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Download full textPottinger, J. Stanley – 1976
J. Stanley Pottinger, Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Civil Rights Division (CRD) of the Department of Justice, was invited to testify before the committee concerning the existence and extent of discrimination in the public broadcasting industry. The Justice Department was concerned with the Civil Rights Act, Title VI. Members of his…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Affirmative Action, Bias, Black Community
Duke, Celine Ellet – Washington University Law Quarterly, 1978
Section 1985(3) is shown to be an alternative to Title VII. Inadequacies of and alternatives to Title VII are noted and questions are raised concerning section 1985(3)'s application to private sex-based discrimination, the single entity rule, and whether sex discrimination is sufficiently class-based to activate section 1985(3). (AF)
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Civil Rights, Court Doctrine, Employer Attitudes
Stein, Ronald H.; Zuckerman, Judy – 1980
As an aid to college administrators, information is presented on the following regulations: (1) Protection of Human Subjects; (2) Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972; (3) the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970; and (4) Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The purpose of the guide is to sensitize administrators to the…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Blacks, Civil Rights, College Administration
Days, Drew S., III – 1977
The civil rights laws are discussed in this speech as they relate to higher education and equal opportunities for minorities. Some of the activity of the Department of Justice in the area of higher education is related along with some of the current legal issues before the courts in the area of higher education. These are discussed in terms of…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Black Employment, Black Leadership, Blacks
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Direct linkLehmuller, Peter; Gregory, Dennis E. – NASPA Journal, 2005
Affirmative action as a policy to solve past racism has existed since the civil rights movement in the mid-twentieth century. Since its inception there has been controversy as to whether affirmative action can stand legal scrutiny. If it can, then under what circumstances and for what programs may it be used? Since the "Bakke" case in…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Racial Discrimination, Civil Rights, Postsecondary Education
Mississippi Employment Security Commission, Jackson. Dept. of Research & Statistics. – 1978
There has been a rapid increase in Mississippi women's participation in the labor force, but female participation still lags behind male participation. The 1960s witnessed dramatic increases in younger women's participation. The trend is expected to continue into the late 1970s. Annual 1977 averages showed women made up almost 40% of Mississippi's…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Age, Career Opportunities, Census Figures
Hogges, Ralph – 1979
Current experiences and practices that exist in some colleges and universities that violate the Civil Rights Act and affirmative action legislation are discussed. Treatment of the average black, other minority, and women candidates as compared to the average white candidate is questioned in regard to staff recruitment, assignment to line as…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Black Students, Black Teachers, Civil Rights
