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Association of American Colleges, Washington, DC. – 1980
A newsletter on issues pertaining to women's rights on campuses and in employment is presented. Developments and issues include the following: initiation of intercollegiate athletic championships for women in nine sports; a charge of unequal pay for women coaches; university cases of alleged sex discrimination in athletic programs; reference to…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Blacks, Civil Rights, College Faculty
Black Issues in Higher Education, 1999
Articles on Black college faculty recruitment and retention and student financial aid examines these issues: senior Black faculty and diversity issues, recruiting Black faculty to small towns, the supply of doctorates, doctoral fellowship programs targeting minorities, financial aid information on the Internet, and an online college…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Access to Information, Affirmative Action, Black Teachers
Barry, Travis – ASPIRA Issue Brief, 1992
This brief analyzes a recent shift in the U.S. Department of Education's policy on minority designated scholarships and explores the issues in the national debate on these scholarships. An overview of the controversy notes the Title VI section of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that outlaws racial discrimination where federal funds are received. A…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Affirmative Action, Civil Rights, Court Litigation
On Campus with Women, 1987
Developments in education, employment, and the courts concerning the status of women are covered in two newsletter issues. Topics include the following: the struggle for sex equity in higher education for women faculty; differences in pay for men and women workers; different treatment of men and women students in the classroom; the decline of…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, College Faculty, College Students, Court Litigation
On Campus with Women, 1985
Developments in education, employment, and the courts concerning the status of women are covered in two newsletter issues. Data are included on the specialties of women faculty and the type of institution employing them; salary and rank of women faculty and their tenure status; and employment patterns and salaries of women administrators.…
Descriptors: Administrators, Affirmative Action, College Faculty, College Students
Download full textIDRA Newsletter, 1997
This newsletter includes three articles, two of which focus on standards for student evaluation and for admission to higher education. "A Measuring Stick for Standards and TEKS: Meeting the Needs of Second Language Learners" (Laura Chris Green, Adela Solis) examines beliefs embodied in the notion of standards; defines content,…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Advisory Committees, Affirmative Action, Bilingual Education
On Campus with Women, 1986
Developments in education, employment, and the courts concerning the status of women are covered in two newsletter issues. Included is an article from "Ms. Magazine" entitled "Do SATs Shortchange Women?" News items include the following: a salary bias court case, minority women in intercollegiate athletics, athletic scholarships for women,…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, College Faculty, College Students, Court Litigation
On Campus with Women, 1987
Developments in education, employment, and the courts concerning the status of women are covered in two newsletter issues. Topics include the following: Black women's educational history, Hispanic women in psychology, the effect of race and sex on wages, results of surveys on attitudes about sex roles, unequal financial aid awards to women, prizes…
Descriptors: Acquaintance Rape, Affirmative Action, Athletic Coaches, College Faculty
Cameron, David M. – Research File, 1996
A discussion of the history and status of academic freedom in the context of Canadian universities finds that over time, academic freedom has been expanded to include a broad range of behavior and a wide range of freedom of speech. Tenure has come to mean the right of employment until death, resignation, or retirement, unless cause for dismissal…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Affirmative Action, Collective Bargaining, College Faculty
IDRA Newsletter, 1997
This newsletter includes five articles about educational and school policies, primarily related to equality of educational opportunity. "Texas Legislature Considers Much for Education, Accomplishes Little" (Albert Cortez, Anna Alicia Romero) summarizes educational legislation considered by the Texas legislature in the session ending in…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Bilingual Education, Charter Schools, Dropouts
Barrett, G. Jaia, Ed. – 1998
This document consists of six issues of the ARL (Association of Research Libraries) Newsletter, covering the year 1997. Each issue of the newsletter includes some or all of the following sections: "Current Issues," reports from the Office of Scholarly Communication, Office for Management Services, and Coalition for Networked Information,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Affirmative Action, Document Delivery, Electronic Journals
Wenninger, Mary Dee, Ed. – Women in Higher Education, 1995
This document consists of the 11 issues of a newsletter on women students, teachers, and administrators in higher education. Each issue includes features articles, news on higher education, profiles of significant people in the field, and job announcements. The issues' main article topics are: (1) pay equity for coaches, particularly a case at the…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Athletic Coaches, College Administration, College Faculty
On Campus with Women, 1983
Developments in education, employment, and the court system concerning the status of women are covered in this newsletter issue. In addition to the news items, an article criticizing the Reagan-appointed Advisory Council on Women's Education is presented. The article, which was prepared by the Citizens Council on Women's Education, is entitled…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Affirmative Action, College Faculty, College Students
On Campus with Women, 1985
Developments in education, employment, and the courts concerning the status of women are covered in these two newsletter issues. In addition to news items, the article "United Nations World Conference on Women, 1985: Some Random Reflections on the Nairobi Conference" by Bernice Sandler is included. The article provides an overview of the overall…
Descriptors: Administrators, Affirmative Action, College Faculty, College Students
Black Issues in Higher Education, 1999
Articles on recruitment and retention of minority college students include discussion of the following: anti-affirmative-action lawsuits, results of Georgia's state-funded tuition program, institutional interest in and capability for recruitment, technology in the curriculum, new admissions models for inclusion, affirmative-action policies and…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Administrative Policy, Affirmative Action, Black Students
