Study of desegregation efforts in the Oklahoma Independent School District and residence patterns in the Oklahoma City metropolitan region reveals that desegregated schools do not lead to desegregated housing: there is little if any direct relationship between student assignments and household relocation behavior. (BJV)

Having students photograph their schools reveals unconscious perceptions held by individuals about their environment. In this study, significant differences existed between Black and White students. While the schools had been desegregated, photographs showed they were not yet integrated. (LHW)

National survey data are used to test the relationship between urbanism and racial attitudes among Whites, and a liberalizing effect of urbanism is found. It appears that urbanism liberalizes racial attitudes by increasing equal-status, cooperative, and relatively personal contact between members of racial subcultures. (Author/RDN)

Data collected by the Louis Harris polling organization in 1978 concerning Black attitudes toward affirmative action programs were analyzed. It was found that Blacks who are optimistic and do not feel powerless generally support these programs. Whites who were also polled felt ambivalent toward them. (CJM)

Compared racial identity of white students who had black roommates with whites who lacked such interaction. Administered the White Racial Identity Attitudes Scale to 187 white students. Scores from white students who were randomly assigned with black roommates were not significantly different from those of white freshmen, seniors, and resident…

Examined how intergroup differences within suburban schools affected African American teachers' experiences. Organizational culture strongly influenced how whites treated their minority counterparts. Because the majority established norms, minorities were expected to comply with uniform sets of rules and regulations. Intergroup conflict arose…

Uses new data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study to examine the influence of school choice on racial integration, investigating racial breakdowns in schools and classrooms within diverse public and private kindergarten programs. Results indicate that kindergarten students in public schools are slightly more likely to be in integrated…

Building upon an earlier study by Milem and Umbach (2003), this study explores the relative impact of student's diversity-related experiences and plans at time of entry to college and students' exposure to diverse others and diverse ideas while in college on their involvement in diversity related activities two years after entering college.…

This paper presents findings of a study that examined the effect of termination of funding on a magnet-school program. The federally funded program was implemented in Forrest City, Arkansas, to eliminate racial imbalance in the elementary schools. The program was based on the assumption that with enough time and financial assistance, racial…

A study examined the impact of court-ordered desegregation on the reading achievement of a group of first through sixth grade students over a 10-year period spanning the desegregation program, from 3 years before to 7 years after desegregation. Subjects, 4,965 students attending the Memphis State University Campus School during the duration of the…

This report describes housing desegregation gains in Louisville and Jefferson County, Kentucky, largely caused by school desegregation. The work of Judge James F. Gordon, who presided over the school desegregation plan, is cited as instrumental in aiding in this process. He ruled that no child in the minority in a neighborhood would be used for…

This document presents the Commission on Civil Rights' findings and recommendations on the desegregation process, specifically the planning phase, in Los Angeles, California. It is the result of Commission investigations in Los Angeles which began in October 1976 and ended in a three-day hearing beginning on December of 1976. The report also…

In this paper four articles on school desegregation and equal educational opportunity are reviewed. The articles, which appeared in the November 1977 issue of "Phi Delta Kappan", deal both with specific community experiences (Boston and Dallas) and with more general issues, such as behavior patterns affecting desegregation and court…

Teachers and principals who were involuntarily reassigned to integrate faculties in the Chicago public schools were surveyed about their transfer experiences. Transferred teachers but not transferred principals believed the reassignments would result in a decline in student achievement. Most transferred staff rated their integration assignment as…

Failures of school officials in Jefferson County, Kentucky to desegregate their student bodies since 1975 are cited in this report and substantiated with charts and tables. The resegregation, rather than desegregation, of elementary schools in 1977-78 is documented. It is shown that 12 elementary schools have never been in compliance with…