(1987). Recruitment, Retention, and Innovative Instructional Strategies for Culturally Diverse Minority College Students: A Review of the Literature. Prepared to help Santa Barbara City College (SBCC) improve its recruitment/retention efforts and graduation and transfer rates, this paper presents a review of the literature relating to recruitment, retention, and teaching strategies for the culturally diverse minority community college student. Chapter 1 discusses the growing concern over the underrepresentation of Hispanics, Blacks, and Native Americans in California's postsecondary institutions. Each of the subsequent chapters offers a literature review, followed by specific recommendations for implementation at SBCC. Chapter 2 reviews the literature on recruitment strategies, and includes recommendations related to parent involvement, mentor programs, links to minority organizations and business/industry, articulation, faculty and administrative efforts, and alternatives to on-site registration. Chapter 3 focuses on the retention of culturally diverse minority college students and recommends changes in financial aid,…
(1981). Equity from a Public Administration Perspective. Research and Development Series No. 214C. Equity is a significant area of public administration which is integral to all disciplines that relate to the public interest, including vocational education. Vocational education is designed to achieve equity. The Vocational Education Act of 1963 mandated ready access of all persons of all ages in all communities to vocational education of high quality and suited to their needs and interests. The 1968 Amendments reinforced this directive, and sex equity was clearly stipulated in the 1976 Amendments. Vocational education was further linked with employability of any person with passage of such laws as the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act. A chief barrier to equity is absence of public interest. In public administration the improvement of testing is a feasible way to effect equity. Agencies should be required to show evidence of criterion-related, content, or construct validity of their personnel selection procedure. As regards research and policy recommendations, public… [PDF]
(1982). Women at Work: The Myth of Equal Opportunity. The advances women have made in the past decade have created the myth that women have achieved equal opportunity in the job market. In reality, the opposite is true. The current economic status of women demonstrates the need for strict enforcement of equal opportunity laws. Department of Labor data indicate that the wage gap between men and women is not narrowing. Despite popular concepts to the contrary, most women are not working to earn extras. Furthermore, men and women doing the same type of work do not earn the same pay. Also many believe the myths that women now have access to all types of jobs, earn less because they do not stay in the job market, and lack the education needed to get ahead. Analysis of Department of Labor statistics also reveals that minority women are still the victims of double discrimination. Finally, examination of current unemployment patterns proves that the large influx of women into the labor force is not responsible for high unemployment. Rather,…
(1985). The Supreme Court and Academe: The Evolution of Constitutional Doctrines for Higher Education. ASHE 1985 Annual Meeting Paper. The application of constitutional doctrines to controversies involving higher education institutions and legal theories emanating from the Supreme Court are discussed. The historical review covers academic freedom at colleges, or freedom from political interference of of outside intervention: freedom of speech or association in colleges and universities; the rights of students; the rights and interests of a private college; equal opportunity in the academy; and procedural rights for faculty and students. Constitutional decisions regarding academic freedom have struck down loyalty oaths for college staff, intrusive reporting requirements, and restrictions on political activity. The Supreme Court has protected the right of a student editor to publish controversial material. The controversies today concern the future of predominantly or historically black colleges, full integration of colleges that have been closed or hostile to minorities, and the question of whether sex… [PDF]
(1978). Jobs for the Hard-to-Employ. New Directions for a Public-Private Partnership. A Statement on National Policy by the Research and Policy Committee of the Committee for Economic Development. This policy statement focuses on ways of overcoming unemployment and underemployment for groups (young, old, disadvantaged) that typically experience high or prolonged joblessness, and on increasing incentives for productive work. Recommendations resulting from the CED study focus on these areas: new and expanded use on a nationwide basis of private-sector programs that already work effectively and creation of a clearinghouse for disseminating information about successful and innovative programs; stronger organizational mechanisms to mobilize private sector involvement; increased incentives and reduced disincentives for private employment of the hard-to-employ; improved approaches to the problems of particular groups among the hard-to-employ; greater business use of alternatives to outright layoffs in recessions; and improved management and closer integration of government programs that facilitate the employment of the hard-to-employ, particularly the U.S. Employment Service and the…
(1981). Building Your Own Scenario: Agriculture, Sex Equity, and Alternative Futures. This training manual, one of a series of eight, has been developed to help state and local supervisors and teacher educators in agriculture to conduct a workshop on sex equity as it relates to their future programs for vocational education teachers and administrators in the agricultural service area. The workshop's intent is to help these professionals to infuse the concepts and practices of sex equity throughout agricultural education programs. Following an introduction that gives background on the issue of sex equity and outlines the manual, the guide contains five exercises for group participation. First, with the chance to examine "what is" in a program, participants complete descriptions focusing on their communities and educational agencies. Then, through a "what if" exercise, three alternative scenarios for the future are provided with discussion questions for relating these possible futures to sex equity and agriculture. Once the participants have… [PDF]
(1981). Building Your Own Scenario: Home Economics, Sex Equity, and Alternative Futures. This training manual, one of eight in a series, has been developed to help state and local supervisors and teacher educators in home economics to conduct a workshop on sex equity as it relates to their future programs for vocational education teachers and administrators in the home economics service area. The workshop's intent is to help these professionals to infuse the concepts and practices of sex equity throughout home economics programs. Following an introduction which provides background on the issue of sex equity and outlines the manual, the guide contains five exercises for group participation. First, with the chance to examine "what is" in a program, participants complete descriptions focusing on their communities and educational agencies. Then, through a "what if" exercise, three alternative scenarios for the future are provided with discussion questions for relating these possible futures to sex equity and home economics. Once the participants have… [PDF]
(1981). Building Your Own Scenario: Industrial Arts, Sex Equity, and Alternative Futures. This training manual, one of eight in a series, has been developed to help state and local supervisors and teacher educators in industrial arts to conduct a workshop on sex equity, as it relates to their future programs, for vocational education teachers and administrators in the industrial arts programs. Following an introduction which provides background on the issue of sex equity and outlines the manual, the guide contains five exercises for group participation. First, with the chance to examine "what is" in a program, participants complete descriptions focusing on their communities and educational agencies. Then, through a "what if" exercise, three alternative scenarios for the future are provided with discussion questions for relating these possible futures to sex equity and industrial arts. Once the participants have considered "what is" and "what if," a group exercise for brainstorming needs and possible goals for sex equity is… [PDF]
(1981). Building Your Own Scenario: Technical Education, Sex Equity, and Alternative Futures. This training manual, one in a series of eight, has been developed to help state and local supervisors and teacher educators in technical education to conduct a workshop on sex equity, as it relates to their future programs, for vocational education teachers and administrators in the technical education service area. The workshop's intent is to help these professionals to infuse the concepts and practices of sex equity throughout technical education programs. Following an introduction which provides background on the issue of sex equity and outlines the manual, the guide contains five exercises for group participation. First, with the chance to examine "what is" in a program, participants complete descriptions focusing on their communities and educational agencies. Then, through a "what if" exercise, three alternative scenarios for the future are provided with discussion questions for relating these possible futures to sex equity and technical education. Once the… [PDF]
(1978). The One World of Working Women. Monograph No. 1. Women of many nations, particularly the industrialized countries, are achieving greater opportunity and equality in the working world. The rate at which women are joining the work force has confounded all predictions and created unexpected difficulties in securing equal pay and access to jobs and training. The most direct discrimination, separate wage scales for men and women, has been resolved for most occupations in the industrialized countries. Yet women's earnings remain substantially lower than men's. Sweden is regarded as a model for other countries because it considers married women an important source of labor and has made provisions to accommodate them in the labor force. International organizations have given increasing attention to women's employment issues. The International Labor Organization has emphasized education and training for women and a review of the effects of social security systems on women. The United Nations has provided for development of regional plans… [PDF]
(1979). Resources in Women's Educational Equity. Special Issue 1. This compilation of over 2,000 document resumes contains abstracts or annotations of materials relevant to women's educational equity which were entered into computerized data bases from January 1975 through December 1976. Covering material produced from about 1973 to 1976, the citations relate to one of six subject categories which were the primary influences in the search strategy development for document retrieval: education, legal, career, sex differences, life style, and health. The resumes are grouped by the eleven data bases which were searched: ABI/INFORM; AGRICOLA; America: History and Life; Dissertation Abstracts International; Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC); Management Contents; MEDLARS; National Technical Information Service (NTIS); Psychological Abstracts; and Sociological Abstracts. Within each data base resumes are sequenced by WE accession number. Each resume includes some or all of the following: author(s), title, institutional affiliation, source…
(1980). On Campus With Women, Number 28, Fall 1980. Developments pertinent to women's rights and women's studies at colleges and universities are reported. The following areas are covered: the status of women's college sports programs and alleged sex discrimination involving college faculty and school organizations; the impact of litigation in promoting equity for women; approaches for handling sexual harassment of college students or school employees; the status of women faculty in Canada; salary inequities of women college graduates as compared to men graduates; problems of women's professional advancement; the retirement system and women; Black women's experience in the United States; Civil Rights issues and Asian and Pacific American women; struggles of Mexican American women in the United States; resources on women in math and science; developments at women's colleges; developments regarding women's studies; financial aid to women; and resource materials. (SW)…
(1979). For the Dignity of Humanity. 2nd Annual Commemoration of Black History. This booklet contains selected background materials, biographical information, anecdotes, and statements documenting contributions made by blacks to American history. Objectives are to call attention to information about blacks which has been systematically excluded from United States history books and to help people understand the life, heritage, culture, and problems of Americans of African descent. Organized in chronological order, the 22 sections focus on black individuals including Dred Scott, Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglass, Blanche K. Bruce, George H. White, Homer Plessy, W.E.B. Du Bois, Booker T. Washington, Ralph J. Bunche, Mary McLeod Bethune, and Percy L. Julian. For each biographical example, information is presented on personal data, the historical period in which the individual lived and worked, types of difficulties overcome by the individual in question, and major contributions. Major topics throughout the biographical sketches focus on the… [PDF]
(1988). Black and Hispanic Children: Their Future is Ours. Journal of State Government, v61 n2 p45-48 Mar-Apr. Poverty, violence, illegal drugs, and despair dominate the lives of many inner-city children, most of whom are Black and Hispanic. To reverse the social and economic decline of poor neighborhoods in major metropolitan areas, the State of New York has embraced an agenda, outlined here, for rebuilding high-need inner-city communities. (Author/BJV)…
(1996). Researching into Equal Opportunities in Colleges and Universities. The Practical Research Series. This book examines issues in studying equal opportunity in colleges and universities, especially those in the United Kingdom, and methods for conducting research into equal opportunity issues. It is intended to provide a framework of ideas and starting points for research. Most of the techniques suggested are forms of participant research on a small scale, generally with an underlying approach of reflective practice and action research. The first chapter is an introduction to the overall series and a summary of several data collection techniques including questionnaires, interviews, observation, scenario analysis, diaries and field notes, and case study. Chapter 2 summarizes policy and procedures related to issues in equality and discusses the laws relating to equal opportunity and education in the United Kingdom. Chapter 3 explores issues related to equality in student selection such as appropriate criteria for admissions of non-traditional students and bias in vocational tests….