(1974). Achieving National Goals Through Federal Contracts: Giving Form to An Unconstrained Administrative Process. Wisconsin Law Review, 2, 301-348, 74. This article seeks to answer the following questions: Who can decide what nonprocurement objectives may be furthered by contract clause? Are there substantive limits on what may be demanded of government contractors? How may the government enforce compliance with national goals requirements? (Author)…
(1977). Is Sex Suspect? And Other Issues Regarding Sex Discrimination in Education. This chapter presents a long look at the development of the concept of sex discrimination in education to see whether trends or key cases can be identified and discussed. In this a comparison is essayed with the development of the concept of racial discrimination in education through the school desegregation cases to see what the race cases might teach about the potential development of a jurisprudence of sex discrimination in education. Two important preliminary observations are (1) there is a failure to apply precedents regarding discrimination in racial cases to sex discrimination cases; (2) the number of \reverse discrimination\ cases seems to equal or exceed cases brought by the women whom the laws were enacted to protect. While it may be especially disappointing to women that discrimination precedents from racial cases do not apply to them, the greater disappointment is in the failure of the legal system to uphold impartial standards for all. The sex discrimination cases will…
(1978). Speech by Drew S. Days, III, before the National Conference of Black Lawyers, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The author of this speech discusses racial dualism in higher education in the American South. The states of Tennessee, Mississippi, and Louisiana have all had suits brought against them for maintaining separate and unequal institutions for blacks and whites. In all three states, the vast proportion of funds allocated for higher education have been channelled into the white colleges and universities. Academic programs and facilities have been developed to a high level in these institutions at the expense of black colleges. The author reviews the history of separate higher education in the South, including the founding of land grant colleges, and describes the effects of the expansion of white institutions on black education in the three states mentioned. Recognizing the important role of black colleges and universities, the author, Assistant Attorney General of the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department, discusses judicial remedies to this unequal and discriminatory… [PDF]
(1980). The Role of a State Education Agency in Promoting the Advancement of Women in School Administration. The Illinois State Board of Education has demonstrated a concern for improving the representation of women and minorities in educational administration. Within the agency, this concern takes the form of policy statements, the hiring of a committed staff, agency self-evaluation, equal employment opportunity training for agency managers, and the provision of growth opportunities for women and minorities. The board also provides leadership to local education agencies by encouraging legislation, promulgating appropriate regulations, issuing formal resolutions supporting equal employment opportunity activities, offering management seminars, promoting support networks, and developing and disseminating useful resources. (Author/PGD)… [PDF]
(1977). An Examination of Admission Criteria for Graduate Students in Departments of Educational Administration. UCEA Review, v18 n3 pp20-25 May. Although all the implications of equal educational opportunity cannot be determined at the present time, schools of educational administration must stress the offensiveness of social injustice and commit themselves to the development of a culturally pluralistic society through the use of available institutional means. The 35 departments of educational administration that responded to the survey indicated that there is typically no special admission policy for minority persons, only six departments have any validation of their admission criteria, only eight have obtained professional opinions as to the legality of their criteria, 14 departments have explicit standards for measurable criteria and 19 departments do not, and exceptions are made for candidates who do not meet specific criteria. As positive steps, departments might determine the particular market they are preparing administrators for as a means of helping adopt admission criteria, conduct some type of formalized study to…
(1976). Instituting Change to Promote Sex Equality. The recent history and an interpretation of legislation promoting sex equality in education–principally Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972–are presented. Examples of men and women, as a group, treated differently are cited in the areas of administrative positions, vocational education programs, physical education, and high school sports programs. A series of steps administrators can take to promote sex equality in public schools is followed by the Title IX provisions specifying five tasks that are to be completed by educational agencies receiving federal funds. (MLF)… [PDF]
(1976). Title IX: Educational and Implementation Activities of State Departments of Education. Chief state school officers and state education departments are probably in the best position to make the spirit of Title IX a reality by aggressively implementing the federal law as well as the laws and policies of their legislatures and state boards. An Equal Rights for Women in Education Project of the Education Commission of the States survey of state departments of education investigated the extent to which they had begun to implement Title IX. It is clear that there is still a good deal of confusion as to the role of the state department in the implementation process and in the specifics of what is required of them. (Author/IRT)… [PDF]
(1973). Handbook for Faculty and Administration of Alfred University. 1973-1974. Included in this faculty and administration handbook are descriptions of the responsibilities of university administrators, deans, and faculty (and a 1974 organizational chart), provisions of faculty recruitment, selection, and appointment including teaching load and salary scale, By-Laws of the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University and of the Alfred University School of Nursing. (JT)… [PDF]
(1975). Women in Higher Education. A Collection of Conference Papers. A program by the British Staff Development in Universities attempts to lessen the evident discrimination against women (both in their roles as students and staff) in British education. In an attempt to understand sex discrimination and the forms that it takes, six papers discuss: (1) the place of women in the changing pattern of further education; (2) women and the open university; (3) the economic benefits of education for women; (4) women academics in America; (5) women academics in Britain; and (6) the measures to combat discrimination against women in higher education. (Author/KE)…
(1976). Cinco Anos Despues: A Preliminary Critique of the Sixteen Point/Spanish Speaking Program – Five Years. In 1970, the Spanish Speaking Program was launched as the Sixteen-Point Program to increase the number of Hispanic employees in the Federal Service. It functioned as part of the government-wide Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Program. In 1973 the U.S. Civil Service Commission's Federal Personnel Manual required agencies to take specific actions in this EEO area, including the appointment of Sixteen-Point Program coordinators. By increasing the number of Hispanics in the Federal Service, the Hispanic community was to benefit from the sensitivity to its problems and needs which the new Hispanic employees would bring to the Federal government. Cognizant of the need to begin to document the Spanish Speaking Program's impact, the National Council of La Raza initiated the Cinco Anos Despues (CAD) project in June 1976. CAD found that after nearly five years of "special emphasis", Hispanic representation in the Federal work force had not yet increased by one full percentage…
(1976). The Effect of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 on the Administration of Girls' Competitive Athletic Programs in Selected Public High Schools of Texas. To collect data for this study, a total of 279 questionnaires were mailed to school superintendents selected from a stratified random sample of public school districts in Texas. A total of 238, or 86 percent, of the questionnaires was returned. The study was designed (1) to describe some of the factors that directly affect the administration of girls' competitive athletic programs in each of the five interscholastic league classifications of Texas public high schools; (2) to determine the status of girls' athletics prior to passage of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the interim from 1972 to 1975, and since implementation of Title IX regulations on July 21, 1975; and (3) to describe the effect of Title IX on the administration of girls' competitive athletic programs. The study also investigated administrative considerations in providing female students the opportunity to participate in athletics; actions taken by school officials to provide facilities, finances, staff,… [PDF]
(1977). Training and Hiring of Educational Administrators: Considerations for the Black Woman. Scant research is available on the environmental constraints in the educational setting that inhibit women from obtaining high-level administrative positions, or on potentially effective change strategies. As part of a symposium defining research needs, this paper presents baseline data on the black woman administrator and analyzes the environmental, sociological, and psychological factors that relate both positively and negatively to individual success. The demographic data are a result of a survey of blacks who held administrative positions in large city school districts of 100,000 or more during the 1972-73 school year. From a total of 1,004 questionnaires returned, approximately 250 were from female administrators. The profile presented of the black female administrator includes personal characteristics, professional experience and academic preparation, self-concept, perception of unrest, and perception of the school district. A section discusses issues peculiar to the black… [PDF]
(1979). Teacher Unionism: An Assessment. Education and Urban Society, v11 n2 p152-67 Feb. This article describes specific areas in education which have been problematic over the last 18 years and discusses ways in which the collective bargaining process was able to cope with them. (Author/EB)…
(1979). The Intensification of the Personnel Role. Personnel Journal, v58 n2 p111-12,115-19 Feb. Discusses personnel profession's increased responsibilities which are due to (1) consolidation of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, (2) labor law reform, (3) privacy legislation, (4) social security legislation, (5) open retirement, (6) medical plan costs, (7) codetermination, (8) labor scarcity, (9) top management compensation, and (10) salary compression. (CSS)…
(1978). Amici Curiae Brief: Anti-Bakke. Cross Reference: A Journal of Public Policy and Multicultural Education, v1 n2 p124-41 Mar-Apr 1978, 78. Choosing from among the many who are qualified in order to achieve, among other things, the racial and ethnic diversity so important to our institutions, cannot be left to chance. There are many ways to achieve diversity, but race must be specifically considered in choosing a student body. (Author/EB)…