(1994). The Young Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States. This book, intended for juveniles and young students, provides an encyclopedic collection of reference information about the U.S. Supreme Court. The articles are arranged alphabetically to aid in looking up words, ideas, or names. Lists of "see also" entries are located at the end of articles to refer the reader to related subjects. The book includes biographical sketches of all 107 justices of the Supreme Court, detailed discussions of 100 of the most historically significant cases decided by the Supreme Court, articles that define and discuss concepts central to the meaning of constitutionalism in the United States and decision-making by the court, legal terms and phrases associated with the Court's operation, procedures and practices in the daily operations of the court, essays on key topics and issues in U.S. constitutional law, excerpts from notable Supreme Court opinions, and tables of milestone cases in the development of constitutional law. Essays on current…
(1988). Theory, Research, and Applications: Selected Papers from the Annual Meeting of the National Association for Bilingual Education (16th, Denver, Colorado, March 30-April 3, 1987). Papers in this volume include the following: "The Theoretical Framework of Jim Cummins: A Review and Critique"; "The Development of Bilingual Behavior"; "Effective Schools Research and Language Instruction Programs"; "Reading and Writing Instruction in Three Bilingual Education Programs in Connecticut"; "Instructional Discourse in an Effective Kindergarten Classroom: A Case Study"; "Ecobehavioral Variables within a Classroom with Limited-English Proficient Students"; "Creative Reading: A Relevant Methodology for Language Minority Children"; "Teachers' Perceptions of Errors in Second Language Learning and Acquisition"; "Testing the Transfer Paradigm in Second Language Learning: The Case of Spelling Skills"; "Conducting and Evaluating Oral Tests in the Second Language Classroom";"The Competency Testing Mine Field: Validation, Legal and Ethical Issues with Implications for… [PDF]
(1990). Strategic Master Planning Document, 1990. Developed at Lansing Community College (LCC) through a charrette process, this strategic master plan provides specific directions for action, while retaining room for human judgment in moving toward the college's goals. The seven sections of the plan focus on strategic planning goals, including charrette recommendations, rationales, and strategies within each priority level for action. The planning goals relate to: (1) strengthening instruction with respect to basic skills assessment, cross-curricular competencies, common core of courses, duplication of courses, the Academic Affairs Office, exit competencies, and instructional design, technology, and support; (2) strengthening student services in the areas of computer-based student services, counseling, equal access to services, student support services, child and dependent care, student minority affairs, handicapped and tutorial services, health care activities, and student activities; (3) strengthening the college's financial…
(1991). Comprehensive Planning Resource Document, 1990-91, for the Kern Community College District. This compilation of resources for district planning in 1990-91 provides an overview of demographic, personnel, financial, facilities, and curriculum issues for the Kern Community College District (California) and its member institutions, Bakersfield, Cerro Coso, and Porterville colleges. The 10 sections of the document cover: (1) General Information, including a description of the district planning process; the text of the California Community Colleges Basic Agenda for 1990-91; and philosophy, mission, and goals statements; (2) External Characteristics, including population, labor force, and high school enrollment statistics and projections; (3) Internal Evaluation, including program evaluation and accreditation procedures; (4) Instructional Services, including an inventory of approved programs, academic calendars, and vocational education offerings and needs; (5) Student Support Services, including plans for matriculation, assessment, Extended Opportunity Programs and Services, and…
(1989). Thinking Together about the New Century in Michigan Higher Education. Project 90: A Priority Assessment from Professors of Higher Education within the Education Administration Department of the College of Education, Michigan State University, 1987-1989. Purpose of Michigan State University's Project 90 Priority Assessment was to extract, synthesize, and delineate a series of potential initiatives for public higher education in Michigan that reflect the key proposals of recent state and national studies. The study sought to compare the priorities of state legislators and officials with those of presidents, chief academic officers, and board chairs of Michigan community colleges and universities. In addition, the study sought to determine the major reasons for the selection of the top priorities and anticipated problems associated with them. Several groups were asked to assign priority to 21 initiatives, including 87 presidents, academic officers, and board chairs from community colleges; 43 members of those groups from universities; 100 members of the State House of Representatives; 48 members of the State Senate; and 11 staff members from the Department of Public Instruction. Study findings, based on responses from 55% of the… [PDF]
(1990). Collegial Governance at College of Marin: A Governmental Model. Management Report 1989-90/2. The College of Marin has adopted a model of collegial governance that involves the entire campus community in recommending policies and procedures that determine the rules by which employees and students live. The model, which was designed by a task force representing faculty, staff, and students, is based on the U.S. Government model of executive, legislative, and judicial branches. Its major components are an Academic Senate, a Classified Senate, a Student Senate, and a Senate Executive Board. Each of the three Senates has two major roles: (1) to review and recommend District policies and College procedures; and (2) to recommend appointments from its membership to College governance committees. The Senate Executive Board is composed of an equal number of representatives from each of the three Senates. Proposals for new or changed policies or procedures travel through a number of committees before reaching the Senate Executive Board (comparable to a legislative conference… [PDF]
(1989). Transforming the Curriculum for Equity and Excellence. With the changing demographics in college populations, educators can no longer offer students a curriculum that denies the very existence of women and minorities. Yet this is precisely what occurs in the traditional or womanless curriculum. If one recognizes the limitations of a curriculum that accepts male experience as universal, one is ready to begin curriculum transformation. A questionnaire was sent to all community college humanities departments in an attempt to ascertain what faculty were doing to balance their humanities courses for gender and how they were doing it. Over 250 responses from more than 70 different colleges were received. Based on these responses, the following suggestions are offered to faculty interested in transforming their humanities courses: (1) start wherever colleagues and institutions feel most comfortable (usually this means beginning to incorporate more works by women or material that includes women's experiences); (2) in classes where instructors…
(1981). Trustee Quarterly: Volume 5, Numbers 1-4, 1980-1981. Trustee Quarterly, v5 n1-4 1980-81. These four issues of \Trustee Quarterly\ present 31 articles on topics of concern to community college trustees, including finance, administration, and mission. Specific articles cover: (1) the board chair's political role (E. M. Duffy); (2) evaluation and goal setting (M. Hays); (3) collective bargaining (K. L. Hunt and W. Hamilton); (4) long- and short-range planning (D. B. Lake); (5) trustee role in presidential evaluations (J. Lombardi); (6) changes facing community colleges (S. E. Marsee); (7) trustee orientation (P. McGlashan); (8) adult literacy and the community college (N. M. Ellison); (9) board self-evaluation (M. M. Harris); (10) relations with the federal government (C. M. Mathias); (11) power and politics of state educational policy (B. Roberts); (12) legal liabilities of the trustee (R. E. Sechler); (13) international education (B. F. Stewart); (14) competing with industry for faculty (H. A. Tuck); (15) trustee responsibilities (A. R. Christensen); (16) board/president…
(1978). The State Role–Beyond Bakke. Outcomes of the Bakke decision and the role of the state in developing an effective post-Bakke agenda are addressed. While the Supreme Court rejected the doctrine of complete racial neutrality in admissions decisions, there is ambiguity in the decision that could be used to rationalize complacency and justification of the status quo, doing away with quotas and two-tracks and submitting nothing in their place, or weakening programs designed to support minority students with potential for professional and graduate work. Advantages of the decision include directing attention to the issue of underrepresentation of minorities in higher education and in responsible positions in American society. It is suggested that state boards, commissions, or departments of higher education have played or have the capacity for playing significant roles in expansion of access, including providing guidance in areas related to access such as admissions standards and student aid. An agenda for state higher… [PDF]
(1978). A Materialist Theory of Women's Status. The paper examines three factors–reproduction, production, and psychodynamics–which contribute to maintaining an inferior image of women in a capitalistic society. It also offers suggestions for changing these social structures so that they will not relegate women to inferior social status. In a capitalistic society production is based on commodities, which are defined as objects which have exchange value in the market place. Although the position of women as nurturers is highly valued socially, women do not gain the esteem and power which comes from the world of commodities. Also, the social organization of capitalism reinforces the division between nurturance (female) and authority (male). In addition, the tasks of reproduction and socialization of children also divide women and men into tasks of nurturance and authority. This duality is then reflected in the work which women do outside the home. When women display behavior inappropriate to their roles as nurturing females, they…
(2001). The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education, 2000-2001. Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education, v11 n1-25 2000-2001. This document consists of all 25 issues of Volume 11 of "The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education," a biweekly journal that addresses issues in higher education for Hispanic Americans. Each issue contains several feature articles, a policy update column called "Outlook on Washington," a description of an exemplary program, and a sample student success story. Among topics addressed by feature articles in each issue are: (1) college admissions and the diversity plan of the University of Wisconsin; (2) education and the new Hispanic heritage; (3) Latin American jurists and legal education; (4) bilingual education and academic achievement; (5) Hispanic American achievement, Internet programs, and racial tensions; (6) Hispanic Americans in sports, science, and sociology; (7) Hispanic Americans at the City University of New York; (8) student financial aid and paying for college; (9) international education and the Latino educational agenda; (10) achievement of Hispanic… [PDF]
(2020). Race at the Top: Historical Insights on the College Presidency and Racial Inequities. Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, v52 n2 p17-21. College presidents are important administrators who are frequently expected to address the public when racism occurs on college campuses. However, journalists and administrators often react to events and implement initiatives without understanding the broader context surrounding racial incidents. On historically White campuses, college presidents' frequent failure to acknowledge the past has become a standard operating procedure. This is unfortunate because, as history demonstrates, college presidents have the influence to shape policies and practices. Therefore, they are role models, knowingly or unknowingly, for how to move forward a real equity and social justice agenda. The views of the president–whose voice is arguably seen as a proxy for the stance of the university–are critical to showing that institutions' leaders will not tolerate racism. The college presidency is a particularly important administrative role to study historically because it offers new perspective on, and… [Direct]
(2022). The Anatomy of a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Takeover: A Case Study of the University of Tennessee. National Association of Scholars This report offers analysis of the University of Tennessee's Diversity Action Plans. Every academic college and every Vice-Chancellor Unit on campus issued plans. True to Chancellor Donde Plowman's vision, these colleges and units propose extensive and ideologically-charged reforms. The National Association of Scholars finds in these plans nothing short of a blueprint for an institutional overhaul–the anatomy of a diversity, equity, and inclusion takeover. Such a takeover will have obvious implications for education at the University of Tennessee. The National Association of Scholars believes that true education will erode and indoctrination will flourish. These plans, moreover, reveal in extensive detail what an exhaustive diversity, equity, and inclusion program looks like. Thus the report provides a case study in the rolling revolution under way in academia…. [PDF]
(2023). Academic Freedom and Tenure: Indiana University Northwest. American Association of University Professors This report addresses the actions taken in September 2021 by the administration of Indiana University Northwest that led to the dismissal and revocation of tenure of Dr. Mark McPhail. The investigating committee found that IUN violated several AAUP-recommended standards of academic due process and the protection of intramural speech in the dismissal of Dr. McPhail, without any appropriate proceeding or disciplinary process. Furthermore, the report concludes that the behavioral complaints brought against Dr. McPhail that resulted in his termination relied on "racist tropes of incompetent, angry, and physically violent Black men" without any credible basis in truth, and that the general "conditions for academic governance at Indiana University Northwest can therefore only be described as unsound." [The text of this report was written in the first instance by the investigating committee.]… [PDF]
(1998). Education Policy. IDRA Focus. IDRA Newsletter, v25 n10 Nov-Dec. This theme issue includes five articles that focus on educational policy in the Texas legislature in relation to student retention, Internet access, and sexual harassment. "1999 Texas Legislative Session–End of an Era?" (Albert Cortez, Maria Robledo Montecel) examines educational equity issues facing legislators: school funding, including the facilities allotment, funding formulas, and special program allotments; disciplinary alternative education programs; reporting of student dropout rates; reading initiatives; public money for private schooling; and affirmative action in higher education. "Retention Fails, but Continues To Be Promoted" (Pam McCollum) reviews national and state histories of retention policies, including social promotion versus in-grade retention, the failures and costs of social promotion, summer schools, transitional schools, research on retention, and alternatives to retention. "The E-Rate and the Battle for Equity in Educational… [PDF]