(1972). More Women for Higher Education. Science, 178, 4063, 815, Nov 72. …
(1980). What's Ahead for Personnel Professionals in the '80s?. Personnel Administrator, v25 n6 p33-37,82-84 Jun. Discusses the impact of federal regulation (primarily that of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) in the area of personnel selection. (IRT)…
(1980). Modifying Seniority Systems Which Perpetuate Past Discrimination. Labor Law Journal, v31 n1 p37-45 Jan. Suggests modifications to seniority systems that would eliminate those aspects that have not served women and minorities fairly. (IRT)…
(1980). Reverse Discrimination: Did "Weber" Decide the Issue?. Labor Law Journal, v31 n11 p693-99 Nov. While still leaving some questions unanswered, the guidelines provided in the "Weber" case have clearly helped to clarify the legal status of race-conscious employee selection procedures. (Author/IRT)…
(1979). Influence of Strong versus Weak Fair Employment Policies and Applicant's Sex on Selection Decisions and Salary Recommendations in a Management Simulation. Journal of Applied Psychology, v64 n4 p435-39 Aug. Strong and weak policies on fair employment were equally effective in counteracting sex bias in selection decisions; however, lower starting salaries were recommended for females compared to males in the strong fair employment policy condition. (Author/IRT)…
(1977). How a Noble Federal Push for Civil Rights Is Making Civil Wrongs in Schools and How School People Are Fighting Back. American School Board Journal, 164, 5, 27-30,36, May 77. …
(1996). Looking Back on 18 Years of School Law. Executive Educator, v18 n7 p11,39 Jul. Reflects on 18 years' worth of school law columns. Many of the author's predictions have proved accurate, such as forecasts that legislation to assist handicapped students would produce an unprecedented flood of litigation; that minimum competency testing would stand the tests of time and the courts; and that school districts should avoid litigation that accomplishes nothing except enriching lawyers. (MLH)…
(1998). Progress toward Achieving a Representative Federal Bureaucracy: The Impact of Supervisors and Their Beliefs. Public Personnel Management, v27 n2 p135-50 Sum. Updates research from the 1970s and 1980s regarding the achievement of a fully representative federal bureaucracy. Suggests that there is not widespread support among supervisors for the notion of a representative bureaucracy and that such attitudes may have an impact on recruitment efforts. (JOW)…
(2003). Codifying a Double Standard. Academic Questions, v16 n3 p8-12 Jun. On 23 June 2003, the Supreme Court of the United States issued two rulings on the constitutionality of race preferences in university admissions. The cases in question both involved the University of Michigan and were designated Gratz v. Bollinger and Grutter v. Bollinger. The Michigan rulings were a stunning triumph for race preferences, from which those who put stock in the 14th Amendment's promise of racial equality can take little solace. Abigail Thernstrom laments that, as a consequence, our highest court has papered over lagging minority performance in higher education and thereby ignored the roots of the problem in American elementary and secondary schools…. [Direct]
(2006). High Court to Consider Use of Race: K-12 Diversity Policies at Issue in Two Cases. Education Week, v25 n40 p1, 22 Jun. By accepting two appeals on the voluntary use of race in assigning students to public schools, the U.S. Supreme Court will likely decide the constitutionality of widespread practices that school districts use to promote diversity. And the decision could affect schools in unforeseen ways. In both cases, parents of white children have challenged plans that have used race as a factor in assigning students to schools. The justices accepted the two cases on June 5, 2006 for the new term that begins in October. The court's decision to take the appeals involving the Jefferson County, Kentucky, and Seattle school systems means the court "is probably looking at the whole universe of the question of diversity in schools," said Francisco M. Negron, Jr., the general counsel of the National School Boards Association, based in Alexandria, Virginia Sharon L. Browne, a lawyer with the Pacific Legal Foundation, based in Sacramento, California, said, "Together, these cases could put an…
(2006). Supreme Court Preview. Social Education, v70 n6 p343-349 Oct. This article presents the Supreme Court's preview. As the 2005 term neared its June 30 end date, the Supreme Court, still adjusting to its first membership change in 11 years, had yet to decide dozens of cases that had defied quick resolution throughout the term. But with the last-minute release of seriously fractured decisions in many of the most-watched cases at the end of June, it became clear that the new Court could be as divided as the old. Furthermore, the author states that Court began the 2006 term on October 2 with 29 new cases in its inbox–eight fewer than had been accepted for review by this time last year, and only about a third of the total cases will likely end up agreeing to review before the 2006 term ends in June 2007. Included in this initial batch of \cert granteds\ are some genuinely big issues: abortion, environmental law, punitive damages, and the use of race when assigning students to public schools. Thus, the author states that before looking ahead to the… [Direct]
(1989). Increasing Female Enrollment in Industrial Education. An action study was undertaken at the University of Vermont to increase the number of women students in Industrial Education (IE) programs within the Vocational Education and Technology Department. The first objective was to increase the number of women students taking introductory technical courses. Objective 2 was to increase the number of women students taking higher-level technical courses. Objective 3 was to increase the number of women minors and majors in IE. Among the activities undertaken were the development of a slide presentation, a recruitment brochure, and posters; demonstrations and displays in popular meeting places on campus; establishment of working relationships with women's advocacy groups on campus; determination that instructional materials were nonsexist; identification of role models; and counseling. Over an 18-month period, all of the basic courses demonstrated an increase in participation by women. However, the impact on enrollment in upper-level courses…
(1980). Conference on the Educational and Occupational Needs of White Ethnic Women (October 10-13, 1978). These conference papers address the issues of educational and occupational equality for women and identify factors contributing to the underrepresentation of minority women in education and work. The conferences, sponsored by the National Institute of Education (NIE), were held between 1975 and 1978 to solicit the views of black, Hispanic-American, Asian-Pacific-American, American Indian, and white ethnic women. Other ethnic groups who participated include Italian, Finnish, German, Slavic, Jewish, and Greek-Americans. Included in the paper are policy, research, social, and humanitarian concerns, much of whose implementation fall beyond the mission, purview, and resources of NIE and the Department of Education. Therefore, NIE is now making them available to a wider audience. Recommendations made by the participants summarize the spirit of the conference. Federal agencies should communicate with each other with regard to the concerns of ethnic women. Their policies and practices… [PDF]
(1976). Equality for Blacks and Women: An Essay on Relative Progress. Social Science Quarterly, 56, 4, 664-672, Mar 76. Comparing problems facing both women and blacks in their quest for equality, the authors show how the relative size of a minority group directly influences the course of its progress toward equality with the majority and the consequences of this progress. (Author/RM)…
(1978). Is Change Real or Just Words?. Journal of Intergroup Relations, v6 n4 p11-17 Dec. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's effectiveness to end discrimination should never have been judged by the yardstick of the individual charge process. Reforms are taking place within the commission to create rapid charge resolution procedures and utilize funds more effectively. (Author/WI)…