Preer, Jean L. (1981). Minority Access to Higher Education: AAHE-ERIC/Higher Education Research Report 1. The current status of minority enrollment in higher education and specific concerns that affect students and the institution are examined. Minority enrollment at different institutional levels, in different fields of study, and over different periods of time is examined. Findings reveal a more complex pattern of gains and slowdowns than gross statistics for the last decade indicate. Hispanics and women continue to increase their share of the total enrollment, but blacks experience a slackening momentum. The policy framework created by legislation and litigation on issues affecting student access is considered, and the following three related issues are examined: the pool of minority applicants; designing more equitable admission procedures; and retaining minority students through graduation. Minority groups, especially blacks and Hispanics, suffer from inadequate secondary school preparation and counseling and from economic and psychometric barriers. They are disproportionately… [PDF]

Adelman, Clifford; Hammond, Peirce (1980). Postsecondary and Adult Education: Current Activities and Directions at the National Institute of Education. This document provides a review of the postsecondary and adult education activities (both current and planned) sponsored by the National Institute of Education's (NIE) three major program units. The first section focuses on activities of the Program on Educational Policy and Organization, including activities of the Postsecondary Organization and Management Studies Team, Postsecondary Education Finance Team, Postsecondary Desegregation research program, Legal and Governmental Studies Team, and Vocational Education Studies Team. The second section describes activities of the Program on Teaching and Learning, which have three emphases: adult learning, adult career development, and assessment of adult development and educational programs affecting adults. In the third section activities of the Program on Dissemination and Improvement of Practice are discussed. These include the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) system and its sixteen clearinghouses and the Program to… [PDF]

Carroll, Mary R.; Clark, David L. (1978). Women in Colleges and Universities. Equity for Women in Higher Education Project. Seven themes concerning the role of women in higher education institutions are considered, generalizations about each theme are proposed, and literature supporting each area is cited. The analyses are designed for use as training modules for enhancing women's equity in colleges and universities. The seven themes are as follows: the productivity of women faculty members, recruitment and selection of women faculty members, women faculty and the university reward system, socialization of women in colleges and universities, administrative opportunities for women in colleges and universities, responses of women to discriminatory behavior in colleges and universities. It is suggested that the topics can be separated and used singly in several ways (e.g., as class presentations, informational units for college administrators and faculty, or as basic information for a newsletter). Questions are posed for each area in order to provoke examination of the issues at the personal and…

Landers, Barb, Ed.; And Others (1980). Toward Equity: Effective Title IX Strategies, K-Postsecondary. This exhaustive treatment of sex equity in education is designed to provide background on and insights into the sex equity in education movement as well as information and strategies for developing the skills needed to carry out the mandates of Title IX. The book includes a discussion of the legal aspects of Title IX, of procedures for implementing the law, and of the handling of negative public attitudes, financial support, instructional materials, and human rights issues. In addition, it addresses the specific concerns and roles of administrators, community members, counselors, instructional personnel, media specialists, physical education teachers, postsecondary personnel, student activity directors, and vocational educators. Specific issues, target populations, projected outcomes, change strategies, constraints, suggested action, and resources are identified for each group. Finally, the book lists human, nonprint, and print resources available to those interested in sex equity… [PDF]

Turner, Peter M.; And Others (1980). Muskegon Community College Long-Range Plan. Long-range planning assumptions and goals are presented for Muskegon Community College (MCC) as they were submitted by a committee of area citizens. After introductory material summarizing the committee's mandate and activities, the report discusses the fiscal, demographic, curricular, and administrative changes likely to affect MCC during the next five years. Then planning objectives and recommended activities are outlined for 13 areas of concern: (1) on-going curriculum evaluation; (2) maintenance of quality transfer programs and improvement of articulation with four-year colleges; (3) improved staff development and orientation; (4) increased representation of women and minorities in the faculty and administration; (5) institutional research and development; (6) improved student counseling and development; (7) improved linkages with area high schools; (8) development of an Allied Health Educational Center; (9) extension of specialized seminars; (10) improved communications with…

Farmer, Helen S. (1978). Counseling Programs and Services for Women in Non-Traditional Occupations. Information Series No. 133. Focusing on counseling programs and support services for increasing the participation of women (postsecondary level) in occupations traditionally dominated by men, a study examined opportunities, needs, and support systems relevant for women seeking to enter either nontraditional professional or nonprofessional occupations. The data collected covered the following categories: opportunities in nontraditional professional occupations; characteristics of women choosing traditional and nontraditional professional occupations; counseling/support services for women in math, science, and management; role models used to increase nontraditional participation; counseling services/resources for college women; counseling services aimed at changing change agents; legislative support for women entering nontraditional occupations; participation of and support programs for women in nontraditional, nonprofessional occupations; and apprenticeship training. Positive trends were identified in several… [PDF]

Douglas, Jane I., Ed. (1976). Dollars and Sense: Employer-Supported Child Care. A Study on Child Care Needs, and the Realities of Employer-Support. This report briefly discusses present rationales, future prospects, and methods and procedures involved in employer support of child care. It is based on a study which was intended to test the feasibility of providing child care and youth programs, through a system design, for employees of resort hotels and the primary labor union involved with the hotels. A state-wide survey of child care needs in Nevada was conducted followed by a special study of Clark County, which has 56% of the state's child population. In addition, members of the Culinary Union in Las Vegas and Reno were surveyed as to their needs and attitudes toward child care. A system was developed for measuring the quality of child care facilities and the competence of caregivers. Also, a study was made of current programs of employer-supported child care throughout the United States. Examples of such programs are described, and federal government policies which promote industrial child care are discussed. Lengthy… [PDF]

Chambers, David R.; Kraus, Rebecca S. (2001). A Bridge to One America: The Civil Rights Performance of the Clinton Administration. This report assesses the civil rights record of Bill Clinton's presidential administration, examining progress made in federal civil rights law enforcement and policy development. Four sections include: (1) "Introduction: The Clinton Presidency in Perspective" (the civil rights landscape and continuing relevance of the fight for civil rights); (2) "Background: A Decade of Turmoil and Change" (key civil rights laws, judicial decisions, and agency enforcement in the 1990s; growing racial and ethnic tensions during Clinton's administration; socioeconomic disparities in the 1990s; and demographic change in the 1990s and beyond); (3) "An Evaluation of President Clinton's Civil Rights Record, 1993-2001" (significant civil rights issues of the Clinton administration, including diversity in the federal government, environmental justice, fair housing, equal educational opportunity, equal access to health care, the impact of welfare reform on women and… [PDF]

Kezar, Adrianna J. (1999). Higher Education Trends (1997-1999): Graduate and Professional Education. ERIC-HE Trends. The literature on graduate and professional education reflects many of the trends present in the literature on undergraduate education, including concerns about student learning; transforming the curriculum to be more inclusive; internationalization of the curriculum; incorporation of technology; growth in interdisciplinary education; and outcomes assessment. Additionally the literature on graduate and professional education also focuses on the overproduction of graduates; admissions criteria; experientially based pedagogy; faculty empowerment; equity; attrition and financial aid; and responsiveness to the profession and the public. While much literature is devoted to the growing demand for graduate education, some articles are concerned with overproduction of graduate students. Also being explored are admission criteria and the changing characteristics of students; problem-based and experiential learning, including literature on teams, cases, and simulations; and faculty… [PDF]

Huttula, Janet D.; Snyder, Vivian C. (1983). Management and Resources Handbook on Program Accessibility. Second Edition. This handbook provides answers to questions that state department program access coordinators most frequently ask when involved in evaluating for accessibility for handicapped persons and when developing changes to ensure that departmental programs and activities are equally effective and accessible to persons with disabilities. The handbook covers 12 areas: program accessibility, program access coordinator, program access advisory committee, state employment policies and practices, reasonable accommodations, state service policies and practices, service recipient accommodations, architectural access, grievance procedures on complaints of discrimination based on handicapping conditions, assurance of compliance, funding sources for program access, and legal mandates on program access. Each of these areas is covered in the guide in the following format: definition of the area, discussion of the role of the program access coordinator, and information sheets presented in…

(1990). Trustee Quarterly, 1990 (Four Issues). Trustee Quarterly, Win, Spr, Sum, Fall. This document consists of the four issues of the \Trustee Quarterly\ for 1990. This series covers topics of current concern to community college trustees. The winter 1990 issue contains articles examining the pros and cons of board standing committees, the role of boards in planning and institutional effectiveness, innovative fund raising in Pennsylvania community colleges, 1989 campus trends and issues, increasing minority faculty in Illinois community colleges, strengthening humanities core requirements, and a commentary on teaching as leadership. The spring 1990 issue examines what constitutes a sufficiently long tenure for a community college president, the expectations of trustees and chief executive officers (CEO's) concerning questions of governance and leadership, workplace literacy programs in community colleges, linking self-study with strategic planning, and a commentary on the golden age of community colleges. The summer 1990 issue features articles on the importance of…

Sharp, Linda A. (1990). Sport Law. NOLPE Monograph Series, No. 40. Three primary areas of concern for those who confront sport law matters in public school or collegiate settings are the focus of this monograph. The first chapter presents tort issues, primarily negligence. A brief overview of fundamental negligence concepts is followed by discussions of major risk areas: supervision, conduct of the activity, and equipment and facilities. A review of the principles of risk management recommends use of a preventative approach. The second chapter discusses basic principles of contract law and concerns of sports administrators, with a focus on varieties of contract agreements. The final chapter reviews principles of constitutional law as applied to sport settings. Freedom of speech and religion, drug testing, due process, and sex discrimination are discussed. A selective list of cases in included. (LMI)…

(1981). A Tale of Three Cities: Boston, Birmingham, Hartford. A Ford Foundation program funded individual institutional programs focusing on higher education access and success for the inner-city poor, including remediation of basic skills, academic counseling and diagnosis of learning problems, and information services to help individuals make program choices. Three institutional programs are reported. In the first report, Ernest A. Lynton, with Diana Strange and Cornelia D'Mils, discusses the Boston Six (Boston State College, Bunker Hill Community College, Massachusetts Bay Community College, Massachusetts College of Art, Roxbury Community College, and the University of Massachusetts at Boston) as an example of cooperation among urban institutions and their three central administrations. Benefits to the institutions and the population, the potential impact of state higher education reorganization, limitations of institutional cooperation, and participants' comments are discussed. James R. Jordan discusses a program in which Miles College…

Vetter, Louise; And Others (1981). Building Your Own Scenario: Business and Office Occupations, Sex Equity, and Alternative Futures. This training manual, one of eight in a series, has been developed to help state and local supervisors and teacher educators in business and office occupations to conduct a workshop on sex equity as it relates to their future programs for vocational education teachers and administrators in the business and office service area. The workshop's intent is to help these professionals to infuse the concepts and practices of sex equity throughout business and office education programs. Following an introduction which gives background on the issue of sex equity and outlines the manual, the guide contains five exercises for group participation. First, with the chance to examine "what is" in a program, participants complete descriptions focusing on their communities and educational agencies. Then, through a "what if" exercise, three alternative scenarios for the future are provided with discussion questions for relating these possible futures to sex equity and business and… [PDF]

Johnson, Cheryl; And Others (1982). The Progress of Desegregation in Maryland's Public Postsecondary Educational Institutions, 1974-1980. Seventh Annual Desegregation Status Report. Desegregation progress under the "Maryland Plan for Completing the Desegregation of the Public Postsecondary Institutions in the State," which spanned from 1974 to 1980, is reviewed. The community college segment and the state college and university segment have met their 1980 projected ranges, but as a segment, the University of Maryland fell short of the 1980 goal. Only the Baltimore campus of the University of Maryland met its individual campus 1980 goal. The historically white schools achieved a black enrollment that was 14.3 percent of all undergraduates, while the historically black institutions, with a black enrollment of 89.3 percent, failed to decrease their black enrollment to the 65-69 percent projected ranges for 1980. Data are presented on trends in graduate school and professional school enrollment by race; headcount enrollment by institution by race; trends in full-time and part-time enrollment by race; trends in the distribution of black full-time…

Goggans, E. Patricia (1980). Equality in Vocational Programs. Counselor/Teacher Handbook. This document is one of three publications designed to establish guidelines for the elimination of sex bias and sex stereotyping and the establishment of sex fairness in vocational education programs in Colorado. A Counselor/Teacher Handbook, it provides information about the problem for teachers, and both theoretical and practical aids for eliminating sex bias in the classroom. It focuses on awareness of sex fairness, for both the teacher and the students. Some materials can be used with students directly, and some are for teacher information. Topics covered in the eleven sections of the handbook include the following: background of sex equity; awareness assessment–sex roles; expanding awareness of sex fairness; sex equality consciousness-raising; life planning, career and occupational choices; recruiting students for nontraditional occupations; sex equity in vocational education programs; sex equity inservice education; guidelines for reviewing printed materials for sexism;…

Buckley, John J.; Feldbaum, Eleanor G. (1979). Faculty Influences on Black Recruitment and Retention in Schools of Nursing. To determine why blacks are underrepresented in the field of nursing, a three-year nationwide study was undertaken to examine and evaluate the recruitment and retention strategies used in schools of nursing, and to identify the most successful ones. Forty schools in 16 states were selected by their geographic and program representativeness; they offered associate, diploma, and baccalaureate programs in nursing. Data were collected by questionnaire. It was found that (1) the presence and activities of black faculty had a direct bearing on recruitment and retention, even while these faculty members were carrying out all other faculty responsibilities, and (2) these faculty had significant career barriers. White faculty members in integrated (i.e., not predominantly black) schools were more supportive of their school's recruitment and retention efforts than black faculty, although they were less aware of the efforts currently underway. Schools in southern and western states were most…

Underhill, Jane, Ed. (1975). Skills for Adult Guidance Educators. Package 7: Exploring the Labor Market and Discrimination. This package is the seventh of twelve in the Skills for Adult Guidance Educators (SAGE) system, which provides instruction in a set of necessary competencies specifically designed for adult education counselors, teachers, and paraprofessionals. The materials provide a process for developing and implementing counseling and guidance programs unique to different target populations, program settings, and local conditions. Contents include ten modules that pertain to two role statements. The role statements describe the trainee objectives to demonstrate (1) ability to interact with local businesses, industry, and unions (8 modules) and (2) awareness of problems such as alienation, stereotyping, and racial discrimination encountered in a work environment (2 modules). Each module contains some or all of the following information: topic, learning objective, rationale, preassessment, learning activities, postassessment, and appended materials (supplemental activities, tape transcripts, and… [PDF]

(1978). Review of Medical School Administrative Staff Salaries, 1976-1977. Results of the most recent Administrative Salary Survey of the Association of American Medical Colleges are analyzed. The data represent 94 U.S. medical schools, with the number of applicable staff positions ranging from two to 52 per institution. The positions considered included those in which at least 20 percent of the time was spent in specifically delineated management functions, and under the aegis of the medical school dean. The following functions were reviewed: accounting; business affairs; business planning; contracts and grants management; controller; data processing; personnel; physical plant; purchasing; admissions; minority affairs; registrar; student affairs; student counseling; student financial aid; development; facilities planning; practice plan management; program planning; and public relations. The data collection form, instructions, and codes are included with a brief discussion of methodology and extensive data tables follow. (MSE)…

Nazario, Nancy (1978). Moving toward Sex Equity in Vocational Education. A Study in Five Parts. Designed to be used to identify and implement strategies to achieve sex equity in California vocational education programs, this document consists of five products of a research project on sex bias and sex stereotyping. Part A is a glossary of terms associated with sex equity. Part B is a checklist intended to aid teachers, counselors, and administrators identify sources of sex bias in their schools and to suggest specific actions they can take to achieve sex equity. Part C, the major portion of the study, presents five years of data on female/male high school and community college enrollment and completion for vocational education programs in California. Part D provides data which compare student occupational interests with vocational education program enrollments. Part E is an annotated bibliography of some of the literature surveyed for the project. (LMS)…

(1977). The Federal Civil Rights Enforcement Effort — 1974. Volume VII: To Preserve, Protect, and Defend the Constitution. A Report of the United States Commission on Civil Rights, June 1977. This report evaluates the status of civil rights oversight and policymaking by the White House and Office of Management on Budget (OMB) during the Nixon-Ford administrations, from 1972 to 1976. The report documents the activities of the White House, OMB, the Federal Regional Councils, and the Federal Executive Boards. Housing, school desegregation, business enterprises, and federal grants in relation to the prominent minority groups are investigated. The administration's failure to enforce Federal civil rights legislation during 1972-76 is attributed to the executive branch of government. This branch failed to provide policymakers with effective means to discover the nature of problems or to suggest ways to implement corrective action. In the belief that executive direction is indispensable to civil rights legislation, it is recommended that the President assume responsibility for Federal civil rights enforcement programs and that a cabinent-level position be created whose role… [PDF]

Dutile, Ferdinand N. (1988). The Law of Higher Education and the Courts: 1987. Journal of College and University Law, v15 n2 p87-148 Fall. A review of litigation decided in 1987 relating to higher education institutions, faculty and staff, and students reflects the most important developments during the year and illustrates the dynamism and ferment on campuses. (Author/MSE)…

Burr, Marjorie (1992). Increasing Participation and Success of Minorities and Women at Dona Ana Branch Community College. Submitted to [the] New Mexico Commission on Higher Education. In June 1992, Dona Ana Branch Community College (DABCC) in Las Cruces, New Mexico, initiated a self-study to identify changes needed for fuller participation by minorities and women and to establish goals for student, faculty, and staff diversity. The self-study focused on college and program enrollments by gender and ethnicity; recruitment materials; admissions, orientation, and registration procedures; retention and completion rates of minorities and women; policies and practices supporting retention; transitions of program completers to jobs or further education; and faculty and staff diversity. The study found that in comparison to their representation in the service area, Blacks and American Indians were overrepresented in the spring 1992 college population and Hispanics were underrepresented. Men were overrepresented in technical programs. No patterns of ethnic bias in enrollment appeared in any program or division. Based on self-study findings, goals and related plans were… [PDF]

Nettles, Michael T.; Perna, Laura W. (1997). The African American Education Data Book. Volume I: Higher and Adult Education. This voluminous collection of data presents a detailed picture of the educational status, performance, progress, and financial support of African Americans in higher education and adult education. The 10 chapters, each with a brief overview and text sections that supplement the data tables, cover: (1) African American population characteristics; (2) higher education enrollments and completions, including data on access to post secondary education and degree recipients; (3) undergraduate student financial aid, encompassing institutional characteristics, college costs and financial need, types and sources of aid, college experiences, and demographic characteristics; (4) access, choice, and persistence characteristics for 1989-90 beginning postsecondary students; (5) post-degree activities, including demographic characteristics of 1992-93 bachelor's degree recipients, their academic experiences as undergraduates, institutional characteristics, use of financial aid, and graduate school…

Goggans, E. Patricia; Lawrence, Dorothy (1980). Equality in Vocational Programs. Administrative Reference. This document is one of three publications designed to establish guidelines for the elimination of sex bias and sex stereotyping and the establishment of sex fairness in vocational education programs in Colorado. As an administrative reference, it provides background material about the problem and a plan of action for correcting it for school and school district administrators. The ten sections of the report cover the following topics: definitions; a rational for sex equity; legislative overview, including provisions of Title II Education Amendments 1976 and Title IX Education Amendments 1972, Public Law 94-482, Office of Civil Rights-Federal Register March 21, 1979, and a quota system approved by a court; underuse of males and females in vocational education throughout Colorado; policies, goals, and objectives; action planning; tools for assessment; developing staff/student recruitment plans; resource lists (bibliographies); and references. (KC)…

(1981). On Campus with Women, Number 29, Winter 1981. [Employment, Education, Sex Discrimination, Health Services]. Developments concerning women in the workplace, the courts, and schools are reported. Among the issues related to employment are the following: female faculty members earn less in salary than males, despite receiving slightly higher raises than males; unemployment among women doctorates in the humanities is higher than that of males; age discrimination of the older women worker was found in a ten-city study. Additional areas that are covered include: statistical approaches to examine salary equity; equity issues that postsecondary institutions need to assess; sex bias, promotion, and tenure court cases involving female faculty members; a 1981 guidebook to employment legislation and regulations; sexual harassment lawsuits; publications providing information to students concerning sexual harassment; information on Hispanic women's organizations; conferences on minority women; women's studies programs; trends in women's choice of fields of study; women in graduate schools and medical…

Hirabayashi, Judith Bonnett; Tibby, Edward R. (1977). A Survey of Trends and Patterns in Collegiate Admission and Placement. A Focused Informational Report. A survey of 71 colleges showed relatively little change in recruitment, admissions, and placement policies or procedures despite commonly predicted declines in future enrollment. A similar questionnaire sent to ten regional executives tended to confirm this finding. The questionnaire responses showed wide variability in current practices. Few of the colleges anticipated declining enrollments, and 40 percent indicated that they planned to raise admissions standards. The responses indicated a moderate increase in the importance of high school records and of test scores and a slight decrease in the use of recommendations. No clear patterns were shown regarding recruitment of special applicants such as physically handicapped or members of ethnic minority groups. The results showed confusion over the appropriate use of the College Entrance Examination Board's Test of Standard Written English for placement decisions. High school grades were frequently cited as the criteria for decisions…

Imber, Michael; van Geel, Tyll (2000). Education Law. Second Edition. This second edition of this reference guide provides a survey of some of the major legal problems that confront policymakers and school administrators. It contains landmark cases and other cases that best illustrate major principles of education law, along with summaries, discussions, and analyses of the cases. Edited cases are integrated into analysis of legal issues to make the text more understandable for those not in the legal profession. Chapter titles reflect the scope and topics of the book: (1) \Understanding Education Law\; (2) \Compulsory Education\; (3) \Curriculum\; (4) \Student Free Speech Rights\; (5) \Student Discipline\; (6) \Equal Educational Opportunity: Race and Gender\; (7) \Students with Special Needs\; (8) \School Finance\; (9) \Federal Constitutional and Statutory Rights of School Employees\; (10) \Teacher Employment\; (11) \Collective Bargaining, Unions, and Teacher Contracts\; and (12) \Torts.\ It also contains parts of the U.S. Constitution that pertain to…

(1997). Ten Public Policy Issues for Higher Education in 1997 and 1998. AGB Public Policy Paper Series, No. 97-1. Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges This paper is the fourth in a series of yearly efforts to identify the top 10 public-policy issues facing higher education. Each of the issues is discussed in terms of likely developments in 1997-98, the issue's various aspects, and sources of further information. Issues identified are: (1) the Higher Education Act Reauthorization (issues relating to the federal role in making college more affordable and accessible); (2) federal budget constraints (the commitment to balance the budget jeopardizes all programs including student aid and campus-based research); (3) various federal tax proposals affecting higher education; (4) innovative state financing (demographic trends and slower growth of state funding); (6) health-care system changes (reforms to the Medicare program will affect most colleges and universities); (7) fair use under copyright law (institutional fair-use policies face rigid guidelines that impinge on important educational needs); (8) job training (Congress is expected…

(2004). Chronicle of Higher Education. Volume 50, Number 33, April 23, 2004. Chronicle of Higher Education, v50 n33 Apr. \Chronicle of Higher Education\ presents an abundant source of news and information for colleges and university faculty members and administrators. This April 23, 2004 issue of \Chronicle of Higher Education\ includes the following articles: (1) \Academe Must Work with the Intelligence Community\ (Rindskopf, Elizabeth); (2) \Masked and Explicated: Bob Dylan and His Tenured Disciples\ (Yaffe, David); (3) \'Integration,' Not 'Diversity'\ (Lehman, Jeffrey S.); (4) \Protecting Donors' Privacy Is a Matter of Good Ethics and Good Business\ (Blass, David); (5) \Donations to Public-University Foundations Ought to Be Matters of Public Record\ (Cohen, Rick); (6) \In Central Asia, an American Professor Finds Hostility Spiked with Cynicism\ (Burkett, Elinor); (7) \Mathematics with a Moral\ (Osserman, Robert) (8) \The Antidote to Academic Orthodoxy\ (Balch, Stephen H.); (9) \A Downhill Battle\ (Drozdowski, Mark J.); (10) \Singing the Baby Blues\ (Williams, Joan C.); (11) \What Am I Worth?\… [Direct]