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Lowery, Kendra – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2021
The recollections of sixteen African American administrators who were some of the first hired in de/segregated school districts in the North are analyzed in order to understand their work lives and experiences in district processes. Findings are analyzed through the lens of workforce diversity perspectives. Five themes emerged from the data…
Descriptors: African Americans, Administrators, Administrator Attitudes, Reflection
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Stulberg, Lisa M.; Chen, Anthony S. – Sociology of Education, 2014
What explains the rise of race-conscious affirmative action policies in undergraduate admissions? The dominant theory posits that adoption of such policies was precipitated by urban and campus unrest in the North during the late 1960s. Based on primary research in a sample of 17 selective schools, we find limited support for the dominant theory.…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, College Admission, Affirmative Action, Race
Pancrazio, Sally Bulkley – 1977
Women account for 63 percent of the teaching force but only 8 percent of the total general administrative positions in downstate Illinois schools. Since 1950, women's presence in administrative positions has declined, especially in regard to the elementary principalship. Women administrators tend to be older, with more experience, and earn lower…
Descriptors: Administrators, Affirmative Action, Board of Education Role, Elementary Secondary Education
Bell, D. E.; And Others – 1975
The Committee on Affirmative Action was charged by the Illinois Board of Higher Education in March 1975 to address two topics: (1) development of positive affirmative action programs at all levels of higher education employment, and (2) development of programs to increase minority and women student enrollment. The committee focused its study on…
Descriptors: Accountability, Affirmative Action, Educational Opportunities, Employment
Antrop-Gonzalez, Rene – Julian Samora Research Institute, 2003
Recent studies and personal narratives suggest a connection between the low academic achievement of Latina/o students in the United States to the lack of care they experience in schools. The author reports on a study he conducted of the Chicago-based Pedro Albizu Campos Alternative High School, focusing on the experiences of its students and…
Descriptors: High Schools, Personal Narratives, Educational Environment, Effective Schools Research
Illinois Univ., Urbana. Inst. of Government and Public Affairs. – 1972
The public service role (PSR) of the University of Illinois and Parkland College in the black community of Champaign-Urbana was studied in a project funded under Title I of the Higher Education Act of 1965, channeled through the Illinois Board of Higher Education. As a pilot project, PSR explored current public service efforts by higher education…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Black Community, Black Education, Blacks