(1985). Springfield Technical Community College Five-Year Plan Update, 1984-85. A summary is provided of the progress of Springfield Technical Community College (STCC) in meeting the major objectives of its 5-year plan. Chapter I focuses on academic affairs, providing an evaluation and review of academic programs; an examination of program and curriculum development activities; an analysis of curriculum/program development in terms of financial resources; and an overview of enrollment trends. In chapter II, programs and activities to enhance recruitment and retention of minority and nontraditional students are described, including general and developmental studies programs, developmental English and mathematics programs, the tutorial assistance program, academic advising system, counseling programs, and special student retention activities. Chapter III focuses on STCC's involvement with the community, covering the public school curriculum review project, community services, affirmative action, admission/public relations, and the Center for Business/Industry…
(2022). Beyond "Good-Faith" Efforts: Diversifying the Faculty Ranks in Teacher Education through Equity-Conscious Recruitment Practices. Action in Teacher Education, v44 n3 p181-195. This autoethnographic cross-case study articulates a set of field-tested strategies, focusing on how White-dominated teacher-preparation programs (TPPs) could recruit a greater number of teacher educators who are Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) by actively designing, implementing, and modeling equity-conscious recruitment practices. The conceptual framework describes the instrumental value that BIPOC teacher educators bring to Predominantly White Institutions (PWIs) by drawing on a sociocultural assets-based view of racially diverse professionals in historically White settings. Methods involved a directed approach to content analysis of 50 search-related documents across 10 faculty searches that the author facilitated between the years 2009-2018 that led to all-BIPOC hires. The findings focus on three major milestones during a typical faculty search with an emphasis on the contexts of TPPs: (a) planning for equitable and inclusive practices from start to finish through… [Direct]
(1984). AAUP Policy Documents & Reports. 1984 Edition. Policies and standards of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) are presented, along with a number of reports on significant topics. The materials, many of which were published in the "AAUP Bulletin," or, since 1979, in "Academe: Bulletin of the AAUP," cover the following topics: academic freedom, tenure, and due process; discrimination; college and university government; collective bargaining; professional ethics; student rights and freedoms; college and university accreditation; research and teaching; and collateral benefits. Specific issues include: faculty dismissal, renewal/nonrenewal of faculty appointments, notice of nonreappointment, imposition of tenure quotas, full-time nontenure-track appointments, status of part-time faculty, sex discrimination, affirmative action plans, problems resulting from financial exigency, faculty status of college librarians, arbitration of faculty grievances, late resignation and professional ethics,… [PDF]
(1978). A Study of Attitudes Toward Racial and Religious Minorities and Toward Women. Study No. S2829-B. Much of this study is devoted to finding out the views, prejudices, and perceptions of the white majority about the black minority in the United States. The survey was taken among a nationwide sample between October 6, and November 8, 1978. It included 1,673 whites and an oversample of 281 Jewish people, with subsamples of 86 Spanish Americans, 450 Catholics, and 843 white Protestants. In addition, a separate nationwide cross-section of 783 blacks was surveyed. The study also deals with issues generated by attempts to impose racial and religious quotas in education and economic life, the "Bakke" decision of the U.S. Supreme Court, and the future of affirmative action. White and black views toward Spanish-Americans are measured and analyzed along with an assessment of their own status from Hispanics themselves. Previous data on anti-Semitism trends are updated. Comparable data were also collected on attitudes toward Catholics. Finally, previous data on attitudes toward…
(1986). Part-Time Faculty Personnel Management Policies. American Council on Education/Macmillan Series on Higher Education. A framework for integrating part-time college faculty into an existing institutional structure is presented. Suggestions are offered on ways that department and division heads can make personnel policies that meet both the part-timer's need for fairness, certainty, and structure, and the college's need for flexibility and order. Policies are recommended to minimize the risks resulting from poorly designed or nonexistent personnel policies for part-timers. Constraints imposed by institutional charters, and by public, private, unionized, and nonunionized status are also addressed. Potential points of conflict between full- and part-time faculty members are identified, as well as the divergent interests of part- and full-timers. Specific considerations concerning affirmative action, compensation, hiring, and promotion include: selection criteria, length of appointment, accruing seniority and access to full-time positions, general and fringe benefits, eligibility for tenure, teaching…
(1997). Shared Governance System. Reports and Recommendations 1996-97. This document contains reports and recommendations from the twelve permanent committees of the Shared Governance System of the City College of San Francisco (CCSF) in California. The report is divided into three sections, reflecting the system's tripartite division into collegial, advisory, and budget/planning areas. In each of the document's three sections, a description of the purpose of the committee precedes a summary of the committees' actions during the 1996-97 academic year. The first section deals with the collegial governance system, and includes information on academic policies, curriculum committee actions, the staff development committee, and the student preparations/student success committee. The second section details the college advisory governance system, examining the college advisory committee, affirmative action committee, communication committee, computer policies committee, and the health and safety committee. The last section deals with the budget and planning… [PDF]
(2005). Chronicle of Higher Education. Volume 51, Number 19, January 14, 2005. Chronicle of Higher Education, v51 n19 Jan. "Chronicle of Higher Education" presents an abundant source of news and information for college and university faculty members and administrators. This January 14, 2005 issue of "Chronicle for Higher Education" includes the following articles: (1) "Utopia College: A Distinctive Alternative" (Nemko, Marty); (2) "An Inspired Collection Honors a Founder of the Indie Movement" (Sterritt, David); (3) "The Newspaper Appreciation as Death Kit" (Romano, Carlin); (4) "Time Has Not Favored Racial Preferences" (Clegg, Roger); (5) "The City Shall Rise Again: Urban Resilience in the Wake of Disaster" (Vale, Lawrence J.; Campanella, Thomas J.); (6) "Lawrence and Alex's Great Publishing Adventure" (Douglas, Lawrence; George, Alexander); (7) "Fat Man, Thin Man, Bike Man" (Smallwood, Scott); (8) "In Syria, Building a Civil Society Book by Book: A Young Publisher Sets Out to Translate the Works of Western…
(1978). Preparing for the Bakke Decision: Chicanos, Higher Education and the Supreme Court. As the decision in the Bakke case drew near, Chicanos addressed the question of what they and higher education could do to insure increased minority admissions into graduate and professional schools. Commonly suggested proposals of changing formal admissions criteria and direct intervention by the law and government often cause more problems than they solve and, at best, address only a small part of the difficulties and dialogue between minority applicants and higher education. As an alternative to those simplistic suggestions, a combination affirmative action approach could include, but not be limited to, some variation of an open admissions system, changes in the traditional ways of selecting faculty members, moving the direct responsibility for minority admission to higher levels of administrative responsibility, precisely defining service areas for different minority populations, recognizing and using the political profiteering that accompanies present admission practices,…
(1977). Oregon State University Governmental Impact Study. Interactions between the government and Oregon State University were assessed with attention to the following areas: employment and personnel administration (regulations regarding equal opportunity, affirmative action, and nondiscrimination); students and student life (regulations regarding admissions, financial aid, records management, special student programs, and instructional activities); sponsored research (regulations regarding grant and contract research, the Agricultural Experiment Station, the Cooperative Extension Service, and the Sea-Grant Program); and facilities and physical plant (regulations regarding the health and safety of university students and staff, and access for the handicapped). Some specific topics of analysis are as follows: the state merit system, interpretations of the Federal Unemployment Tax Act and related legislation, students' rights, the Buckley Amendment (privacy of student academic records); types of student financial assistance programs,…
(1996). NABE News, Volume 19. NABE News, v19 n1-8 1995-96. Volume 19 of the newsletter of the National Association for Bilingual Education, which spans the period from September 1995 to August 1996, contains a variety of articles on issues and developments in bilingual education policy and programs, including: two way bilingual education; language information from the 1990 Census; cultural influence and learning styles among Korean students and Korean-Americans; American Indian and Alaska Native education; affirmative action; federal policy formation and appropriations; the English-only movement; English-as-a-second-language (ESL) teaching; educational technology and language-minority students; Asian-American student diversity; bilingual program staff development; cooperative learning; stabilizing indigenous languages; ESL for home use; Internet resources; Laotian students; program administration; teaching linguistically diverse populations; parent involvement and influence; Goals 2000; bilingual teacher education; local policy formation;… [PDF]
(1980). Is There Life After 504? A Guide to Building and Program Accessibility. Intended for administrators and trustees of cultural institutions, the booklet offers guidelines for evaluating buildings and programs in terms of accessibility to the handicapped, locating and making good use of advisors and consultants, training staff to deal successfully with disabled visitors, taking advantage of the available resources and expertise, working with a wide range of disabilities, and understanding various disabilities and their ranges. Chapters address the following topics (sample subtopics are in parentheses): commitment to accessibility; formation of an advisory board to represent the disabled constituency (selecting advisors, finding advisors, the advisor's role); building accessibility (steps for determining physical accessibility of facilities); exhibit accessibility (visitors using wheelchairs, visually impaired visitors, and hearing impaired visitors); orientation materials (types of materials, the Braille dilemma); program accessibility (communication, the…
(1981). Equity from a Legal Perspective. Research and Development Series No. 214K. The history of the development of equity–justice and fairness–can be traced through law and court cases. Early United States Supreme Court opinions (1873) on issues of newly asserted claims by women provide evidence of preconceptions concerning women and their stereotyped positions. Occupational exclusion was reinforced by law to maintain a caste system. An even more fundamental right denied to women was the right to vote. Again, in 1948, male judges relegated women to "appropriate" and "feminine" occupations. In 1908, enacted legislation to shield women from excessively long hours of labor in stressful work situations was upheld. Appeals for equity were muted by supporters of the Equal Rights Amendment, since women voters were promoted as having more sensitivity and integrity. Protective legislation based upon traditional stereotypes about women continued to be upheld into the seventies. Progress toward equity include the passage of Title VII of the Civil… [PDF]
(1983). Approved Recommendations on Working Out National Standards of Library Service for the Blind. Standards are briefly outlined for four general areas. Administrative areas addressed are policies and procedures, legal basis, planning reports–statistical and narrative, budget, funding, personnel (personnel policies and procedures, positions and responsibilities, staff size, training and performance, job description, affirmative action, training and instruction, and volunteers), relationships with other libraries and agencies (sharing information, coordination of services, liaison activities and public education, directories of other agencies, and contacts with library schools), and physical facilities (the interior). Resource development areas include selection of materials, copyright, annotated bibliographies, titles produced, collection maintenance, quality control, technical and qualitative criteria, reproduction of titles and copies (cassette, braille, and large type), and collection maintenance. User service standards address user needs, temporary service, responsibility…
(1985). Collective Bargaining Agreement between Monmouth College and the Faculty Association of Monmouth College, July 1, 1985-June 30, 1988. The collective bargaining agreement between Monmouth College and the Monmouth College Faculty Association (an affiliate of the American Association of University Professors) covering the period July 1, 1985-June 30, 1988 is presented. Items covered in the agreement are: unit recognition; academic rank; equal employment, affirmative action, and nondiscrimination; academic freedom; appointment, continuance, tenure, and promotion procedures; dismissal for adequate cause; grievance and arbitration; faculty reduction; teaching load and scheduling; research, consulting, and other off-campus services; salary; hospital and medical insurance; disability and group life insurance; travel accident insurance; retirement plans; tuition benefits; summer school and overload compensation; compensation for small classes and for special nonrequired courses; faculty grants for creative activity; sabbatical grants and faculty improvement loans; leaves of absence without pay; dues deduction; personnel… [PDF]
(1987). Handbook of Accreditation and Policy Manual, 1987 Edition; A Handbook for Evaluators; and A Guide to Institutional Self Study and Reports to the Commission. This three-volume set outlines the policies, procedures, and requirements of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges' Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges. First, the "Handbook of Accreditation and Policy Manual" covers the following topics: (1) eligibility for accreditation and requirements for maintaining accreditation status; (2) standards for accreditation, including mandatory requirements for goals and objectives, educational programs, institutional staff, student services, community services, learning resources, physical resources, financial resources, governance and administration, and district or system relationships; and (3) commission policies on such issues as affirmative action, public access, institutional ethics, review of commission actions, nontraditional study, transfer, and college athletics. The first companion volume, "A Handbook for Evaluators," explains the role of the evaluator and evaluation team chair; the…