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Gender Discrimination in Employment: Wage Inequity for Professional and Doctoral Degree Holders in the United States and Possible Remedies
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Wolford, Karen M. – Journal of Education Finance, 2005
Gender discrimination and wage inequity remain problems worldwide. In the United States and Canada, where equal rights and protective legislation have been in place for nearly 40 years, glaring disparities in salaries and job opportunities remain. Similar problems have been studied in the United Kingdom, leading to enactment of the 1975 Sex…
Descriptors: Doctoral Degrees, Foreign Countries, Salary Wage Differentials, Wages
Gender-Based Pay Disparities in Intercollegiate Coaching: The Legal Issues.
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Gaal, John; Glazier, Michael S.; Evans, Thomas S. – Journal of College and University Law, 2002
Explores the legal issues surrounding pay disparities between men and women in intercollegiate coaching, including how courts have treated disparate wage claims under the Equal Pay Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and Title IX, and the defenses used by institutions. Offers suggestions for defending claims and a detailed review of…
Descriptors: Athletic Coaches, College Athletics, Court Litigation, Higher Education
Use This Legal Briefing to Assess Your Board's Position on Comparable Worth.
O'Hara, Julie Underwood – American School Board Journal, 1985
Outlines the legal implications of comparable worth and recent court cases involving equal pay isues. Points out that where jobs are comparable and wages disparate without justification, courts have found employers guilty of wage discrimination. (MD)
Descriptors: Comparable Worth, Court Litigation, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Title IX: Parity of Coaches' Salaries for Male and Female Athletic Teams.
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National Education Association, Washington, DC. – 1979
A study by the National Education Association (NEA) of the existing literature, teacher opinion polls, federal legislation and regulations, state salary schedules, and collective bargaining agreements revealed important information concerning the differences in salaries in the late 1970s for coaches of male and female athletic teams in the public…
Descriptors: Athletic Coaches, Civil Rights, Compliance (Legal), Contracts
The Hazardous Waters of Staff Selection.
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Shoop, Robert J.; Dunklee, Dennis R. – Principal Leadership, 2001
Understanding prospective employees' rights (under the 1964 Civil Rights Act and other federal legislation prohibiting discriminatory practices) can help principals protect themselves, their schools, and their districts from litigation. Scenarios are described, along with permissible staff-selection steps: position analysis, recruitment,…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Civil Liberties, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities
The Administrator and Affirmative Action.
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
1980 Cumulative Supplement, "Higher Education and the Law".
Edwards, Harry T.; Nordin, Virginia Davis – 1980
A 1980 cumulative supplement to the basic text, "Higher Education and the Law," is presented. Contents include: edited reports of five United States Supreme Court cases, important lower court cases, regulations and reports; and citations to numerous law review articles, additional cases, and other secondary sources. The following broad…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Affirmative Action, Collective Bargaining, College Desegregation