(1994). African American Faculty in Community Colleges: Why They Aren't There. New Directions for Community Colleges, n87 p19-25 Fall. Describes the nation's academic culture to explain the underrepresentation of African American faculty in two-year colleges. Suggests that the presence of African American faculty can influence the behavior of an institution and bring about a climate that leads to retention and future recruitment. (10 citations) (MAB)… [Direct]
(1991). Institutional Discrimination in Agricultural Programs. Rural Sociologist, v11 n1 p16-18 Win. Examines history of discrimination within U.S. agricultural programs, specifically in U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Compares USDA employment and grant allocations for Blacks and Whites since Civil Rights Act of 1964. Cites other examples of institutional discrimination in federal agriculture programs. Calls for development of policy alternatives. (TES)…
(1993). World Enough, and Time: Using Search and Screen Committees to Select Personnel in Academic Libraries. Journal of Academic Librarianship, v19 n3 p149-53 Jul. Examines the ineffectiveness of search and screen committees in hiring for professional positions in academic libraries. Alternatives such as automating various parts of the process, group interviews, and assessment centers are considered; and educating all staff in interviewing skills and increasing their participation in the search and screen process is advocated. (Contains 29 references.) (EAM)…
(1991). Preparing Women and Minorities as Rural School Administrators. Rural Educator, v12 n2 p1-5 Win 1990-91. A nontraditional Master's degree program in educational administration at South Dakota State University was designed to encourage participation by women and minorities. Twenty-four women completed the two-year program, which featured weekend classes, reduced tuition, and special courses focusing on instructional leadership, administrative vision, and networking strategies. (SV)…
(1999). Expert Report. "Grutter, et al. v. Bollinger, et al." No. 97-75928 (E.D. Mich.). Equity & Excellence in Education, v32 n2 p67-70 Sep. Describes an analysis of the consequences of abandoning race as a factor in law school admissions. Addresses the importance of student diversity in the context of legal education. Analysis of data for 90,335 students shows that without consideration of race, the most selective U.S. law schools would be unable to enroll more than a few minority group students. (SLD)…
(1998). A JBHE Survey on the Political Views of Black Graduates of America's Leading Colleges and Universities. Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, n18 p98-101 Win 1997-1998. Presents survey responses from over 1,000 black alumni of seven prestigious colleges and universities to determine whether college-educated, middle- and upper-class blacks are the most alienated, radicalized, and disenchanted group of African Americans. Comments from some responders on the benefits afforded blacks who "know their place" in a white-dominated society are provided. (GR)…
(2000). Books: Meritocracy, If You Can Keep It. Policy Review, n101 p67-71 Jun-Jul. Reviews two books criticizing the use of standardized testing. Nicholas Lehmann considers selective college admission based on the Scholastic Assessment Tests (SAT) offensive, since such tests never tap innate abilities. Peter Sacks develops a broader critique not confined to the SAT. The books suggest that effective education reform depends upon building on the decentralization and experimentalism currently characterizing American education. (SM)…
(2004). Expert Report of Kent D. Syverud in \Grutter v. Bollinger\. Peabody Journal of Education, v79 n2 p136-140 Mar. In \Grutter v. Bollinger\, __ U.S. ___ ; 123 S. Ct. 2325; 156 L. Ed. 2d 304 (2003), the Supreme Court rendered a landmark decision approving the use of race as one factor in admissions decisions at the University of Michigan Law School. The opinion of the Court discussed an expert opinion of Kent D. Syverud, Dean of the Vanderbilt Law School, concerning the educational benefits of diversity, noting that \when a critical mass of underrepresented minority students is present, racial stereotypes lose their force because non-minority students learn there is no 'minority viewpoint' but rather a variety of viewpoints among minority students.\ The expert report to which the Court referred was prepared at the Vanderbilt Law School in 1999 and attached as an Exhibit (in Volume 3 of the Appendix) to the Defendant University of Michigan Law School's \Memorandum of Law in Support of Motion for Summary Judgment\, May 3, 1999, \Grutter v. Bollinger\, C.A. No. 97-75928, in the United States…
(2006). New College Diversity Laws: Banning Racial Exclusion?. Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, v72 n3 p31-36 Nov. Race-exclusive programs of American universities and colleges, created initially to level the playing fields for under-represented students in higher education, are now considered discriminatory and illegal. The concerns levied against higher education institutions have been in response to two 2003 U.S. Supreme Court cases on race and admission at the University of Michigan. Although the cases did not ban using race in admissions to higher education, they left the law unclear. As a consequence, not only are groups and the Department of Justice interpreting the law in a manner that views many race-exclusive programs as illegal and putting pressure on schools to open their programs to all; legal departments within universities nationwide have preemptively advocated changing their race-exclusive programs to avoid lawsuits down the road. In the meantime, the country will need to keep any eye on the numbers to judge the growth (or lack thereof) of minority representation in higher… [Direct]
(1976). Quality, Not Quotas. Society, 13, 2, 10,14-17, Jan-Feb 76. Suggests that a refusal to test for competency because of so-called cultural biases is highly political and deprives one of any tool to determine who has appropriate skills. Criteria for excellence cannot be dropped for an extended periot of time without serious social and economic repercussions. (Author/AM)…
(1974). Preferential Law School Admissions and the Equal Protection Clause: An Analysis of the Competing Arguments. UCLA Law Review, 22, 2, 343-400, Dec 74. Examines the DeFunis case and preferential admissions policies, the standard of judicial review in testing these programs under the equal protection clause, the relevance of the educational setting to the scope of judicial review, the goals offered to justify preferential admission, and possible alternative means of accomplishing the goals. (JT)…
(1989). Description of Workshop Series for Precollege Teachers on Women and Gender, Including Topics Covered, Readings Used, and Sample Handouts. A 2-year curriculum transformation project for 12 humanities teachers from seven independent schools sought to help pre-college teachers integrate new information and insights based on women's studies and gender scholarship into their teaching. Topics covered during the workshops included the history of concern with women and gender; engenderment as a social process; tensions between gender shared and gender specific experience and behavior; the uniformities and diversities within and between women's and men's experience, with special attention to the effects of class, race and ethnic background; the differences and interactions between experience and ideology; theories of feminism; stages in curricular revision; and pedagogical implications of the ways society is gendered. This document is a description of the curriculum development project, and includes a syllabus and resource guide. (JD)…
(1986). Mathematics and Science Equity: Do You Have It? How Do You Get It?. This report on sex equity in mathematics and science education focuses primarily on the situation in Washington State schools. The report is divided into eight sections. Section I explains why the problem is an equity issue: Despite progress in other areas, girls continue to lag behind boys in enrollment and achievement in mathematics and science courses, an indication that biases remain. Section II reviews research in this area and observes that, while girls' interest in mathematics declines as they advance in schools, there is much evidence suggesting that this decline is due to purely environmental factors. Section III provides statistical data on Washington students; girls and boys exhibit equivalent achievement in elementary grades, but questions of equity arise in relation to minority and female enrollments in mathematics and science courses at the secondary level. Section IV presents a form for the use of educators and school administrators in assessing the extent of the…
(1989). Black Colleges: Something of Value. AAHE Bulletin, v41 n8 p8-10 Apr. In the early stages of higher education desegregation, there was a disproportionate shifting of black students to historically white institutions. Today, it is estimated that about 82% of all black students in colleges and universities are enrolled in traditionally white institutions. As desegregation proceeded, the conviction grew that it was to flow in one direction: black into white. As state desegregation plans were developed under court directives, they were, at times, attended by calls for closing of black institutions or their merger into white higher education. Leaders and managers of black institutions have been slow to admit the existence of this trend; few, therefore, sought to compensate by broadening their institutional missions to appeal to a general community constituency. As a result, many black institutions lost enrollment and suffered financial distress. Many presidents were timid about broadening their missions for fear of criticism from the campus and local black…
(1982). Minority Teachers in an Era of Retrenchment: Early Lessons in an Ongoing Dilemma. A Followup Report. Reviewed here are the effects on multiracial staffing brought about by the first year of implementing Proposition 2 1/2, the Massachusetts cap on local property and excise taxes. The first chapter looks at the general effects of Proposition 2 1/2 on educational quality and equality. Chapter 2 presents trends and shifts in teacher staff levels statewide, by curriculum and by type of community. Changes in minority representation on faculties before and after Proposition 2 1/2 are reviewed in chapter 3. Chapter 4 recounts policy and legal developments concerning teaching and equal employment opportunity. The educational dimension of the presence of minority teachers in the schools is discussed in the last chapter. The report concludes that in many districts examined, minority faculty do not appear to have been disproportionately laid off, but that the future of multiracial staffing in most districts is perilous. Wholesale layoffs of minorities have not yet occurred because of two…