(1982). Age Discrimination in Employment: Counselor Responsibilities. Counselor Education and Supervision, v21 n3 p213-17 Mar. Discusses the nature of age discrimination in employment, and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. Notes implications for counseling services including the need for counselors to develop increased skills in working with persons making midcareer changes. Discusses implications for counselor education. (RC)…
(1982). Equal Pay for Work of Comparable Value. Special Libraries, v73 n2 p108-17 Apr. Discusses occupational segregation and other barriers to equal job opportunities for women and examines two approaches toward correcting pay inequities: equal pay for equal work and equal pay for work of comparable value. Legal cases, job evaluation studies, and other steps toward comparable worth are described. A 64-item reference list is attached. (JL)…
(1981). The Status of Women: The Path toward Legal Personhood. Educational Horizons, v60 n1 p11-15 Fall. Asserts that, historically, women lacked equal educational opportunity because they were not recognized as \persons\ under United States law. Reviews twentieth-century changes in women's legal status and challenges to sex discrimination in education. Discusses areas of current concern. Part of a theme issue on women in education. (SJL)…
(1979). Obligation of the Disabled Student: Reasonable Self-Help. New Directions for Higher Education, n25 p1-10. The responsibilities of colleges and universities toward handicapped students under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 are matched by the responsibilities of disabled persons themselves toward their institution. Advanced planning by both colleges and students and an end to arrangements that segregate the handicapped are advocated. (Author/JMD)… [Direct]
(1976). A Private University Looks at Government Regulation. Journal of College and University Law, 4, 1, 1-12, F 76. Increases in the past 20 years in federal financing and federal controls are reviewed. It is suggested that the present troubles in higher education are traceable to the fact that other goals have slipped ahead of educational goals in the priorities of management. Social justice and equal opportunity have replaced learning as goals. (LBH)…
(1976). The Paradox of Prejudice. College Student Journal, 10, 2, 107-112, Sum 76. Ethnic prejudice, particularly against blacks, is most pervasive and is not perceived by whites. The conditioning of whites into a superiority/inferiority syndrome for over 300 years has resulted in psychological and physical damage to discriminatees and discriminators. Concerted efforts must be mounted to overcome this. (Author)…
(1996). Disabilities Legislation Implementation in American Universities. Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, v18 n2 p189-206 Nov. To help assess Australian universities' compliance with the Disability Discrimination Act, a study examined implementation in the United States of the Americans with Disabilities Act in five state universities seen as leaders in innovation for students and staff with disabilities. Implications of the American experience for the Australian context are discussed, and specific recommendations for institutional planning are made. (MSE)…
(1994). Whose News? Student Journalists Examine Gay Rights; Community Response Is Shock, Anger. Teaching Tolerance, v3 n2 p24-27 Fall. The student editor and faculty advisor of a high school newspaper discuss reactions to a feature on gays, lesbians, and homophobia that caused great controversy in the school's community. Acceptance of diversity, which motivated the topic selection in the first place, also grew from acknowledging the responses of the community. (SLD)…
(1996). Language Planning, Ideology, and Constitutional Law: Francophone Minority Education in Canada. Language Problems and Language Planning, v20 n2 p127-56 Sum. Exposes the legal and ideological changes that occurred regarding the Francophone minority educational system before and after 1982 in Canada. The article concludes that providing minorities with strong constitutional guarantees regarding their language's official status allows them to develop their own voice in democracies although these guarantees are subject to ideological power games. (41 references) (Author/CK)…
(2003). A Non-Institutional Society for People with Developmental Disability in Norway. Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, v28 n3 p305-08 Sep. This article discusses how the intentions of the Norwegian commitment to create a "non-institutional society" with people with developmental disabilities living as fellow citizens is reflected in everyday life and support practices. The passage of the Norwegian Reform Act that required the end of institutional care is recounted. (Contains 8 references.) (CR)…
(1996). Application of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504 to Colleges and Universities: An Overview and Discussion of Special Issues Relating to Students. Journal of College and University Law, v23 n1 p1-41 Sum. Gives an overview of the obligations of postsecondary institutions toward students with disabilities under Titles II and III of the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. Asserts that, although these statutes assist students with disabilities in becoming integral members of society, the attitudinal barriers they face remain formidable. (Author/MSE)…
(1990). A Famous Kansas Child. Update on Law-Related Education, v14 n1 p45-47 Win. Presents the story of Linda Brown and the Supreme Court case of "Brown v. Board of Education" for a classroom activity on segregation and discrimination. Stimulates discussion and critical thinking, and provides a historical understanding of the Fourteenth Amendment and the segregation issue. (NL)…
(1990). The Problem of False Negatives. Society, v27 n3 p21-3 Mar-Apr. Examines the legitimacy of concern with the disproportionate distribution of false negatives and positives in job screening through imperfectly predictive tests. Argues that false negatives should pose problems for meritocrats concerned with individual over group rights, and that result-oriented quotas must be differentiated from screening with racially disparate impact. (AF)…
(1995). Par for the Female Course: Cohen v. Brown University Mandates an Equal Playing Field in Intercollegiate Athletics. Journal of College and University Law, v22 n1 p111-32 Sum. A 1995 federal district court decision in Cohen versus Brown University, in which the university's entire intercollegiate sports program was found to violate Title IX of the 1972 Education Amendments prohibiting gender discrimination in programs receiving federal funds, is analyzed. Recent historical context, district court justifications, and questions concerning the court's rationale and holdings are examined. (MSE)…
(1995). The 1994 Carter G. Woodson Book Awards. Social Education, v59 n4 p227-28 Apr-May. Presents an annotated bibliography of six books that won the 1994 Carter G. Woodson Book Award presented by the National Council for the Social Studies. States that the award was established to inspire contemporary authors to continue to write books related to ethnic minorities. (CFR)…