(1990). Broadening Access for Black Students. Community, Technical, and Junior College Journal, v60 n3 p14-17 Dec-Jan 1989-90. Reports on the Minority Education Initiative included in the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges' 1990 public policy agenda. Focuses on issues related to government policies and guidelines, effective teaching environments, and institutional effectiveness. Provides an assessment of each issue and strategies for change. (DMM)…
(1990). Reading, Writing, and Role Models. Community, Technical, and Junior College Journal, v60 n3 p31-34 Dec-Jan 1989-90. Discusses the importance of cultural diversity among classroom teachers. Describes Milwaukee Area Technical College's (WI) Cooperative Urban Teacher Education Program and Wayne County Community College's (MI) Urban Teacher Program. Considers the role of teachers in building a more skilled work force. (DMM)…
(1989). The 1989-1988 Term of the United States Supreme Court and Its Impact on Public Schools. West's Education Law Reporter, v50 n3 p661-75 Feb 16. This report of the Supreme Courts' 1987-88 term is organized by subject matter with summaries of the key cases the court decided, lower court decisions the Court refused to review, and decisions to be reviewed in the 1988-89 term. A list of all cases discussed, including case citations, is included. (MLF)…
(1993). Management, "Race," and Gender: An Unlikely Alliance?. British Educational Research Journal, v19 n3 p275-90. Reports on a study of 39 females and minority females and males in British educational institutions who achieved senior management positions. Describes their experiences and identifies the themes, strategies, and institutional structures. Finds that many institutions failed to implement policies and strategies that address underrepresented groups. (CFR)…
(1992). Talk About It: Democracy Begins in Human Conversation. Teaching Tolerance, v1 n2 p53-55 Fall. Discusses the importance of fostering conversation about difficult issues such as racism and injustice. Offers six guidelines for teacher facilitated group discussions in the classroom about sensitive issues that cover planning, goals, setting the stage, rules, and encouraging openness. (JB)…
(1990). Guerrilla War at UCLA: Political and Legal Dimensions of the Tenure Battle. Amerasia Journal, v16 n1 p81-107. Shows how political campaigning and legal action won a three-year battle (beginning in 1986) for tenure by an Asian Pacific American professor, D. Nakanishi, at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). Describes the case's academic context, explains the legal alternatives, and analyzes the legal/political strategy adopted. (JB)…
(1990). Why I Fought. Amerasia Journal, v16 n1 p139-58. An Asian Pacific American professor, D. T. Nakanishi, describes his decision to fight the University of California Los Angeles' initial denial of tenure, including the legal and tactical considerations involved, his sense of generational duty, the case's importance for other Asian Americans, and the personal pain and suffering involved. (JB)…
(1993). What Next? Promoting Alternatives to Ability Grouping. Journal of Intergroup Relations, v20 n1 p65-74 Spr. Suggests ways to eliminate ability grouping in the schools, and explores new alternatives to improve schooling for all students. Specific guidelines are given for the development of academically and racially heterogeneous schooling. The elimination of grouping practices that deny equal access to education is a goal worth pursuing. (SLD)…
(1991). Minority Student Retention: The Prince George's Community College Program. New Directions for Community Colleges, n74 p57-62 Sum. Describes Prince George's Community College's Black and Minority Student Retention Programs, focusing on enrollment patterns, initial retention efforts, program objectives, support services provided, selection criteria for students, and the mentoring component. Traces program growth and presents evaluation results. (DMM)… [Direct]
(1993). Women Mentoring in Academe: Addressing the Gender Gap in Higher Education. Gender and Education, v5 n2 p125-37. Explores mentoring functions that senior women provided to juniors in academe, and identifies limitations on female mentoring. Interviews with 24 women in administrative positions indicate that senior women favor career mentoring and provide less psychosocial support. Recommendations are made for academic institutions interested in using mentoring strategies to advance women. (SLD)…
(1999). Wanted: Minority Educators for U.S. Schools. School Business Affairs, v65 n5 p37-42 May. Although necessary for a diversified student body, minority teachers are underrepresented due to a lingering resistance to integration efforts, unappealing classroom conditions, salary issues, and culturally biased professional exams. Equitable placement procedures, incentives, competitive salaries, mentoring programs, subject-area recruitment, and multicultural training are partial remedies. (26 references) (MLH)…
(2001). News and Views. Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, n31 p8-88 Spr. This collection of articles includes such topics as: the shrinking number of white students at black colleges; the consequences of a nationwide ban on race-sensitive college admissions; a racially offensive Web site; reduction in overall crime rates at historically black colleges; black women dominating higher education; and Harvard Law School celebrating its black alumni. (SM)…
(1996). Black Scholars Hold a Pessimistic Outlook for African American Prospects in Higher Education. Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, n11 p74-77 Spr. Discusses survey findings that show black academics are highly pessimistic in their view of the future of blacks in higher education. Reasons include the following: curtailment of federal support for black colleges over the next five years; continued built-in test bias against blacks; no improvement in campus race relations; and persistent racial barriers against black faculty. (GR)…
(2004). Re-Examining Race-Based Admissions Processes of American Institutions of Higher Education Using Multi-Dimensional Ethical Perspectives. Journal of Educational Administration, v42 n2 p236-248. The Supreme Court of the USA explains when universities may use race-based admissions policies without violating the Equal Protection Clause of the US Constitution. These rulings raise important ethical issues for universities that are presently using race as a consideration in their admissions decisions. This paper discusses some of the ethical issues presented by the Supreme Court's decisions in the "Regents of the University of California v. Bakke," "Grutter v. Bollinger," and "Gratz v. Bollinger" cases. A summary of the "Bakke," "Grutter," and "Gratz" cases is provided as well as an analysis of these decisions using an ethical framework that incorporates five perspectives: ethic of critique, ethic of justice, ethic of profession, ethic of care, and ethic of community. The accompanying discussion highlights areas of agreement and conflict between the goals of race-based university admissions policies and the… [Direct]
(2006). Linguistic Considerations Pertaining to "Brown v. Board": Exposing Racial Fallacies in the New Millennium. Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, v105 n2 p90-103 Oct. "Brown v. Board of Education" reminds this author, a linguist, of the linguistic diversity among black Americans, be they descendants of enslaved Africans–as he is proud to be–or Africans who escaped slavery. There is as much linguistic diversity among their race as among any other racial or ethnic group in the United States. When the Supreme Court handed down its landmark decision, "Brown" was hailed as the case that would lead to educational equality for all African Americans. That vision, however, has yet to be realized. In part, that is because, since "Brown," they have come to understand that racial segregation was only one obstacle standing in their way. This paper seeks to introduce some neglected linguistic dimensions into this realm, with particular attention to the "Brown" ruling and the growing linguistic diversity of black America. (Contains 1 figure.)… [Direct]