(1977). Wellesley College Case Study for the Sloan Commission on Government and Higher Education. The impact of government legislation and regulation on Wellesley College in Massachusetts is analyzed. The impact of federal aid on the economics of the college is considered in terms of capital resources and operating resources. The analysis also considers the effects of government legislation and regulation on capital costs, first-time implementation costs, and continuing operating expenses. The influence of government programs on the character and the philosophy of the college is also considered. Two highly visible areas of college/government relations are student financial aid and civil rights. Civil rights issues include: affirmative action and minority employment, sex discrimination, the Buckley Amendment (student records), age discrimination, and research on human subjects. Other legislation and regulations affecting higher education concern copyrights, the Higher Education General Information Survey, occupational safety and health, tax reform, gifts of stock to colleges, the…

Borman, Christopher; And Others (1981). The High School Student in the Working World–A Handbook for Counselors. This handbook is designed for use by counselors and teachers in working with students who plan to enter the working world during or following high school; however, the information contained in the book should be useful in working with all students whether they plan to go to work, to college, or both. Following an introduction, the handbook is organized in 12 chapters. Topics covered include the following: helping students explore interests, abilities, and limitations; standardized tests; career decision making, decision-making skills; involving the student's family in career decisions; how to get hired, including finding job openings, filling out applications, writing resumes, handling job interviews, and affirmative action; what to expect after initial employment; exploring self-employment; vocational education programs in secondary schools; postsecondary vocational-technical training programs; counseling the handicapped; sources of information for present and future career…

(1979). On Campus with Women, No. 24, Summer/Fall 1979. Addressed in this issue are: Title IX (right to sue, coverage of employment, a women's reentry program in violation of the law, law students filing a complaint, and disclosure of campus policies); sports (males on female teams, a statewide women's sports group, the average woman and sports, and a bibliography); employment (race preference in affirmative action, faculty salaries, tenure, career patterns of women in education, paternity leave, discrimination in fringe benefits, alternative schedules, career development); women's education (quotas in college admission, enrollment trends, graduate school programs especially for women, a study of sex roles, women's centers, data on women in academe, women's studies, off-campus work programs, sexism in counseling and therapy); sexual harassment and rape (within the faculty or between faculty member and student); women in science (graduate study, barriers, and discrimination); reentry women (career change, returning women); and general…

(1976). An Exploratory Study of Women in the Health Professions Schools. Volume I: Data Analysis, Findings, Conclusions, Recommendations. The study focused on women's education in eight health professions: medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, podiatry, pharmacy, and public health. Its central tasks were to identify and explore the barriers to success that women face as school applicants and students. Almost 600 interviews were conducted with administrators, faculty members, and students in 27 schools, and were supplemented by over 60 student group interviews. In the final report are included: a detailed description of the study design; its findings and conclusions concerning the relationships of women with the professions and the schools, seven key resources for increased access to this education, and barriers faced by women in the professional training sequence; conceptual models for success in recruitment, admissions, and professional education, and strategies for testing the models; and recommendations for affirmative action enforcement, health manpower legislation, student financial…

Edwards, Harry T.; Nordin, Virginia Davis (1980). 1980 Cumulative Supplement, "Higher Education and the Law". A 1980 cumulative supplement to the basic text, "Higher Education and the Law," is presented. Contents include: edited reports of five United States Supreme Court cases, important lower court cases, regulations and reports; and citations to numerous law review articles, additional cases, and other secondary sources. The following broad topics are covered: the college or university as a legal entity, faculty rights, student rights, and federal regulation of higher education. Specific issues include the following: legal attributes of private universities, the constitutionally autonomous university, academic freedom, faculty tenure, unionization and collective bargaining, substantive constitutional rights of students, procedural due process for students, equal educational opportunity and racial desegregation, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, constitutional and statutory protections against employment discrimination, affirmative action in employment, the Equal Pay…

(1979). Agenda. Recommendations for National Action in Higher Education. The 96th Congress. A Joint Statement. Recommendations for national action in higher education are offered by the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges and the American Association of State Colleges and Universities. The joint policy statement focuses on issues that the federal government needs to consider including: how to broaden educational opportunity for all Americans; how to increase knowledge and make it more useful through research; how to extend higher education resources beyond the campuses to more people; how to improve cooperative links between the federal government and institutions of higher education; and how to strengthen the capacity of American higher education to help solve such problems as hunger and poverty in the developing nations. The historically black public colleges and affirmative action and equal opportunity, the urban university and a national program for urban action, the arts and humanities, energy and natural resources, federal health programs and policy, and…

Robinson, William L. (1989). Who's Out There…And Why Not?. This study investigated the inclusion of minorities in Basic Course Programs, undergraduate degree programs, and graduate degree programs in the field of Communication. A survey was completed by representatives from 27 institutions in 16 states, including private and public institutions, rural and urban, commuter and residential. Specifically, the survey addressed the issues of minority enrollments, the distribution of minorities among the faculty, the efforts of each program to recruit and retain minority undergraduate and graduate students, and hiring, recruitment, and mentoring practices for minority faculty. Results revealed that minority students are not in the "pipeline" in sufficient numbers to have any noteworthy impact on the availability of minority faculty in the coming years. Data also indicated that there has been a decline in the proportion of minority students in Communication since 1978-80, making the potential supply appear even more meager in the face of… [PDF]

Jones, Phillip E. (1977). The Changing Profile of Black Administrators in Predominantly White Colleges and Universities. In predominantly white, four-year, residential institutions where black populations are less than 10 percent, black professional staff tend to be in entry-level positions. They have often been found in special programs for minority and low-income students. A survey of black administrators in midwestern institutions showed that by the early 1970s: (1) the majority were associated with equal opportunity programs (EOPS); (2) 90 percent were being paid with institutional funds; (3) they were in their mid-thirties to early forties and were primarily male and married; (4) although most had their undergraduate training in the social sciences, they usually held master's degrees in education with emphasis on administration; and (5) there was a tendency among EOP directors toward earning doctorates. Barriers to black participation in administration include: (1) their positions in the administration; (2) for many the fact that they are not faculty members; (3) systematic racism. Affirmative… [PDF]

Packard, Sandra (1978). Tottering on the Brink. The Future of Women Art Faculty in Higher Education. Current trends and forces that may deter the future of women art faculty in higher education were examined. Women have been acquiring the necessary credentials for employment and promotion in art departments, but they are balanced between a future of full participation in academe and a decline to tokenism. Women constitute over 50 percent of the undergraduate art majors, but the percentage of women in art faculties has been declining to a low of 19.5 percent in 1974, and the status of women in art administration is even lower. Hiring, promotion, tenure, and salary differentials have been discriminatory against women. Women are not fairly represented on art studies, art education, or art history faculties. Lack of visibility in exhibitions, publications, and on college faculties has made it difficult for women to present themselves as serious artists and teachers. The influence of the women's movement on attitudes and social change, laws which prohibit discrimination in education and… [PDF]

Douglas, Joel M., Comp.; And Others (1986). Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions, Bibliography No. 14. A bibliography of 1,187 publications and court cases concerning employment of college faculty, as well as health professionals, is presented. Most of the publications cover the years 1982-1985. The faculty section covers the following topics: academic freedom, accountability, administration, affirmative action, arbitration and mediation, collective bargaining, community colleges, contracts, department heads, discipline and dismissal, discrimination, due process, elections, evaluation, excellence, faculty attitudes, faculty organizations, fiscal issues, fringe benefits, governance, grievance procedures, legal issues, legislation, academic librarians, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), part-time faculty, personnel administration, quality of worklife, retirement, retrenchment, students, strikes, salaries, tenure, women faculty, workload, and the Yeshiva University case. The bibliography for related professions covers the health care institution and administration, dental/medical…

Douglas, Joel M., Comp.; Wiener, Daniel, Comp. (1984). Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions, Bibliography No. 12. A bibliography of more than 800 writings affecting labor relations and college faculty, as well as several other professions, is presented. The point of reference was the calendar year 1983. The faculty section covers the following topics: academic freedom, accountability, administration, affirmative action, arbitration and mediation, collective bargaining, community colleges, contracts and contract issues, department chairpersons, discipline and dismissal, discrimination, due process, elections, faculty attitudes, faculty organizations, financial exigency, fiscal issues, fringe benefits, governance, grievance procedures, legal issues, legislation, academic librarians, National Labor Relations Board, part-time faculty, personnel administration, public sector labor relations, quality of worklife, retirement, retrenchment, students, strikes, scope of bargaining, salaries, tenure, women faculty, workload, and the Yeshiva University case. The bibliography for related professions…

(1974). National Apprenticeship Standards for Plumbing and Steamfitting–Pipefitting. The booklet presents national apprenticeship standards for plumbing and steamfitting–pipefitting developed by the National Joint Plumbing Apprenticeship and Journeyman Training Committee and the National Joint Steamfitter-Pipefitter Apprenticeship Committee, together with the Department of Labor. The standards cover: a definition of a local joint apprenticeship and training committee, registration of local apprentice standards, definitions of apprentice and senior apprentice, qualifications of applicants for apprenticeship, affirmative action and equal opportunity, general apprentice application procedures, apprenticeship agreement, term of apprenticeship, probationary period, credit for previous experience, related instruction for apprentices and senior apprentices, work experience, hours of work for apprentices and senior apprentices, apprentice and senior apprentice wages and advancement, supervision of apprentices, responsibilities of apprentices and senior apprentices,… [PDF]

(1977). National Apprenticeship and Training Standards for Bricklaying. Revised. Developed as a guide for local joint apprenticeship and training committees in establishing local bricklaying apprenticeship programs, this booklet represents the sixth revision of the national apprenticeship and training standards for bricklaying apprenticeship. (The standards were prepared and approved by the National Joint Bricklaying Apprenticeship and Training Committee representing the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftsmen, the Mason Contractors Association of America, and the Associated General Contractors of America, in cooperation with the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training, U.S. Department of Labor.) Examples of the thirty-one provisions of standards included are the following: Duties of the National Joint Committee, Composition of the Local Joint Committee, Qualifications of Apprenticeship Applicants, Federal Laws and Regulations Affecting the Employment of Apprentices, Selection of Apprentices, Credit for Previous Experience, Training Program for… [PDF]

Dunston, F. Myron; And Others (1983). Annotated Bibliography: Black Student Retention in Higher Education Institutions. An annotated bibliography of 105 publications (1961-1982) on the retention of black college students is presented. Topics include: retention programs for low income and minority undergraduates; the interrelatedness of curriculum and cultural/economic reproduction; predicting academic performance in college; dropout prevention and reasons precipitating withdrawal; student attitudes toward services and instruction; attracting and retaining blacks in the field of engineering; desegregating America's colleges; black students attending white colleges; legislative remedies for increasing the educational access and retention of minorities; action plans for recruiting and retaining minority students; affirmative action projects for California community colleges and state universities; a summer enrichment program for minority/disadvantaged undergraduates; black student alienation; causes and consequences of dropping out, stopping out, and transferring; minority admissions after the Bakke… [PDF]

(1983). Agreement between the Board of Trustees of the California State Universtiy and the California Faculty Association. Unit 3–Faculty. August 16, 1983-June 30, 1986. The collective bargaining agreement between the Board of Trustees of the California State University and the California Faculty Association chapter (18,000 members) of the National Education Association (NEA) covering the period August 16, 1983-June 30, 1986 is presented. Items covered in the agreement include: unit recognition; definitions; academic freedom; governance; nondiscrimination; affirmative action; management rights; meet and discuss procedure; grievance and arbitration procedure; personnel files; temporary and probationary appointments; tenure amd promotion; periodic evaluations and performance review; staff reduction for program discontinuance and financial exigency; temporary suspension; reprimands and disciplinary procedure; nontenure track members; department head selection and review; assignment of responsibility for faculty, librarians, and coaching faculty; workload; leaves of absence with and without pay; sick leave; professional development; faculty early… [PDF]

(1985). Collective Bargaining Agreement between the American Association of University Professors, Eastern Montana College, and the Montana University System, July 1, 1985-June 30, 1989. The collective bargaining agreement between the Montana University System and the Eastern Montana College Chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) covering the period July 1, 1985-June 30, 1989 is presented. Items covered in the agreement include: definitions, nondiscrimination and affirmative action, unit recognition and determination, AAUP security, information and data, union use of campus meeting rooms and other facilities, faculty handbooks, professional letter of faculty appointment, academic senate, student rights and responsibilities, student grievance procedure, student evaluation of teaching, faculty performance review, management rights, general principles of shared governance, academic freedom and responsibilities, faculty-administration committee, academic administration search committee, faculty retention and tenure, faculty promotion and evaluation, process to determine appropriate terminal degree, personnel file update, evaluation of…

Campbell, Susan, Comp.; Douglas, Joel M., Comp. (1985). Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions, Bibliography No. 13. A bibliography of 1,070 publications and court cases affecting labor relations and college faculty, as well as the health professions, is presented with a focus on calendar year 1984. The faculty section covers: academic freedom, accountability, administration, affirmative action, arbitration and mediation, collective bargaining, community colleges, comparable worth, contracts, department heads, discipline and dismissal, discrimination, due process, elections, evaluation, excellence, faculty attitudes, faculty organizations, fiscal issues, fringe benefits, governance, grievance procedures, legal issues, legislation, academic librarians, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), part-timers, personnel administration, quality of worklife, retirement, retrenchment, salaries, students, tenure, women faculty, workload, and the Yeshiva University case. The bibliography for related professions covers the health care institutions and administration, dental/medical school faculty, nurses, and…

Anderson, Owanah P., Comp.; Verble, Sedelta D., Comp. (1981). Resource Guide of American Indian and Alaska Native Women, 1980. A resource listing of 678 prominent American Indian and Alaska Native women representing 159 tribes throughout the United States provides the following information: name, address, date and place of birth, tribal membership, field of interest, current occupation, Indian activities, women's advocacy, educational background and professional interest. The following are the majority of professional and advocacy skills the women possess: administration (federal, tribal and urban), cultural advocacy and arts (arts and humanities, traditional arts and crafts), economic development (program planning/management), education (adult/vocational, bilingual, curriculum development, early childhood, educational equity, higher education, Native American studies, teacher training, tribal education), employment (affirmative action/EEO, women's employment advocacy), health (administration, alcohol/drug abuse, Indian health advocacy), legal advocacy (legislative change/testify/lobby, treaty rights/legal… [PDF]

(1977). Key Federal Regulations Affecting the Handicapped 1975-1976. Summarized are major federal regulations affecting the handicapped issued during 1976. Regulations are organized according to the following categories: health (such as long term care and home health services, health planning, and facilities construction); education (such as handicapped education grants to the states, early childhood education, and regional education programs for the handicapped); social services (proposed and final regulations of Title XX of the Social Security Act); employment (patient workers, public service and works employment, and federal contract work); rights (anti-discrimination rules, affirmative action, and architectural barriers); vocational rehabilitation (basic program regulations, evaluation standards, and vending facilities for the blind); social security and supplemental security income (such as childhood disability criteria and gainful activity guidelines); housing (elderly/handicapped housing loans, rural housing rent subsidies, and community…

Wenniger, Mary Dee Ed. (1998). Women in Higher Education, 1998. Women in Higher Education, v7 n1-12. This document consists of the twelve consecutive numbers of the newsletter "Women in Education", published during 1998. This newsletter focus on issues concerned with women students, women faculty, and women administrators in higher education. Each issue includes feature articles, news items, and profiles of significant people. Feature articles address the following topics: the media, women's athletics, conflict resolution, feminist scholarship, gender equity goals, women and campus leadership, Hispanic American women in higher education, lesbian faculty, gender politics, affirmative action, marketing women's athletic teams, Title IX of the Higher Education Act, gender pay equity, sexual harassment, women college presidents, networking, women as leaders of campus security forces, the Internet and classroom teaching, court litigation, violence prevention on campus, lesbian administrators, compensation equity for athletic coaches, mentoring at community colleges, teaching… [PDF]

(1988). Agreement between Monmouth College and the Faculty Association of Monmouth College. July 1, 1988-June 30, 1991. The agreement between Monmouth College and the Faculty Association of Monmouth College, a chapter of the American Association of University Professors, for three academic years beginning July 1, 1988, is presented. In 19 articles the following topics are covered: recognition; academic rank; equal employment, affirmative action, non-discrimination; academic freedom; procedures in regard to initial appointment, continuance, tenure, and promotion; dismissal for adequate cause; grievance and arbitration; faculty reductions; teaching load, scheduling and other working conditions; salary and other benefits; faculty improvement; leaves of absence; dues deduction; personnel files; association rights, privileges and obligations; management prerogative; no strike clause; miscellaneous; and duration of agreement. An appendix contains the following: a salary scale for 1988-91; a salary step determination table; a 1987-91 salary guide table; a faculty professional information list; three letters… [PDF]

Myers, Henry A.; And Others (1983). Critical Research Issues in Postsecondary Education in the 1980s. Critical research issues that need to be addressed by postsecondary education in the 1980s are discussed. Among the technologically-related issues are the following: the impact of computer-assisted and computer-managed approaches on learning processes, and the compatibility of degree attainment with the labor market. Issues pertaining to enrollments, student characteristics, and finances include: federal/state role in projecting enrollments, the potential of an increased influence of state funding agencies on postsecondary education, changes in the role of community colleges, reduced fiscal capacity of colleges, the impact of increasing numbers of older students, achieving increased representation of minorities in postsecondary education, black studies and affirmative action, and achieving increased representation of females and minorities in faculty and administrative appointments. Additional issues include: curriculum assessment in teacher education, certification requirements and… [PDF]

(1985). South Carolina Plan for Equity and Equal Opportunity in the Public Institutions of Higher Education, 1986-87 and Beyond. South Carolina's State plan for achieving equity and equal opportunity in public colleges and universities, beginning July 1, 1986, is presented. The purposes of the plan are to provide policies, goals, and strategies for continuing efforts to eliminate racial discrimination in the State's public higher education system, and to provide estimates of personnel and financial resources required to implement the plan and to monitor and report annually on implementation of the plan. The plan is divided into the following sections: (1) desegregation of student enrollment, faculty, staff, and governing boards of institutions of higher education (including student recruitment and retention, affirmative action, white student enrollment at traditionally black institutions, black representation on governing boards, financial assistance, institutional grants, school district projects, and graduate incentive fellowships); (2) maintaining enhancement measures at traditionally black institutions;…

(1978). The State of Civil Rights: 1977. A Report of the United States Commission on Civil Rights. This report reviews executive, legislative, and judicial actions, and other developments, favorable and unfavorable, that the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights considers critical to the national goals of eliminating discrimination and enhancing equal opportunity for all Americans. The areas of opportunity examined are employment, education, housing, women's rights, administration of justice, political participation, and civil rights reorganization. The report shows that there continues to be high unemployment and a high poverty rate among minority groups and women. Although there was further progress in 1977 in community adjustment to school desegregation, congressional actions concerning school desegregation and challenges to affirmative action admissions programs in higher education threaten to slow down progress toward achieving equal educational opportunity. In employment there has been more effective enforcement of equal employment laws. In housing, rising costs, and various…

France, Richard E., Ed. (1997). Cuyahoga Community College Part-time Faculty Handbook 1997-1998. This document begins with a preface/introduction, describes the college's mission and philosophy, and provides statements on its vision, affirmative action, diversity, and academic quality. The rest of the section discusses the college's policies and procedures. Main headings include academic calendar, academic freedom and responsibilities, academic probation or dismissal, Americans with Disabilities Act Policy, complaint procedure, computing access, disciplinary policy, discrimination complaints, drug-free schools and campuses policy, faculty evaluation, field trips, full- and part-time lecturers, grade dispute policy and procedure, grading system and policy, grievance policy and procedure, instructional fees as staff benefit, mandatory assessment and placement, sexual harassment policy, smoke-free policy and procedures, student conduct and honor code and honor code procedures, student records, and withdrawal policy. The second section consists of teaching tips and techniques. The… [PDF]

Mock, Carol (1987). Hard Cases and Soft Concepts of Change and Leadership in Universities. ASHE 1987 Annual Meeting Paper. Empirical hypotheses about organizational change are compared with actual case studies of change and leadership at the University of California (UC) system. The hypotheses are based on the sociological literature on complex organizations and are derived from three perspectives: (1) rational choice and analytic approaches, (2) cognitive perspectives, and (3) cybernetic approaches. Rational choice and analytic approaches posit organizational change as an outcome of leadership exercised through planned responses to environmental change, and/or in the management of internal interests through a dominant coalition. Cognitive perspectives view leadership and change as artifacts of the subjective assessment of objectively random events, while cybernetic approaches explain change as the result of the selective action of the environment on organizational "trials and errors." Reorganization of the UC library system, the development of UC's Early Outreach affirmative action programs,…

(1986). Personnel Systems Survey Standard Report. The status of personnel systems at 370 public and private colleges in 1985 is described, based on a College and University Personnel Association survey. Responding schools were classified as two-year, four-year, universities (doctoral-granting institutions), and other (law, medical, and theological schools). For each institutional classification, information is provided on personnel modules and the type of system used to maintain the information (manual, word processor, microcomputer, or mainframe). The personnel modules include appointment history, applicant retrieval, payroll, position control, specific types of benefits, affirmative action, job evaluation data, salary surveys, skills inventory, and labor relations. For each type of school, the type of microcomputer is indicated as well as software used, applications, and year of application development. Also covered are the type of mainframe system and date acquired and vendor products and user level of satisfaction. Appended are…

(1988). U.S. Commission on Civil Rights: Concerns about Commission Operations. Report to Congressional Requesters. This report reviews the following aspects of the United States Commission on Civil Rights from 1978 through 1985: (1) employment trends; (2) hiring and use of consultant, temporary, and Schedule C employees; (3) referrals from state employment service offices; (4) affirmative action; (5) awards and promotions; (6) commissioners' and special assistants' billings; (7) financial disclosure reports; (8) commission travel; (9) appropriations; (10) lobbying; (11) state advisory committees; (12) use of commission automobile; and (13) contracting questions. For some of the above areas, differences in Commission policy or practice since 1978 were found; for other areas not enough information was available to determine if differences existed. According to the Chairman of the Commission, the evidence in this report refutes allegations that management and administrative improprieties occurred at the Commission. Appendices provide the objectives, scope, and methodology, and other information for… [PDF]

(1986). Annual Report on Higher Education in New Jersey, 1985-86. The New Jersey annual report on higher education in the state highlights accomplishments during 1985-1986. Five sections look at the following topics: (1) introduction; (2) the foundations of excellence (funding to reward excellence and excellence throughout the institution); (3) equity/access (minority enrollment initiatives, basic skills, affirmative action, and student assistance); (4) special issues (evaluating the outcomes of higher education, medical education policy initiatives, and sector study commissions); and (5) system status report (size of the system, budget and finance, funding policies and formulas, and state college autonomy). Two appendices provide tables on finances, student academic ability, programs/degrees, enrollment, and faculty and on membership of the advisory boards and groups. A map shows the locations of New Jersey colleges and universities. Twelve figures include special initiative funding to New Jersey collegiate sectors, full-time faculty at New… [PDF]

Dresden, Cynthia; Wilkinson, Wendy (1997). The Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Their Application to Educational Issues. This paper focuses on the state of the law as it concerns adults with disabilities regarding educational issues. Sections 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 are addressed and legal issues are examined, including: (1) the definition of disability; (2) documentation of disability; (3) financial responsibility for documentation; (4) documentation for testing; (5) modifications of policies and procedures by testing entities and educational institutions; (6) eligibility criteria; (7) inquiries into disability; (8) privacy concerns; (9) program access; (10) communication issues; (11) affirmative action; (12) special programs for individuals with disabilities; (13) administrative requirements; and (14) enforcement issues. Special issues concerning learning disabilities and testing modifications are also addressed. Relevant court cases are examined in order to assess judicial interpretation of these issues. Two responses to the paper are… [PDF]