(1989). Dade County Schools Are Building a Greater Miami. American School Board Journal, v176 n2 p24 Feb. The Dade County, Florida, $1.5 billion school construction and renovation project provides an opportunity to promote social change. By 1995 the school board wants to increase to 52 percent the share of construction, purchasing, and special services contracts awarded to businesses owned by minorities and women. (MLF)…
(1994). Fifty Years after Myrdal: Blacks' Racial Policy Attitudes in the 1990s. Challenge: A Journal of Research on African American Men, v5 n2 p44-57 Dec. Explores attitudes of black Americans, including middle class black Americans, toward policies designed to ameliorate racial disadvantages. Data from two omnibus national opinion surveys enable the appraisal of black opinions about a variety of race-targeted policies. In each policy area, blacks are more favorable than whites toward government intervention. (SLD)…
(1992). Toward Equal Access: The IHELG/AAUP Conference on the Status of Minorities in Higher Education. Academe, v78 n5 p13-18 Sep-Oct. A 1992 conference on the status of minorities in higher education is summarized. Issues addressed include speech codes on college campuses, sexual harassment and power, minority scholarships, equal access to higher education under the law, and the need to redress both current inequities and the cumulative effect of discrimination in education. (MSE)…
(1994). Minority Faculty Recruitment and Retention Strategies: The Maricopa Experience. New Directions for Community Colleges, n87 p73-80 Fall. Describes the steps taken by the Maricopa County Community College District to diversify its faculty and staff in response to a dramatic change in local demographics. Indicates that the district's action led to an increase in both the absolute number and the proportion of minority full-time faculty. (MAB)… [Direct]
(1994). Sources and Information: Recruiting and Maintaining Minority Faculty. New Directions for Community Colleges, n87 p87-93 Fall. Provides an annotated bibliography reflecting major issues involved in the recruitment and retention of community college minority faculty. Includes articles on state-level diversity plans, developing a pipeline for increasing minority faculty at two-year colleges, and the role of leadership in expanding diversity. (MAB)… [Direct]
(1991). Access, Equity, and Opportunity. Community, Technical, and Junior College Journal, v61 n3 p34-37 Dec-Jan 1990-91. Describes the Los Angeles Community College District's approach to increasing the diversity of the district's faculty and administration, while simultaneously turning around a declining enrollment. The district's approach included a retirement incentive program and a concerted marketing and recruitment effort directed toward minorities. Reviews results. (DMM)…
(1991). Are Race-Based Scholarships Illegal?. West's Education Law Reporter, v69 n3 p663-78 Nov 7. Explores the issue of whether minority scholarships are illegal under federal statutes or the Constitution. Concludes that, according to Title VI and Supreme Court decisions, minority scholarships would be legal when offered by private schools and by public schools that could meet the court's requirements. (112 references) (MLF)…
(1999). Color Blind or Color Conscious?. School Administrator, v56 n6 p28-30 May. A color-blind approach often signifies that an educator has not considered what racial/ethnic identity means to youngsters. Students want to find themselves reflected in the faces of teachers and other students. Color-conscious teachers seek out materials that positively reflect students' identities and initiate discussions about race and racism. (MLH)…
(2000). America's Moral Dilemma: Will It Be Color Blindness or Racial Equality?. Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, n27 p90-94 Spr. Contends that the nation will begin to resolve the debate over racial preferences only when public commentators begin to draw a clear distinction between the procedural morality of color blindness and the historical morality of racial justice. Explains that it matters very much how college admissions decisions are made and recommends that people understand the facts. (SM)…
(2000). Challenges Facing Students Entering Higher Education in South Africa. Learning Assistance Review, v5 n2 p5-12 Fall. States that institutions of higher education in South Africa are in a process of redressing apartheid inequalities. Discusses how the University of Port Elizabeth in particular has addressed post-apartheid issues such as student under-preparedness, widening access, instability on campus, high student debt levels, declining enrollments, and curriculum reform. (PGS)…
(1995). A Glass Ceiling Survey: Benchmarking Barriers and Practices. This handbook presents findings of a survey that asked human-resources managers to identify current barriers preventing women and people of color from reaching senior management. The survey was sent to 902 human-resources managers at various organizations. A total of 304 surveys were returned, a 34 percent response rate. The managers gave support to the notion that the glass ceiling involves a variety of barriers that continue to exist to some extent in their organizations. Overall, barriers rated as most significant differed from those identified by managers in a previous study (the Guidelines on Leadership Diversity, or GOLD Project). The data suggest that a number of managers did not see a strong connection between diversity and the health of their organizations. The two most common barriers included the preference of existing management to associate with people like themselves (the discomfort factor) and a lack of accountability. In addition, some diversity practices seemed to…
(1983). Minorities in Newsrooms: The Continuing Challenge. The Report of the ASNE Committee on Minorities. Beginning with a modest recommendation for the employment of a full-time member of the American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE) to work toward the Society's goal of truly integrated newsrooms by the year 2000, this report contains a number of items. Among them are (1) background information on minority representation in journalism; (2) a 1983 update on employment practices among newspapers; (3) a comment on the journalism school talent pool; (4) a discussion of problems involved in extending talent searches to schools with substantial minority enrollment; (5) a report on innovative efforts to increase minority input into the news media; (6) a statement on the commitment of ASNE to address minority needs; (7) a report by the Minority Committee of the ASNE's subcommittee on Hispanics; (8) a report on minority employment in daily newspapers; (9) a list of newspapers, journalists, and schools who volunteered in the 1982-83 ASNE Minority Professional-In-Residence Program; and (10) a…
(1982). A Study of Accommodations Provided to Handicapped Employees by Federal Contractors. Final Report. Volume I: Study Findings. A study examined the accommodations provided to handicapped employees by federal contractors. During the 20-month project, researchers surveyed 2,000 federal contractors, conducted telephone interviews with 85 firms, surveyed disabled workers, and conducted intensive case studies of 10 firms identified from their survey or telephone responses as having exemplary accommodation practices. Based on these data, the researchers concluded that for firms that have made efforts to hire handicapped individuals, accommodation does not involve much in the way of actual costs. In 51 percent of the cases reported, accommodation cost nothing and in 30 percent of the remaining cases it cost less than $500, with the most expensive and extensive accommodations provided largely to blind persons and individuals in wheelchairs. Accommodation efforts are generally perceived as successful in allowing workers to be effective on the job. While variations exist in who receives accommodation, the basic… [PDF]
(1975). Arbitrators, Blacks and Discipline. Personnel Journal, 54, 1, 32-7,64, Jan 75. A discussion of the handling of disciplinary problems of black employees concludes that management should be concerned because of the effect that grievance resolution may have on the company's overall employee discipline program and the additional appeal alternatives available to the black employee. (Author/EA)…
(1988). Recruiting Minority Classroom Teachers: A National Challenge. An explanation of the impending shortage of minority teachers and suggestions for increasing the supply of minority teachers compose the crux of this document. The following specific actions may be taken by local school districts, colleges of teacher education, teacher certification boards, and teacher recruitment and selection offices to ensure that a highly talented cadre of minorities will choose teaching over other professions: (1) gather information about gender and minority distribution of students enrolled in colleges of education, and of teachers; (2) organize task forces that focus uniquely on minority teacher recruitment; (3) develop strategies to expand the number of target groups from which to recruit teachers; (4) lobby for fiscal support to improve minority participation in the teacher recruitment effort and expand financial assistance packages; (5) increase financial support for schools that minorities attend; and (6) develop a pool of oncall minority professionals… [PDF]