Weston, Kathleen M. (1982). The Apprenticeship and Blue Collar System. Putting Women on the Right Track. This guide provides a systems approach to increasing the numbers of women in apprenticeships and skilled blue collar jobs. Its components form the Apprenticeship and Blue Collar (ABC) System. This system was developed from the experiences of hundreds of employment and training professionals and from several targeted outreach programs currently assisting women to enter the trades. The chapters, each covering a single component, follow a typical woman's progress through the system, from the first step of outreach and recruitment, through orientation, individual counseling and tutorials, training, referral, job development, and follow-up. Throughout the chapters, advice is given to help employment counselors, women's advocates, and trades recruiters to recruit blue-collar women and conduct workshops and training sessions, with emphasis on overcoming sex stereotypic barriers to nontraditional occupations. A glossary and a list of resources are included in the publication. Appendixes…

(1982). Equal Employment Opportunity for Women: U.S. Policies. United States Report for the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Working Party Number 6 on the Role of Women in the Economy (Paris, France, June 1982). A study analyzed past and present United States initiatives for promoting equal employment opportunity and wage equality for women. It was determined that, during the past 20 years, the United States Government has established the legal procedures to combat inequities in educational opportunities and employment-related practices. While these procedures have effected some improvements, the problems of occupational segregation and its resultant lower earnings for women persist. Other issues affecting the full utilization of women in the work force include protective labor legislation, inequities in education, lack of adequate child care, lack of adequate alternative work patterns, the scope of unemployment, involuntary part-time employment, and limited unemployment assistance. Despite outreach efforts to groups with special needs, such as migrant and seasonal farmworkers and minority women, members of these groups continue to lag behind their white counterparts in most socioeconomic… [PDF]

Lancaster, Anita Sklare (1985). Assist Clients with Equity Rights and Responsibilities. Module CG C-18 of Category C–Implementing. Competency-Based Career Guidance Modules. This learning module, one in a series of competency-based guidance program training packages focusing upon professional and paraprofessional competencies of guidance personnel, deals with assisting clients with equity rights and responsibilities. Addressed in the module are the following topics: defining various terms related to equality of employment opportunity, analyzing major Federal laws and executive orders related to equality of employment opportunity, and understanding major Federal guidelines related to equality of employment opportunity. The module consists of readings and learning experiences covering these three topics. Each learning experience contains some or all of the following: an overview, a competency statement, a learning objective, one or more individual learning activities, an individual feedback exercise, one or more group activities, and a facilitator's outline for use in directing the group activities. Concluding the module are a participant self-assessment… [PDF]

Rist, Ray C. (1978). On the Education of Guestworker Children in Germany: A Comparative Study of Policies and Programs in Bavaria and Berlin. This paper examines two programs for the education of immigrant (guestworker) children in Germany. The Bavarian model bases its program upon the assumption that most foreign children remain in Germany for only a short time, eventually returning to their native countries. Evidence largely discredits this assumption, however. Though providing options for those foreign children who speak German, its primary emphasis is upon maintaining skills in the mother tongue. Immigrant children are given their own schools and are encouraged to stay there. By establishing this type of system, Bavaria is perpetuating the isolation and segregation of its minority population. Conversely, the Berlin (West) model is aimed at the integration of the children of the foreign worker as quickly as possible into the German language classroom. In contrast to the Bavarian program, the Berlin model tends to overemphasize integration. Cultural integration is so strong that no recognition of the national background… [PDF]

(1978). Women in Nontraditional Jobs: A Program Model. Boston: Nontraditional Occupations Program for Women. Part of a project to expand and improve the occupational options of low-income women, this program model (one of thirty nationwide) describes classroom training and work experience in the building maintenance skilled trade areas (maintenance and repair of electrical machinery, construction carpentry, plastering, painting, and papering). Part I, an overview, discusses program components, eligibility, and benefits. Part II deals with budget and staff. Part III discusses recruitment, intake, and orientation. Part IV covers classroom training and occupational fitness. Part V deals with work experience. Part VI covers counseling and supportive services. Part VII consists of job development, placement, and post-placement. Part VIII deals with monitoring and evaluation. Appendixes include a screening interview form; a counseling orientation schedule; formative evaluation questionnaires; a weekly scheduling form; samples of a course outline, classroom assignments, and an evaluation form;… [PDF]

Feldbaum, Eleanor G.; Levitt, Morris J. (1980). Public Policy and Planning for Nurse Education and Practice. This report focuses on nursing educational and practice issues that government officials may have to address in the near future. The report provides statistical information on nurses, compares statistics for white and black nurses, and recommends policies for the future. Data was gathered for the report during a three-year study of 5,175 registered nurses and 3,942 student nurses. The report is divided into six chapters. Chapter 1 looks at the supply of nurses and discusses the registered nurses' labor force participation and work patterns. Chapter 2 addresses the nurse maldistribution problem. It investigates nurses' working patterns in the inner city, rural areas, and in services to the elderly. Chapter 3 discusses the importance of government intervention for the racial and economic integration of the nursing corps. Chapter 4 concentrates on the "1985 Plan" for requiring baccalaureate degrees for all professional nurses. Chapter 5 discusses the nurses' collective action…

Gonon, Philipp, Ed.; Haefeli, Kurt, Ed.; Heikkinen, Anja, Ed.; Ludwig, Iris, Ed. (2001). Gender Perspectives on Vocational Education: Historical, Cultural and Policy Aspects. In addition to an "Introduction" (Gonon, et. al), there are these 18 essays: "Women and Men in Swiss Vocational Education (Borkowsy); "Women in Basic and Advanced Training" (Grossenbacher); "How Constitutional Change and Legal Reform Projects Foster Equal Opportunities in the Fields of Vocational Education and Higher Education in Switzerland" (Weber); "Young Women in Swiss Vocational Education and in Business 'Matura' (School Leaving Environment)" (Gonon); "16+ — Apprenticeship Project of the Swiss Conference of Gender Equality Delegates: Improving the Prospects of Young Women at the Start of their Professional Careers" (Spring); "A Long Way to Go Vocational Schools, Teachers and Teachers' Education as a Focus for Promoting Gender Equality and Issues" (Haefeli); "Higher Education for Women in Switzerland during the 19th Century or a History of Inequality" (Crotti); "The Swiss/Dutch Institution's Master…

Henry, J. Marilyn; Taylor, Dalmas A. (1977). Ethnicity and Bicultural Considerations in Psychology: Meeting the Needs of Ethnic Minorities. This paper summarizes the history, philosophy, and recruitment methodology of the American Psychological Association (APA) Minority Fellowship Program. The aim of the program is participation by ethnic minorities in the development of psychology, both as a practicing art and as a science. The APA received a training grant to provide fellowship stipends to ethnic minority students eligible for or attending graduate programs leading to a Ph.D. in psychology. From 1974 through 1977, stipend awards were made to 115 students from 44 institutions. In most cases, student support was cost-shared by the institution. Evidence suggests that even though minority admission is increasing, there continues to be a need to modify existing standards for optimal success of the program. Special student recruitment efforts must be considered; modified interpretation or exclusion of GRE scores for other predictive information is desirable; a support system consisting of a critical mass of ethnic minority… [PDF]

(1980). Bean Sprouts: A Television Series about Chinese-American Children. This teaching guide accompanies a series of five half-hour television programs for children 7 through 12 years of age that depict Chinese American children in a variety of situations that foster a sense of group and individual identity. The emphasis of the series is on affective learning. The following issues are dealt with: (1) the ramifications of stereotypic thinking, of ethnic and racial prejudice, and of sexism; (2) the negative results of parental pressures on a child to excel; (3) the conflict between the child's need to explore beyond the family unit and the parents' natural protectiveness; (4) the embarrassment of feeling \different\; (5) apprehension about people from a different culture; and (6) how being open about thoughts and feelings can help others understand us. The following information is provided for each of the programs: (1) a synopsis; (2) the learning goals for the program; (3) questions for class discussion; (4) a suggestion for role-playing that can carry… [PDF]

Moss, Philip; Tilly, Chris (2001). Stories Employers Tell: Race, Skill, and Hiring in America. A Volume in the Multi-City Study of Urban Inequality. This book, the sixth in a series, adds to debates about race, skill, and hiring with interdisciplinary, indepth, qualitative field research about employers' attitudes. Chapter 1 provides background to the research. Chapter 2 describes the three employer surveys from which data are drawn and provides a snapshot of the recent history of industrial and demographic change in the four cities where the employers were located–Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, and Los Angeles. Chapter 3 examines the skills employers seek and how those skill needs are changing. Chapter 4 explores managers' stated perceptions of racial groups, as well as to what extent negative perceptions translate into discriminatory actions. Chapter 5 undertakes a parallel investigation, reviewing the images employers hold of the inner city and tracing connections between these images and business location decisions. Chapter 6 probes the recruitment and screening procedures employers use and their impact on who gets hired….

(1995). Achieving Gender Equity in the Classroom and on the Campus: The Next Steps. AAUW Pre-Convention Symposium (Orlando, Florida, June 22-24, 1995). The 51 papers included in this symposium proceedings address gender equity issues in higher education, as well as some of the current research and programming designed to advance the education of girls and women in K-12 and higher education. Papers focus on six topics: (1) higher education curricula and classroom strategies that promote equity; (2) authority, policy, and empowerment in higher education; (3) strategies to effect change in higher education; (4) the roles of self-image and self-esteem in achieving equity; (5) ways to encourage girls in math and science; and (6) equity issues in K-12 education. Individual papers cover issues such as: faculty governance; dyadic interactions; women and authority; the campus living environment; the equitable workplace; school-college research and curriculum intervention; women in graduate school; maternity leave policies; gifted girls; mathematics and science education for girls; electronic intergenerational connections; gender equity;…

(1998). Academic Senate for California Community Colleges: 30th Spring Session Resolutions (San Francisco, CA, April 23-25, 1998). Documenting the 1998 spring session, this report provides resolutions considered by the Academic Senate for the California Community Colleges. The resolutions that passed are divided into the following sections: (1) academic senate; (2) accreditation; (3) affirmative action/cultural diversity; (4) articulation and transfer; (5) budget and finance; (6) state and legislative issues; (7) consultation with the Chancellor's office; (8) counseling; (9) curriculum; (10) disciplines list; (11) technology; (12) faculty development; (13) general concerns; (14) grading; (15) intersegmental issues; (16) library and learning resources; (17) local senates; (18) matriculation; (19) professional standards; and (20) students. The remaining sections of the report include resolutions that were referred, failed, moot, withdrawn, and tabled. The report also provides a list of acronyms and delegates. Appendices include documents concerning faculty nominations and training, opposition to the "English… [PDF]

Marks, Joseph Lappin A Model for the Selection of Members of the Faculty. An idealized model for the selection of faculty is presented in three phases. The first of these, pre-recruitment, consists of four steps: determining needs for positions to accomplish institutional aims; analysis of student, community, administrative, and colleague characteristics, and of job qualifications; preparation of the selection package; and affirmative action evaluation and final reviews. The recruitment phase involves engaging in efforts which will produce a high quality and diverse set of applicants from all relevant populations. The third phase is applicant and candidate evaluation; the steps which comprise this phase are candidate screening, admission to candidacy, examination of candidates' references and final checks, evaluations of the candidates, final reviews and consultations, and invitation to faculty membership or resubmission of position announcement. Appendices contain a model faculty selection process flow chart and guideline statements from the literature… [PDF]

Stotlar, David K., Ed.; Walker, Marcia L., Ed. (1997). Sports Facility Management. The numbers of both sports facility management college courses and sport and exercise facilities are increasing, along with the need for an understanding of the trends and management concepts of these facilities. This book focuses exclusively on managing facilities where sporting events occur and includes examples in physical education, athletics, recreation, health/fitness, and aquatics. It discusses planning for personnel, finances, operations, events, marketing, legal liability, and security, as well as issues involving affirmative action, gender equity, and the Americans with Disabilities Act. The two-part book first presents the basic concepts of planning and managing a sport facility, including specific case studies, followed with an in-depth examination of the management of specific areas in a facility and special groups. Appendices provides examples of legal documents, checklists and resource materials for managing aquatic areas and fitness laboratories, and a list of…

Bratfisch, Virginia; And Others (1970). . Part I of this report presents descriptive and statistical information on discriminatory practices toward women at Fullerton State College in California in terms of numbers and percentages of women and men by academic level, from the freshmen year in college to full professorship, during the Fall semester of 1968; numbers of women and men faculty, and tenured faculty by department; and the absence of special programs and services for women. Part II presents an affirmative action program for Fullerton College, including the abolition of (1) unwritten quotas, (2) the nepotism rule, and (3) the no-inbred-hiring rule; an increase in part-time appointments; ending discrimination in tenure, promotion, and hiring; and solving problems in other areas, such as admission to graduate school, stereotyped counseling of women students, perpetuation of stereotypes through curricula and textbooks, and establishment of day-care centers, and of medical programs to meet women's medical needs. (AF)… [PDF]

Kimmel, Ellen B. (1972). The Status of Faculty Women: A Method for Documentation and Correction of Salary and Rank Inequities Due to Sex. It is an increasingly well-documented fact that women in the American universities suffer from sex discrimination. Recent federal legislation makes it legally as well as morally imperative that employment policies in higher education afford equal opportunity to women. Under the law, institutions under federal contracts must be able to demonstrate positively that no discrimination exists in any aspect of employment and that affirmative action is being taken to remedy the effects of past discrimination. This places the burden of proof on the administration of a college to provide evidence of its innocence, rather than the employee or the Federal government to prove the administration's guilt. This document presents a description of a method utilized at the University of South Florida to find specific corrective measures to eliminate existing and to prevent future sex discrimination. It was first used for documentation purposes and subsequently for corrective ones. (Author/HS)… [PDF]

(1971). Final Report of the Commission on The Status and Needs of Women at Carnegie-Mellon University. The Commission on the Status and Needs of Women at Carnegie-Mellon University (CMU) was established in 1971 as a result of discussions held between members of the administration and representatives of women employees. The Commission was instructed at the outset of its founding to examine University operations that pertain to women students and employees, make recommendations to enhance the opportunities for women at CMU, suggest broad outlines of an affirmative action plan to correct discriminatory practices, and make recommendations concerning a continuing vehicle to monitor implementation of such a plan. Findings show that programs of special interest to women have fared rather badly at CMU and that as a consequence, women in recent years received only 25% of undergraduate degrees, compared to 40% during the 1930's. This final report offers recommendations and conclusions that will hopefully alleviate this and other problems concerning discriminatory practices against women. (HS)… [PDF]

(1984). Quality Development in Higher Education to Meet the Future Needs of Arkansas. Report of the Quality Higher Education Study Committee. A report of the Quality Higher Education Study Committee on state-supported institutions in Arkansas is presented, including 43 recommendations. Attention is directed to: economic characteristics in the state (business indicators, population and growth, personal and family income); social characteristics in the state (education levels, illiteracy, college-going rates); needs identified by business and industry leaders; colleges' contribution in resolving business and societal problems; governance and structure of higher education; the relationship of colleges to vocational and technical schools; college admission; conditional admission and nontraditional students; retention of college students; general education curriculum; transfer of credits; accreditation; academic program review; teacher education; faculty preparation and qualifications; annual faculty evaluation; promotion and tenure; faculty and administrator's salaries; staff development; personnel turnover; faculty workload;…

(1988). Fourth Master Agreement between the University of the District of Columbia and University of the District of Columbia Faculty Association/NEA. The collective bargaining agreement between the University of the District of Columbia and the University of the District of Columbia Faculty Association, an affiliate of the National Education Association, for the period October 1, 1988 to September 30, 1993 is presented. The agreement's 33 articles cover the following: purpose and intent, scope of unit, exclusivity, definitions, association rights, dues deduction, grievance procedure and arbitration, management rights, disciplinary/adverse action (principles, initiation of action, appeal and review, association participation), consultation, academic freedom/academic rights and responsibilities, university tenure, evaluation procedures (student, faculty, appeals, chairperson's role), promotion procedures (principles, promotion committees, procedures), workload, compensation (benefits, parking, tuition remission, overload compensation, leaves, faculty development), procedures for leaves, transfers, reduction in force,… [PDF]

Strasburg, Georgia L.; Tangri, Sandra S. (1977). Can Research on Women Be More Effective in Shaping Policy?. In order to formulate social policy which is responsive to needs of women and other minority groups, decision makers must be better informed about alternative options, incentives, and unintended as well as intended consequences of various policies. Social scientists can contribute to decision makers' understandings of social factors in numerous ways. They can call attention to policy-relevant questions, provide impact analyses, and conduct evaluation research. Institutional mechanisms for producing the most useful research about women and minorities must be devised through cooperative efforts of government agencies, research organizations, and interest groups. Also, graduate programs in psychology and related social sciences should train students to conceptualize, understand, and investigate public policy issues. Problem areas in which research on women could have a significant impact include community response to physical, aesthetic, and service needs; welfare policies;…

Mack, Faite R-P. (1978). Final Report. An Evaluation of the Title I Program Conducted at the Michigan Training Unit, Michigan Department of Corrections, Ionia, Michigan, 1977-1978. This is an evaluation of the Title I Program of the Michigan Training Unit, a program designed to provide compensatory education in basic skills for young adult male prisoners. The evaluation provides information to enable decision-makers to maximize the efficiency and effectiveness of the program and considers whether the program fulfilled requirements established by funding legislation. Information collected concerning student demography, achievement, self-concept, and attitudes is tabulated, as is an inventory of staff, administrator and teacher awareness of Federal guidelines and local Title I programs. Questionnaires used in gathering most of the data are reprinted along with the numerical compilations of responses. Recommendations are made concerning goal delineation, criterion-reference testing, social development of students, evaluation of the pre-high school component, creation of a system to educate staff about government guidelines for Title I programs, improvement of…

Dawn R. Johnson; Kaleb L. Briscoe; Lucy A. LePeau (2024). A Path Forward: Addressing Current Issues in Campus Racial Climate Research and Practice. Journal of College Student Development, v65 n2 p155-168. Attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion threaten to undo much of the work of creating and maintaining diverse learning and working environments for students, faculty, and staff. In honor of ACPA's 100th anniversary, we reflect on the current threats to the campus racial climate, highlight research that informs our scholarship and practice, and offer strategies for resistance. We close with a consideration of critical hope as necessary to the pursuit of equity-centered work during this turbulent period in higher education…. [Direct]

Anderson, William J. (1986). Statement before the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, on the Operations of the United States Commission on Civil Rights. This report presents the findings of an investigation and audit of certain aspects of the operations of the United States Commission on Civil Rights commissioned by the Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights. First, each allegation made against the Commission is briefly outlined and then findings are discussed in greater detail in attachments to the report. Lack of complete records hampered the audit. The aspects studied were: (1) employment trends in the Comission on Civil Rights; (2) use of consultants, temporary, and Schedule C employees; (3) referrals from state employement service officers; (4) affirmative action; (5) awards and promotions; (6) commissioners' and special assistants' billings; (7) commissioners' and special assistants' financial disclosure reports; (8) commissioners, special assistants, staff director, and office of general counsel travel; (9) Fiscal Year 1985 appropriation earmarks; (10) lobbying issues; (11) state advisory… [PDF]

Boisjoly, Johanne; Duncan, Greg J.; Eccles, Jacque; Kremer, Michael; Levy, Dan M. (2003). Empathy or Antipathy? The Consequences of Racially and Socially Diverse Peers on Attitudes and Behaviors. This paper estimates peer effects by taking advantage of random assignment of first-year roommates through a housing lottery at a large state university. Preliminary results show that, when compared with white students who have white roommates, white students with black roommates express much more positive attitudes regarding affirmative action policies 1.5-3.5 years after college entry. Whites assigned minority roommates are also more likely to say that they have more personal contact with and interact more comfortably with members of minority groups. Minority roommates appear just as likely as non-minority roommates to remain close friends of white students beyond their initial year. Whites' income redistribution attitudes do not appear to be affected by the racial/ethnic composition of roommates, but whites become less supportive of redistributive policies when they are assigned roommates from wealthy families. Taken together, these results suggest that students become more… [PDF]

Cheatham, Harold E.; And Others (1991). Cultural Pluralism on Campus. This book is addressed primarily to higher education personnel responsible for campus programming that promotes a culturally plural environment. These chapters are included: (1) \Affirming Affirmative Action\ (Harold E. Cheatham); (2) \Identity Development in a Pluralistic Society\ (Harold E. Cheatham); (3) \The Minority Cultural Center on a Predominantly White Campus\ (Lawrence W. Young, Jr.); (4) \Organizational and Administrative Implications for Serving College Students with Disabilities\ (James S. Fairweather and Judith J. Albert); (5) \The Role of Developmental Education in Promoting Pluralism\ (Jeanne L. Higbee); (6) \Integrating Diversity into Traditional Resident Assistant Courses\ (Lissa J. VanBebber); (7) \Planning Programs for Cultural Pluralism: A Primer\ (Leila V. Moore, H. Jane Fried, and Arthur A. Costantino); (8) \NCAA Policies and the African American Student Athlete\ (Mitchell F. Rice); (9) \Racial Violence on Campus\ (Camille A. Clay and Jan-Mitchell Sherrill);…

(1977). Task Force Findings Specifying Remedies Available for Eliminating Past Educational Practices Ruled Unlawful Under Lau versus Nichols. This publication is designed to clarify and amplify the 1975 booklet of the same title prepared by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (DHEW). The requirements for providing education to non-English speakers are first placed in their historical context. Suggestions for the basic elements to include in an affirmative action plan for complying with the requirements are stated simply. These include establishment of an official district policy for equal educational opportunity, alerting the community and district personnel to the situation, and a four-part program of identifying non-English-speaking students, assessing their linguistic proficiency, determining their achievement levels, and placing them in programs designed to meet their educational needs. Additional items to consider are listed, and a partial directory of agencies offering resources (particularly to educators in Arizona and the southwestern United States) is provided. An appendix includes pertinent DHEW…