A review of literature revealed three groups of scholars expressing concern regarding the Bakke decision: (1) those who agree with the decision; (2) those who disagree with the decision, contending that the state must remedy past societal discrimination; and, (3) those who felt the court was too vague and chose an accommodationist approach.…

Argues that the international struggle for power by the United States, as well as the apparent potential for independent political action by Blacks and Chicanos, affected Federal domestic policy regarding the education of Mexican Americans. (GC)

Argues that inequality in educational opportunity for the various social classes still persists in Sweden. (CMG)

Describes the efforts of Thomas Hocutt, a Black student, to gain admittance to the University of North Carolina in 1933. The case was lost, but it laid the basis for outlawing racial segregation in public schools through Brown v Board of Education (1954). (CMG)

Suggests that at small and medium-sized colleges, faculty members (particularly those in Black Studies) can help to protect educational opportunities for athletes if they gain the confidence of the athletes themselves and the ear of sympathetic administrators. Describes different strategies toward the same end which are necessary in large…

Discusses problems in the Japanese educational system, such as increasing school violence, controversy over textbook revisions, budget cuts and the educational discrimination against minorities, particularly Burakumins and Koreans. (CMG)

Describes public education for Blacks and Coloureds in Namibia as a tool of the apartheid system meant to ensure that Namibians will be illiterate or at best semi-skilled. Also describes efforts of the United Nations Council for Namibia and the Southwest People's Organization to provide Namibians with equal education. (CMG)

Argues that in 1982 inequality in U.S. education grew while racism gained new ground. (CMG)

Reviews court litigation in Texas concerning the rights of children who are illegally residing in the United States to public schooling. Focuses particularly on the issue of whether the equal protection clause in the fourteenth amendment applies to noncitizens. (GC)

Written primarily for litigators, shows how minimum competency tests that are used to deny high school diplomas to disproportionate numbers of minority students can be successfully challenged under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. (Author/MK)

In the 1800s there were few opportunities for blacks who wanted to become physicians. Harvard and Bowdoin began accepting black students in the 1840s, but "whites only" policies existed at most schools until the 1960s. The majority of black doctors were trained in Europe or at one of the black medical colleges established after the Civil War. A…

A discussion of how the balance of a dual system of education existing in Iran since the 19th century has, since the 1979 revolution, been upset in favor of a religious system. (CMG)

Examines allegations of discrimination (against Jews), bias (against rural students), and corruption (favoring the rich and well-connected) in the admissions practices of Soviet universities. (CMG)

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)

Provides an overview of the status of Latino admissions, enrollment, and retention in colleges and universities in the State of Illinois. Focuses on (1) the use of standardized tests for Hispanic admissions and (2) access to the TRIO programs (special services to address retention problems) by Hispanics. (Author/GC)