(2001). Balancing the Equation: Where Are Women and Girls in Science, Engineering and Technology?. This report presents strategies for ensuring full participation and achievement in the sciences by women and girls, calling upon all adults to support the interest and persistence of females in science, engineering, and technology. After two introductory special reports, "International Efforts through Beijing +5" and "Toward Equity in the European Union," there are six parts. Part 1, "K-12: Training the Nation's Girls and Young Women," includes "Intel Prize Winners: Working with Resources at Hand" and "Funding: Sara Lee Schupf–Making Science Irresistible for Girls." Part 2, "The Undergraduate Experience," includes "Affirmative Action: Controversy and Opportunity" (Carol Hollenshead and Angela Ginorio) and "Congresswoman Connie Morella–Educating Tomorrow's Workforce." Part 3,"Academia: Graduate School and Beyond," includes "Interventions To Advance Women on Science Faculties in Europe and…
(1993). Beyond a Dream Deferred: Multicultural Education and the Politics of Excellence. This multidisciplinary anthology with chapters by faculty members, administrators, and students consolidates moral and political views of multicultural education and the institutional changes that have taken place in the past 20 years in higher education. Selections include: (1) "Rethinking America: The Practice and Politics of Multiculturalism in Higher Education" (Evelyn Hu-DeHart); (2) "The New Cultural Politics of Difference" (Cornel West); (3) "On Race and Voice: Challenges for Liberal Education in the 1990s" (Chandra Talpade Mohanty); (4) "Clarence Thomas, Affirmative Action, and the Academy" (Evelynn Hammonds); (5) "The Politics of Inclusion: Reskilling the Academy" (Becky W. Thompson and Sangeeta Tyagi); (6) "Community Ties and Law School Faculty Hiring: The Case for Professors Who Don't Think White" (Ian Haney Lopez); (7) "The Responsibility of and to Differences: Theorizing Race and Ethnicity in Lesbian and…
(1976). Why Not a Woman?. There is a need to reduce barriers to women's employment in skilled trades and related blue-collar jobs. Women have been found to perform successfully as machinists, carpenters, welders, or other blue-collar workers. Why are more women working outside the home? Almost three-fourths are working because they need the money. Aware that \men's jobs\ pay more, more women are turning to these occupations. With social support for breaking out of the stereotyped image, more women are now able to acknowledge their interests and seek personally satisfying work. Nevertheless, statistics show that only 4% of skilled blue-collar jobs are held by women. By 1970, there were 495,000 women (an increase of 80% over the 1960 figure) employed in skilled trades. Employment discrimination has not ended. Now, however, state and federal laws guarantee women's equal employment opportunities. In addition, affirmative action, required of all federal contractors, can be demanded of other employers under Title… [PDF]
(1981). Ethics in Higher Education. The Third Earl V. Pullias Lecture in Higher and Postsecondary Education. Issues of ethics in higher education, along with a broad overview on the field of ethics, are considered. Ethical concerns include: charges of unfair practices in the recruitment of college students, especially minority athletes; reducing admission requirements to the extent that classroom and even graduation standards may deteriorate; grade inflation; student dishonesty in taking tests and writing papers; student charges that they are being neglected by their professors; the development of standards for freedom of information, sunshine legislation, in contrast to the right of privacy; and the establishment of rules to limit the time full-time faculty members can spend in consultation. Methods or sanctions that have been used to control these practices include: passing affirmative action laws in regard to employment; passing laws to provide ramps to increase access of the disabled to classrooms and offices; maintaining faculty records; monitoring research on human subjects; and…
(1978). On Campus With Women. Number 19. March 1978. The contents of this newsletter concern affirmative action and employment, education of women, Title IX, sports, and international news. The following news items are included: pregnancy rulings and the supreme court, the Lamphere sex discrimination case at Brown University, top college administrative jobs filled by white males, college ties with all-male private clubs, new higher education registry for teachers and administrators, new registry of women scientists, teachers challenge of TIAA-CREF's unequal pension and insurance benefits, minority women Ph.D's gains, women's loss in the battle for more ROTC scholarships, grant-writing workshops, student government quotas, new publications of the National Advisory Council on Women's Educational Programs, lack of role models for female graduate students, a federal government publication on male role stereotyping, new resources for learning and teaching about women, court order to HEW to enforce Title IX and Executive Order 11246, charge…
(2005). Diversity & the Ph.D.: A Review of Efforts to Broaden Race & Ethnicity in U.S. Doctoral Education. Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation (NJ1) Created through Woodrow Wilson's Responsive Ph.D. initiative, \Diversity and the Ph.D.\ looks at a range of mechanisms through which foundations, government agencies, and nonprofits have sought to recruit and retain more minority students in U.S. doctoral programs. Drawing on interviews with the leaders of 13 such programs, the report also points to circumstances that increasingly impede their work. This report reveals the following findings: (1) Doctoral education's diversity record is poor. Despite some gains in recent years, by 2003 only 7 percent of all doctoral recipients were African American or Hispanic–11 percent, if international students are excluded–compared to 32 percent of doctoral-age U.S. citizens from those groups; (2) It's getting worse. Despite extraordinary support within and beyond academia for affirmative action admissions programs–as evidenced by the University of Michigan case–court challenges have had a significant chilling effect, resulting in a dilution… [PDF]
(1981). The Challenges Ahead: Issues in Planning for California Postsecondary Education, 1982-1987. Background papers for the California Postsecondary Education Commission's five-year plan (1982-87) are presented. The first paper, "Planning for the Eighties," discusses the need for planning, delineates the essential elements of planning, describes the segmental and statewide planning processes in California, and notes existing barriers to more effective planning. Financial issues, including the most current information available on sources of funds for California colleges and universities, the role of the state in financing postsecondary education, and issues regarding this role that pose problems for the future, are addressed. A discussion of students summarizes trends in student needs and characteristics and raises questions about institutional obligations and policies toward students in light of these trends. In regard to faculty, four topics are considered: collective bargaining; affirmative action; the role of part-time faculty; and faculty mobility, development,… [PDF]
(1991). The Role of Leadership in Planning and Implementing Diversity. As institutions enrolling a disproportionate number of the minority students attending colleges and universities nationwide, community colleges have a considerable responsibility to develop policies that will support diversity and serve as models for the rest of higher education. At Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC), the student population is 52% Black and 30% Hispanic, while only 25% of the faculty are minority group members. In 1988, following a systemwide administrative retreat, an ad hoc committee of City University of New York presidents formed and developed a statement on diversity which was reviewed and passed by the trustees. In response to that statement, BMCC undertook efforts to recruit more bilingual counselors; infuse diversity issues into the freshman orientation curriculum; increase community outreach efforts; expand the affirmative action committee; initiate special programs and workshops in cross-cultural understanding and inter-group dynamics for…
(1980). Equity in Corrections: A Generalized Planning Model. This guide is a generalized planning model for administrators and mid-management personnel who are trying to develop and maintain effective correctional systems, and to ensure equity for women and minorities employed in these systems. It contains directions for developing systematic, proactive equity plans for implementation by correctional agencies. The generalized planning model gives step-by-step instructions and general guidelines to be followed in producing correctional agency or institution plans which comply with legislative mandates and implement agency or institution goals for affirmative action and equal employment opportunity. Following a section of directions for users, the planning model consists of the three chapters in the guide and a flowchart. Since there are three major parts which should be included in an agency plan, the three chapters describe briefly the three components, and give directions for writing each section in an agency plan. Chapter 1 tells how an… [PDF]
(1981). Report of the Task Force on De-Regulation Initiatives. In response to a request by the Presidential Task Force on Regulatory Relief, this report offers specific recommendations for reform of federal regulations. A cover letter explains the constraints imposed by the recommended format: that the report is unable to address adequately the area of federal regulatory activity generating the most adverse criticism from college and university counsel–i.e., the present mode of enforcement of the laws, Executive Orders, and regulations pertaining to prohibited discrimination. The issues are not presented in priority order. The regulations addressed include: executive order for affirmative action in federal contracts; prohibition of sex discrimination in employment, and equity in pay; Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; sexual harrassment in employment; debarment and suspension of eligibility for financial assistance; three federal student financial aid programs (National Direct Student Loans, College Work-Study, and Supplemental…
(1988). Discrimination against Asian-Americans in Higher Education: Evidence, Causes, and Cures. The issue of discrimination against Asian-Americans in higher education is discussed. The focus is on: whether certain of the country's most prestigious universities discriminate against Asian-American applicants; why this occurs; and what university officials, executive branch administrators, and members of Congress can do about it. Suspicions arise because university admissions committees tend to be extremely vague about the impact of race on their acceptance/rejection decisions. Though minority status can add 40 to 50 percentage points to an applicant's chance of admission, such racial preferences generally do not operate in favor of Asian-Americans and are often quite the opposite. Statistical evidence shows these candidates face higher hurdles than academically less qualified candidates of other races. One study shows the cultural bias and stereotypes that prevail in the admission office work to the detriment of Asian-American applicants. Rejection of such applicants appears to… [PDF]
(1977). The Regents of the University of California, Petitioner, vs. Allan Bakke, Respondent. On Writ of Certiorari to the Supreme Court of the State of California. Reply Brief for Petitioner. The Regents of the University of California present the following argument with regard to their medical school admissions policy at the Davis campus: The central issue presented by this case is whether the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution forbids a state professional school to take account of race in admissions to remedy the effects of discrimination against racial minorities. It is unfair and misleading to state that the medical school program admits "less qualified" in place of "better qualified" applicants. It is unfair and misleading to label the medical school program a "quota." The choice of a particular numerical target to define the scope of the program has no constitutional significance. The respondent, Allan Bakke, was not denied admission solely because of his race. Further, the Equal Protection Clause does not bar a state from voluntarily adopting and implementing a policy of increasing the number of medical students and…
(1995). Excellence and Equity: A Plan for Building Community in Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education. This Equity Plan is designed to meet three major objectives for the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. It is meant to serve as the policy reference for systemwide equity and diversity efforts for the remainder of the 1990s and to be the procedural and policy blueprint for the efforts of the individual universities in the system. The plan articulates Pennsylvania's vision for the future with relation to equity. The concept of community is the basis of all elements of the Equity Plan, which challenges everyone at a university to be involved in the creation of a welcoming climate in which all students, staff, and faculty flourish. The plan's major subject areas are: (1) students; (2) personnel; and (3) economic opportunities. Each of these areas is addressed from the perspective of the present status of the system, the system's goals, and recommendations regarding strategies and resources for goal attainment. The personnel section also addresses the issue of gender equity…. [PDF]
(2024). The Black Family's Guide to College Admissions: A Conversation about Education, Parenting, and Race. Second Edition. Johns Hopkins University Press Finding the right college is a challenge for all students, but Black families face additional challenges and questions when navigating the admissions process. Veteran admissions experts Timothy L. Fields and Shereem Herndon-Brown demystify this complexity by advising families on when to begin the process, where to apply, and how to be a competitive applicant. Fields and Herndon-Brown address specific concerns that are not often addressed by school counselors or other resources. They highlight how recent social justice movements and legal cases have amplified the necessity of considering both Historically Black Colleges and Universities and predominantly white institutions, while covering everything from athletic recruitment and artistic talents to financial aid and step-by-step instructions for how to search for colleges and then apply to them. The second edition includes new chapters on: (1) prioritizing students' and parents' mental health; (2) understanding the influence of… [Direct]
(1982). The Mobile Staff: Concepts and Determinants of Academic Administrator Job Change. Predictors of academic staff administrators' job change were studied based on a conceptual framework derived from Rosabeth Kanter's work on opportunity. Questionnaire data from higher education administrators who had been employed between 1973 and 1978 following the application of affirmative action to higher education were analyzed. \Academic staff\ refers to positions that are adjunct to primary institutional tasks and are generally intended to support the organizational chain of command. The questionnaire addressed: administrators' educational and professional background, job characteristics, professional activities, observations about work responsibilities, career influences and prospects, and mentor relationships. The investigation entailed a secondary analysis of data originally collected as part of an administrator survey undertaken in 1979 in Pennsylvania colleges and universities. To determine the predictors of mobility for staff administrators, a series of stepwise…