(1978). Legalization of Employment Discrimination against White Males. Journal of Intergroup Relations, v6 n4 p30-39 Dec. The intervention of government to require speeial treatment of designated groups on the basis of race, color, or sex is inconsistent with principles of equal treatment under American law. Regardless of past discrimination against certain classes, governmental determination to favor them at the expense of White males is not justified. (Author/WI)…
(1978). An Analysis of Uniform Guidelines in Employee Selection Procedures. Employee Relations Law Journal, v4 n3 p346-56 Win 1978-79. Article points out that while new federal Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures, which became effective September 25, 1978, attempt to clarify two conflicting sets of rules, they also impose new burdens on public and private employers. Available from Executive Enterprise Publications Co., Inc., 10 Columbus Circle, New York, New York 10019; $48.00 annually. (Author/PKP)…
(1978). The Bakke Case: The Logical Legacy of Atheoretical Protest Politics. Freedomways, 18, 1, 16-20, Win 78. Suggests that the importance of the Bakke case lies in the fact that it could act as a catalytic agent that would force social theoreticians, especially black ones, to face to an important question: what is the role of racism in the U.S. political economy? (Author/AM)…
(1978). Bangs and Whimpers The Strange Case of Allan Bakke. Freedomways, 18, 1, 21-7, Win 78. Suggests that Bakke was not rejected because he was white or because of a minority program, but rather because he was not highly qualified and in addition possibly because of his age. (Author/AM)…
(1978). Sex-Affirmative Counseling: The Counselor as Change Agent. Tennessee Education, 7, 3, 21-7, Win 78. Sex-affirmative counseling requires: counselor self-exploration re: his/her mind-set toward sex-role stereotyping; awareness of the sex-role attitudes of the counselee re: perceived available alternatives; content analysis of counseling material re: blatant or subtle sex-bias; and affirmative moves by the counselor to explore discarded life options based on sex-role stereotypes. (JC)…
(1977). The New Meaning of Equity. Journal of Legal Education, 28, 4, 532-41, 77. The current bias of law schooling, particularly in the first year, in favor of the ordinary action at law for damages, should be reviewed in light of the significance of contemporary actions \in equity\ for affirmative court orders, says this professor of law. (LBH)…
(1977). The Bakke Case: Worrisome Wrinkle or Wholesale Retreat?. Urban League Review, 2, 2, 39-43, Sum 77. The Bakke Case is important because it is part of continuum wherin the Supreme Court has been slowly shifting, placing a much higher burden of proof upon the person who has suffered from exclusion, discrimination, or oppression. (Author/AM)…
(1987). The Female Factor. Training and Development Journal, v41 n8 p32-37 Aug. Refutes several myths about women and job commitment; discusses why women work and how they become job-committed. Tells how human resources development and personnel policy can help individuals become job-committed. (CH)…
(1986). Equal Work, Unequal Pay: Gender Discrimination within Work-Similar Occupations. Work and Occupations: An International Sociological Journal, v13 n3 p324-47 Aug. Describes an empirical method to identify work-similar occupations using selected measures from the Dictionary of Occupational Titles. Examines male-female earnings differences within a group of work-similar occupations and finds that discrimination against females is extensive. (Author/CH)…
(1986). Assessing Personnel Practices in Higher Education: A Case Study in the Hiring of Females. Economics of Education Review, v5 n3 p265-72. Develops a model of ideal minority representation to assess whether or not an employer's current personnel policies are consistent with a random hiring policy. The model is then applied to a case alleging sex discrimination in the hiring practices of a university academic department. Appended are 12 references. (MLF)…
(1986). Why Aren't Women Administering Our Schools?. NASSP Bulletin, v70 n488 p90-92 Mar. The percentage of women in educational administrative positions remains low. The author discusses discriminatory practices and offers suggestions for improving the situation. (MD)…
(1976). A Defense of \Rational\ Personnel Selection, and Two New Methods. Journal of Educational Measurement, 13, 1, 43-52, Spr 76. Two techniques for personnel selection are presented. The first is a graphical technique which non-technical personnel can use in deciding the number of minority applicants to admit to an institution. The other is a large scale computer technique which an institution can use to increase personnel diversity including cultural factors. (Author/DEP)…
(1976). Problems of Securing Equal Access to Higher Education: The Dilemma Between Equality and Excellence. Higher Education, 5, 4, 407-22, Nov 76. The changing concept of higher education is addressed, including the idea of \equalization incompatibilities.\ The question is raised whether in a mass system of higher education one would have to consider a dual admissions procedure to preserve the academic core system; i.e., graduate studies and research. (Editor/LBH)…
(1973). Reverse Discrimination in Hiring in Sociology Departments: A Preliminary Report. American Sociologist, 8, 3, 116-120, Aug 73. In a questionnaire to sociology department chairmen, 32 percent indicated they had positions to fill in the past two years and felt coerced to practice reverse discrimination; sixteen percent reported they actually did so. Argues this is reason for grave concern. (Author/RJ)…
(1973). The Double Standard and the Catholic Minorities. Notre Dame Journal of Education, 4, 4, 328-335, W 73. A recent test case may relate significantly to the interests of many \Catholic ethnic\ minorities in relation to school admissions and job opportunities. (KM)…