(1989). Mid-Term Report on Partners Program. The Partners Program operates through a partnership of the Colorado Community College and Occupational Education System, the Denver Public Schools, and the Colorado Minority Engineering Association to guide minority high school students into career tracks that include a college option. Denver is a particularly suitable location for the Partners Program in that the area has a large concentration of Hispanic, Black, and American Indian students; has one of the most serious minority dropout rates in Colorado; and can offer a variety of college programs locally through the Community College of Denver (CCD). The organization and implementation of the Partners Program involved the formation of an advisory board, the development of procedures manuals, the selection of Partners Advisors at four participating high schools, the selection of 14 seniors to participate in the project, and the provision of orientation and support to the students' families. The Partners students participated in…
(1981). Staff Development. SPEC Kit #75. This set of materials on staff development in research libraries, assembled by the Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), focuses on programs and activities designed to provide general skills training related to the work performed in a research library. Contents of the set include: (1) outlines of library staff development policies and programs from Stanford, the University of Connecticut, Cornell, Columbia, and Princeton; (2) staff development needs assessment instruments from the libraries at the University of Tennessee/Knoxville, the University of Connecticut, and Texas A&M University; (3) staff development program descriptions from the libraries at the University of Connecticut and Emory University; (4) staff development activity descriptions from the libraries at Stanford, Ohio State University, Rice University, the University of Connecticut, Texas A&M University, and Emory University; and (5) staff development program…
(1981). Civil Rights Issues of Handicapped Americans: Public Policy Implications. A Consultation Sponsored by the United States Commission on Civil Rights (Washington, DC, May 13-14, 1980). This volume contains the texts of 40 statements, 22 exhibits, and 5 unsolicited papers presented at a consultation dealing with the public policy implications of various civil rights issues affecting handicapped Americans. Among those issues addressed in the statements are the following: the nature and scope of civil rights issues affecting the handicapped; federal initiatives that address these issues; employment and the handicapped in the public sector; the employment of disabled people in the private sector; social services, constituency and advocacy, and state action for handicapped persons; physical facilities and handicapped individuals; and transportation for handicapped persons. Various public and private sector agencies and organizations were represented at the hearing, including the American Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities, Inc.; the Department of Justice; American Telephone and Telegraph Company; Mainstream, Inc.; the Department of Labor; the Department of Health… [PDF]
(1981). Special Programs in Employment: Criteria for Compliance = Programmes speciaux en matiere d'emploi: Criteres de mise en application. The purpose of this publication is to clarify the Canadian Human Rights Commission-approved criteria for special employment programs to eliminate systemic discrimination and to ensure compliance with the Canadian Human Rights Act. The basic principle of the Act is set forth: those sections of the Act that specify discriminatory practices are quoted, and the mandate of the Commission regarding special programs is discussed. In the next four sections, focus is on development of special programs in employment. Topics covered include criteria for special programs, identification of needs (problem areas within the organization in which its labor force is unrepresentative), determination of the relationship between the composition of its existing labor force and elements of its employment system (organizational policies, procedures, and practices), and three essential elements of a special program that will improve opportunities through contributing to a representative labor force…
(1985). Towards an Understanding of Stotts. United States Commission on Civil Rights Clearinghouse Publication 85. This document examines a major civil rights decision handed down by the Supreme Court in Firefighters Local Union No. 1784 v. Stotts (1984). The decision is examined for its importance in determining the extent to which seniority systems may or must be overridden as part of court-ordered relief to remedy discrimination in employment, and also for its effect on a trial court's remedial authority over hiring and promotion. The document: (1) provides a case summary, including details of concurring opinions of Justices O'Connor and Stevens and the dissenting opinion of Justice Blackmun; (2) presents the complete text of the Stotts decision; (3) discusses the significance of the Stotts decision for the scope of consent decrees, for layoffs, seniority and merit systems and preferential relief, and for judicial relief in hiring and promotion; (4) presents a statement of the United States Commission on Civil Rights concerning the Detroit Police Department's Racial Promotion Quota; and (6)… [PDF]
(1984). Women Access to Greek Higher Education. Current trends in women's access to higher education in Greece were studied. Attention was directed to recent differences in achievement by sex, as well as factors influencing success patterns in the national examinations taken at the end of secondary education. Data were obtained from a questionnaire distributed to a 10 percent random sample of secondary school graduates. A large increase in women's participation in university education was found for the last two decades. Higher upper-secondary school achievement scores were found for women than for men, while men had higher achievement scores on the national examinations. After the 1980 reform of the selection system, the rate of female admissions was proportionately equal to the rate of female applicants. In addition, women increasingly entered fields of study that traditionally were studied by men. Information is included on the fields of study chosen by women in 1960-1961, 1970-1971, and 1978-1979, along with mean achievement… [PDF]
(1977). The Bakke Case and Asian/Pacific Americans. Amidst much controversy, the United States Department of Justice has filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court on behalf of the special minority admissions program at the University of California Medical School at Davis. This fact sheet is intended to show why Asian and Pacific Americans and those friendly toward Asians should pay careful attention to the government's position toward Asians as reflected in the Bakke case and beyond. The Justice Department's position in Bakke is of special concern to Asian and Pacific Americans because the government has become the first participant to challenge the participation of Asian Americans in a minority program. The government's brief says that Asian Americans have been admitted into medicine adequately without special admissions. It is noted that the Government brief contains misleading or irrelevant suggestions that Asian and Pacific Americans are too well off to suffer the effects of past discrimination. Furthermore, the brief fails to…
(1980). Erasing Sex Bias Through Staff Training: Education of Women. Unit II. This document, one of four staff training units in a series designed to attack problems of sex bias in the counseling of women and girls, is intended to help counselor educators consider their knowledge of and attitudes toward the sex-limited status of women. In this unit, two staff training workshop strategies are provided. The first workshop is designed to make counselors aware of the status of women as educational professionals and to increase their knowledge about sex-stereotyping practices in education. The second workshop focuses on acquainting counselors with support systems to combat sex-role stereotyping and to expose them to methods of identifying and eliminating sex-role stereotyping in educational programs and policies. For each workshop, objectives, competencies, preparation, procedures, and time requirements are listed. Examples of pre-tests, readings, and competency checks for workshop participants are also provided. (Author/NRB)… [PDF]
(1981). Compact Guides to Information on Urban and Minority Education, Volume I. These compact guides examine problems and issues related to various aspects of urban education. Individual topics covered by six fact sheets include school crime and disruption and its relationship to the community, Title IX Regulations, the problem of burnout among teachers and other human services professionals, the characteristics of instructionally effective schools, factors important to the success of school desegregation, and strategies for reforming the large urban high school. Three brief bibliographies address the issues of strategies for community organization (Asian Americans), communities and school closings, and minority groups and the arts. Finally, a directory in the form of an organizational guide covers refugee resettlement and integration. (JCD)… [PDF]
(1980). Vocational Teacher Recruitment Plans. A Sex Equity Model, Grades 7-9. Sex Equity Vocational Recruitment Plans for Ninth Grade Students. Five sex affirmative or bias free model recruitment plans are included in this booklet. They were designed by teachers for use with ninth grade students who have already been taught to recognize sex role stereotyping and the limitations it places on them in career choices. The plans address the vocational education areas of business and clerical education, home economics, industrial arts, power mechanics, and vocational agriculture. Each recruitment plan includes goals and objectives for classroom presentations. Appendices include lists of occupations related to business and clerical education and home economics, memos about learning shorthand and calculator use, a list of basic homemaking skills, home economics and industrial arts course descriptions, and a paragraph about the role of women in agriculture. (Author/MK)…
(1980). Toward Improving the Quality of Incoming Students While Maintaining Fairness in Admissions. AIR Forum 1980 Paper. The problem of improving the quality of incoming college students and practicing fairness in admissions was studied at Boston College. The study sample was over 2000 accepted applicants who completed an admissions questionnaire. A systematic admissions procedure is described that provides an index of applicant "quality," and the rating process is explored using a path model to measure the contributions of background and achieved characteristics of applicants to their rating. The way questions of bias may be raised and pursued is considered, and applicants are profiled to show how the effects of policy adjustments may be monitored. Six segments were defined by crossing three levels of quality (top, high, or medium) with two values of enrollment status (matriculation or nonmatriculation). Factor analysis was used to model the differing images of Boston College across the six segments. Discriminant analysis was applied to represent two dimensions, "decision" and…
(1977). Implementing Title IX. ACSA School Management Digest, Series 1, Number 8. ERIC/CEM Research Analysis Series, Number 35. Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and the HEW implementing regulations cover two major areas: sex discrimination in school courses, athletics, extracurricular activities, employment, and counseling, and sex descrimination in hiring, promotions, and benefits for school personnel. The author of this review examines the progress (and lack thereof) made by schools attempting to comply with Title IX requirements in physical education and athletic programs, employment, counseling and vocational education, and treatment of students. Combining information from the literature with material gleaned from personal interviews, the author focuses on the successful efforts of some school districts to fulfill both the letter and the spirit of Title IX. The author notes that staff, parents, and students need to be involved in implementing Title IX. A decentralized approach involving vigorous, dedicated committees, has been used by most schools that have moved the farthest toward… [PDF]
(1975). Sex Discrimination in Educational Institutions and the Law: Uncle Sam Wants You to be Nice to His Nieces!. The author reviews recent legislation concerning sex discrimination and examines the courts' views of discriminatory employment practices and discriminatory practices against students. The legislation covered includes the following: Executive Order 11246 as amended by Executive Order 11375; Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended by the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972; the Equal Pay Act of 1963, as amended by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; the Comprehensive Manpower Act of 1971 and the Nurse Training Amendments Act of 1971; and Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Higher Education Act). The author expects the impact of antidiscrimination legislation to be enormous and many of the traditional practices and policies of the educational world to come under increasing fire for their sex discriminatory impact. (IRT)…
(1976). Career Education: Projecting Into the 21st Century. Community and junior colleges can play an important role in helping women exercise their options in life without discrimination, as equal partners with men in fulfilling national economic and social needs. The responsibility of junior and community colleges goes beyond providing career education for women. They must also create an awareness among young women of their future role in society, and provide encouragement and insight for those oolder women who are seeking to enter or reenter the work force. Unfortunately, even in community colleges which are primarily committed to career preparation, women continue to be poorly motivated and limited in their career asPirations. The core of the problem is sex stereotyping–in textbooks, in counseling, and in the attitudes of society toward the social, political, and economic roles of women. The rights of women to equal educational opportunity have been well established by law. Community colleges must see that these laws are enforced by… [PDF]
(1975). Partial List of Actions Institutions Must Take Under Title IX. Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in all federally funded education programs. The regulation of Title IX, which became effective on July 21, 1975, specifies a number of actions that educational institutions receiving federal funding (as well as other recipients of federal education funds) must take to be in compliance with the law. This document highlights some of the specific actions that the regulation requires. (Author/KE)… [PDF]