This paper reviews the effects of affirmative action on administrative policy in higher education. The history of the Federal mandate against ethnic and sex discrimination is traced, and several court cases are reviewed. Examples of discriminatory admission and employment practices in higher education as reflected in pattern, class and individual…

The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities will begin testing a comprehensive project to reverse the low educational attainment of Hispanic students in Texas. The project aims to increase high-school graduation, raise college-going rate, increase graduation rate of college students, and raise transfer rates of community college…

A report by the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges predicts a skill shortage, born of the mismatch between the needs of the labor market and the profile of the labor pool. A plan to enhance the future of minority students in higher education is outlined. (MLW)

The chancellor of the University of Massachusetts has reached agreement with Black student protesters who were angered by recent alleged racial incidents on campus. Demands included suspension of students and an employee involved in the incidents, cultural support, revision of the student code, and increased minority enrollments. (MSE)

Colleges must make radical changes in their structure, values, hiring practices, and the way they treat students if they want to attract more minority students and professors. Faculty members are given little incentive to work with minority students. (MLW)

Discusses the ways in which Ute values differ from those of the Anglo/European dominant culture. The dominant culture has tried to convert Ute peoples to its own ideas, a process that has been highly destructive to the Ute peoples. (PS)

Examines the role of cultural knowledge and culture-specific techniques in the psychotherapeutic treatment of ethnic minority group clients. Recommendations that therapists be culturally sensitive and know the client's culture must be linked to the processes of giving and credibility. (Author/LHW)

Reviews various theories which combine to produce a paradigm for the analysis of ethnic nationalism. Covers terminology confusion, biosocial theories, modernization theories, Marxist/Leninist theories, internal colonialism, ethnic pluralism, micro-social theories, system theories and multivariate models, development and modernization, power,…

Focuses on the application of a targeted and regulated voucher system to the problems of racial segregation. Suggests that under a regulated voucher system, minorities (Chapter 1 students, in particular) have a better chance of obtaining both the racial balance and the school characteristics they desire. (Author/GC)

America's older, larger cities are unable to provide employment opportunities and social mobility to its growing number of disadvantaged residents because cities' economic base of blue-collar industry has been replaced by the service and information industries. Cities currently face a residence-job opportunity mismatch. (ML)

Presents a general introduction to the past, present, and future of the Koreans of America. Focuses on immigration rates and distribution, social and economic characteristics, news media, religion, and social relations with other ethnic and racial groups. Offers recommendations for Koreans' survival and success as a racial minority. (KH)

Argues that the poor's plight is likely to worsen as New York City's fiscal crisis is transformed into a service crisis. Asserts that the tendency to close small old schools in areas where densities are higher (which minimizes transportation costs) closes schools that are predominantly attended by poor and minority students. (KH)

Describes the Graduate and Professional Opportunities Program (G*POP), which authorizes federal grants to universities to increase access to graduate programs for minorities and which may be discontinued by the Reagan administration. Contends that the program is crucial to minorities and should be retained. (CJM)

Discusses general decline in commitment to and financial support for equal educational opportunity in last five years and effect on minority students. Analyzes financial considerations in college attendance, problems with "college persistence" assessment measures, college characteristics affecting minority student persistence, and…

Considers the status of equal educational opportunity in the United Kingdom as a whole, and in Wales, Northern Ireland, and Scotland. Racial, ethnic, and class discrimination are also discussed, as are the effects of education budget cuts. (CMG)