(1982). Achieving Sex Equity in Two-Year College Career Programs. Community/Junior College Research Quarterly, v6 n2 p187-91 Jan-Mar. Reports on surveys of the current status of sex-equity efforts in New York two-year colleges. Identifies institutional and individual factors affecting such efforts. Reveals progress toward sex equity in vocational programs, but recommends additional efforts in the areas of leadership, support services, career information, facilities, placement, and community service. (DMM)…
(1982). Chronicle of Race, Sex, and Schools. Integrated Education, v20 n1-2 p78-91 Jan-Apr. Presents a summary of issues, problems, court litigation proceedings, accomplishments, and other events relating to racial, ethnic, and sex discrimination, school desegregation, equal education, and services for the disadvantaged in the United States as a whole and in individual States, as described in various reports from January to April, 1982. (MJL)…
(1982). Implications of Women's Changing Career Aspirations for College Counselors. Journal of College Student Personnel, v23 n3 p236-39 May. Examined the career aspirations and attitudes of 103 women and 66 men who were first-year college students. Results revealed that women are as career-committed and certain as men and, at the same time, are shifting toward nontraditional majors and careers. Presents suggestions for expanding traditional counseling activities. (Author)…
(1980). Nontraditional Programs, Including Programs for Special Categories of Students. College and University, v55 n4 p321-428 Sum. Proceedings of the 66th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers which relate to nontraditional programs, including programs for special categories of students, are summarized. Names and institutions of conference participants are included. (MSE)…
(1980). Academic Staffing: The Search for Excellence. Vestes, v23 n1 p3-8. Australian universities are surveyed to determine the proportion of female appointments and the appointments of candidates with non-Australian degrees. Evidence is presented that shows both groups are underrepresented, and partial explanations are offered. (JSR)… [PDF]
(1981). Pennsylvania's Retrenchment Battle. AGB Reports, v23 n2 p28-34 Mar-Apr. The retrenchment experience of Pennsylvania's state college system is described. The specter of retrenchment scared the campuses into finding new nonpersonnel cuts to make; a policy of intrasystem faculty transfer was finally adopted; and although campus presidents opposed retrenchment, by 1979-80 they were convinced of its necessity. (MLW)…
(1994). Latino Groups Say Leave Banneker, Other Programs Alone. Black Issues in Higher Education, v11 n19 p16 Nov 17. Leading Latino American educational and advocacy groups support college and university scholarship programs that target specific non-white groups, despite a federal court decision, Podberesky v Kirwin, that one such University of Maryland program was racially discriminatory. Most feel dismantling the scholarship programs would limit minority access to higher education. (MSE)…
(1992). Liberal Democracy, Equal Educational Opportunity, and the Challenge of Multiculturalism. American Educational Research Journal, v29 n3 p455-70 Fall. Considers the general meaning of equal educational opportunity and its meaning in the context of specific policies, with an eye toward providing a philosophically grounded examination of equal educational opportunity as it applies to multicultural education. Describes how progressive liberal educational theory can meet the challenges of multicultural education. (SLD)…
(1990). No Middle Ground: A Personal View of the Tenure Campaign. Amerasia Journal, v16 n1 p123-29. Describes the campaign for tenure for an Asian Pacific American university professor, D. Nakanishi, within a historical context. Includes discussions of Asian Americans' and Pacific Americans' experience of discrimination since the 1900s, civil rights struggles in the 1970s and 1980s, and the history and development of the "Amerasia Journal." (JB)…
(1994). Beyond Zero-Sum Games: Multiculturalism as Enriched Law Training for All Students. Journal of Legal Education, v44 n2 p175-97 Jun. This article proposes that cultural diversity in legal education should help all students to reexamine their limited perceptions of justice. \Negotiable learning\ (multicultural negotiation between groups of students) teaches students how to work through forms of bigotry. The approach is applied to teaching of criminal law, labor law, and public policy negotiation. (MSE)…
(1991). Faculty Role Models and Diversifying the Gender and Racial Mix of Undergraduate Economics Majors. Journal of Economic Education, v22 n3 p276-84 Sum. Analyzes the sex, race, and undergraduate background of new Ph.D.s in economics. Finds that more female economists come from liberal arts colleges, whereas racial minorities tend to receive their economics degrees from comprehensive universities. Urges targeting resources to produce more women and racial minority economists to serve as role models. (DK)…
(1992). Management of the Students. Journal of Library Administration, v16 n1-2 p95-140. Three articles about masters's level library and information science students discuss factors to be considered in diversifying a historically homogeneous student body; strategies for multicultural admissions and recruitment; and the importance of field experiences in preparing information professionals for diverse employment opportunities. Numerous tables and graphs illustrate the text. (37 references) (NRP)…
(1993). Survey Finds College Officials Preoccupied with Finances. Chronicle of Higher Education, v39 n47 pA16 Jul 28. An annual national survey on trends in college administration found administrators (n=406) viewed finances as a major concern on campuses. Few respondents rated their institutions high on response to women's issues, and, although many were hiring more women and minorities, a slowdown is anticipated. Extensive use of part-time faculty was reported. (MSE)…
(1991). NAGWS: Paths to Advocacy, Recruitment, and Enhancement. Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, v62 n3 p29-59 Mar. Nine articles describe how to achieve three National Association for Girls and Women in Sport goals: advocacy for women's full participation in physical activity and sports leadership; recruitment, development, and promotion of female leadership positions; and advocacy for initiating and enhancing quality sport and physical activity programs for all females. (SM)…
(1993). Making Inroads: Women in Science and Technical Research: Environmental Change Slow and Difficult. Black Issues in Higher Education, v10 n17 p34-38 Oct 22. Explains that, although African-American women are making the greatest strides in science and technical fields, these fields still remain underrepresented with minorities. Related issues involving gender stereotyping and the difficulty of breaking into a sexist field are examined. (GLR)…