) describes three promising alternative procedures currently in use at five school districts: (1) assessment centers; (2) district operated internships; and (3)… [PDF]

Archer, Elayne; Pincus, Fred L. (1989). Bridges to Opportunity: Are Community Colleges Meeting the Transfer Needs of Minority Students?. Drawing from research conducted by the Academy for Educational Development and the College Board, this booklet presents nine recommendations to enhance the transfer function of community colleges, especially for minority students; provides a rationale for the recommendations; and describes two major programs to promote the transfer function. Chapter 1 sets forth the following recommendations: (1) the transfer function should be the central role of community colleges; (2) the culture of the urban community college should emphasize intellectual rigor and critical thinking; (3) urban community colleges must promote a vibrant on-campus community, especially for minority students; (4) dual admissions programs should be established; (5) databases using common definitions of \transfer\ and \transfer student\ should be established; (6) community colleges should aggressively promote their upgraded transfer programs among high school students and staff; (7) each state should offer financial… [PDF]

(1990). California Community College Accountability Model. In 1990, the California Community Colleges Assembly Bill 1725 (AB 1725) Accountability Task Force created an accountability model to provide information which would facilitate the assessment of community colleges' educational and fiscal effectiveness. The model contains five major components and indicators of effectiveness for each: (1) student access, measured in terms student enrollment and participation rates; programs to promote educational access, such as 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 English as Second Language course preparation assessment, non-credit adult education, and accreditation standards; (3) student satisfaction, assessed by surveys of students and accreditation reports on student services and learning resources; (4) staff composition reflective of California's population in terms of ethnicity,…

Beck, Judy A. (1989). Step by Step. Educational Equity Options Project. A Seven-Step Process for Increasing the Enrollment of Women and Girls in Nontraditional Programs. A Program Manual. This program manual is a distillation of a 5-year, 10-site national experience in the development of a 7-step model for increasing the enrollment of women and girls in education and training that is nontraditional for their sex. It is intended to extend the impact of the Educational Equity Options Project by making the process accessible to educational institutions, state sex equity coordinators, women's and youth advocates, and community leaders. The document consists of five chapters. Chapter 1 discusses the need for equitable educational options. Chapter 2 provides an overview of the Educational Equity Options Project process. (The seven-step process is as follows: build the team, assess the institution, identify the barriers, select strategies, develop a plan, implement the plan, and evaluate.) Chapter 3 is a step-by-step guide to implementing the project, with information on how to accomplish each step, what problems to anticipate along the way, and what strategies to use to…

Jackson, Curtis; Tayler, Marilyn (1989). Educational Opportunity Fund Legal Studies Program. The Educational Opportunity Fund Legal Studies program addresses the need to increase access to careers in law for minority and disadvantaged students. Through early identification of interest, recognition of problems, remediation, skills enhancement, and comprehensive legal career exploration and exposure, students in Montclair State College's selective admissions program are prepared for law careers. The program has increased the pool of law school candidates from the target population, qualified on the basis of academic achievement and motivation. It also provides attractive career alternatives in the paralegal field and bilingual court interpretation. The curriculum uses a set of learning strategies to develop the needed critical reasoning, logical thinking, analytic problem-solving, writing and communication skills, and exposure to the legal professions early in the undergraduate education. The four components of this process are an individualized academic plan emphasizing the… [PDF]

(1989). Asian Americans at Berkeley. A Report to the Chancellor. An advisory committee appointed in fall, 1987 was charged with carrying out an indepth study of Asian Americans on the campus of the University of California at Berkeley. Questions addressed concerned student educational experiences, faculty recruitment and advancement, and staff employment opportunities as well as questions about campus-Asian American community relations, which necessitated examining all issues in a broader context. This report contains eight chapters, of which the first three are, respectively, a statement by the co-chairs of the committee, a preface, and an executive summary. The next four chapters take up the four substantive questions of the study in turn, and the last chapter contains brief closing remarks. The following items are appended: (1) transcripts of student hearings in which the students' opinions about the Asian American experience at Berkeley are discussed; (2) a sample of a faculty questionnaire on the status of Asian American faculty at Berkeley;…

Cusick, Theresa; And Others (1987). Beyond Title IX: PEER's State-by-State Guide to Women's Educational Equity Laws. A guide to the status of state laws that prohibit sex discrimination in education is presented. The federal law (Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972) is used as the standard against which state laws are measured. Based on a survey of the states (including the District of Columbia and the U.S. Territories) and an assessment of state statutes and regulations, 32 states (including one territory) were found to have enacted some prohibitions of sex discrimination in education. These range from comprehensive educational equity laws, similar in scope and purpose to the federal Title IX, to brief statements of nondiscrimination policy. Detailed summaries are presented of the provisions of 13 state laws that qualify as state Title IX laws; eight cover all levels of education, while five only cover elementary and secondary education. For each of these 13 laws, consideration is given to general provisions, coverage, admissions, treatment of students, employment, and enforcement….

Baltzell, D. Catherine; Dentler, Robert A. (1983). Selecting American School Principals: Research Report. A case study was conducted on how principals are selected in American public school districts. Chapters 1-3 describe and evaluate conventional selection practices in 10 randomly sampled school districts; these include vacancy announcements, selection criteria, applicant pools, screening, and employment decisions. These procedures as currently practiced do not do justice to the importance of the principalship, nor do they manifest any consistent likelihood of attracting or selecting the best qualified candidates. Chapter 3, "Pathways to the Principalship," provides case histories of five principals of varying competence, in order to illustrate the vagaries of the selection process from the applicants' perspective. Chapters 4 and 5 describe three promising alternative procedures currently in use at five school districts: (1) assessment centers; (2) district operated internships; and (3) "exemplary" common practices. A comparative analysis follows, delineating the… [PDF]

(1983). On Campus with Women. On Campus with Women, v12 n4 Spr. Developments in education, employment, and the courts concerning the status of women are covered in this newsletter issue. Topics include the following: the scope of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which bars sex bias in educational programs or activities receiving direct federal funds; sex discrimination suits brought by women faculty against colleges; an annotated bibliography on sexual harassment in education; a book on how to publish women's studies materials in language and literature; the salary differential between men and women; administrative career patterns in higher education; changing attitudes toward marriage and single life; the experiences of Black women and resource guides on Native American women; a court decision in which women athletes obtained relief and damages; a handbook for job seekers, job changers, reentry women, and displaced homemakers; the special problems of disabled women; the causes of women's poverty; current issues and programs…

Anderson, Connie; Farland, Ronnald (1989). The Transfer Center Project. In fall 1985, California's Transfer Center Project was initiated to increase the number of community college students who transfer to four-year institutions, with particular emphasis on students from historically underrepresented groups. Transfer centers were established at 20 California community colleges. Working closely with counterparts at eight University of California (UC) campuses, 14 California State University (CSU) campuses, and 13 independent colleges, transfer center staff provide academic advising and counseling to students preparing for transfer, articulation information for specific universities and majors, information on admissions requirements, and transcript evaluations. Transfer centers also make outreach efforts to address the needs of ethnic minority students, students with disabilities, and students from other underrepresented groups. This report on the Transfer Center Project contains: (1) a project description, including information on center goals and… [PDF]

(1985). On Campus with Women. Fall 1984 [and] Winter 1985. On Campus with Women, v14 n2-3 Fall-Win 1984-85. Developments in education, employment, and the courts concerning the status of women are covered in these newsletter issues. An article entitled "High Court Slows Women's Progress" by Bernice R. Sandler presents arguments that the U.S. Supreme Court undermined legal protection against sex discrimination in educational institutions. News items include the following topics: job differences between male and female deans, reauthorization of the Women's Educational Equity Act, campus rape, recruiting and retaining women in math and science, career patterns and employment practices for female faculty and administrators, recent lawsuits testing the comparable worth issue of male and female employees and their earnings, college enrollment rates of males and females, a sexual harassment suit against a law school, employment of black women, minority women in athletics, integrating women's studies into the curriculum, resources on women in international development, a bibliography on…