This survey of the literature on methods of analysis to measure equality of educational opportunity and social mobility emphasizes methods of analysis rather than substantive results. It also sketches some potentially important work using transition matrices and vacancy chains. Much is also done with two-way tables, sometimes summarized into two…

Attitudes about the role of women in higher education were examined in this research study that surveyed (1) opinions and attitudes of selected faculty men toward faculty women, and (2) opinions and attitudes of selected faculty women toward other faculty women. The population surveyed was all full-time faculty of the institutions of higher…

This paper begins with a review of existing financial arrangements in countries belonging to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Attempts are made to assess the effects of alternative methods of finance on inequalities in education. In addition, some of the proposals that have been made for changing the distribution of costs…

The diverse effects of racial discrimination in urban housing markets are discussed in this paper. It also outlines a number of programs and policies that would ameliorate these effects in the short run and would help eradicate racial discrimination and segregation in the long run. The paper's emphasis reflects the opinion that housing market…

To explore how charter schools will enhance teacher professionalism, this paper provides a theoretical framework for a qualitative study that investigated the role played by Colorado's charter-school policy in teacher development. Based on a review of the literature, the paper provides a baseline for comparison. The text examines bureaucratic…

A study examined secondary scholastic journalism researchers' current and past experiences in scholastic journalism, their professional affiliations, their current responsibilities, their reasons for conducting research, their current collaborative research efforts, and their desire for future collaborative efforts. Fifty-five of the 86 members of…

As many of the physical problems of space travel are solved, scientists are beginning to address the psychological needs of the astronauts. While the last decade has produced technological advances making space travel and work a definite possibility, psychologists and the public are largely unaware of the psychological and socio-psychological…

It has been hypothesized that current methods of determining pay rates value the characteristics of jobs held primarily by men differently than the characteristics of jobs held primarily by women, resulting in lower earnings for women. A policy capturing approach using numerically rated job characteristics (PAQ data) was applied separately to the…

Past research on adults' fear of, and hostile reactions toward, individuals with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and homosexuals has tended to treat these reactions as being unidimensional. The primary purpose of this study was to examine the underlying dimensions of attitudes toward individuals with AIDS and homosexuals. A second…

Empirical research on the effects of price rises on college attendance is reviewed. Emphasis is placed on the validity and usefulness of an approach to postsecondary pricing increasingly being employed in the public sector. This approach, which is labeled the targeted subsidy approach, stresses that greater equity and fiscal efficiency result from…

This paper describes the efforts of Educators for Athletic Equity (EAE) in Colorado to address the shortage and/or absence of women and minorities in athletic leadership positions. Goals of the EAE are discussed, including: (1) to promote competent coaches, officials, athletic directors, and governing board members; (2) to promote the benefits of…

This study measures the impact of sexual equality on the differences between male and female involvement in crime. The units of analysis were all 100 counties in North Carolina. Data for the dependent variable, male-female involvement in crime, were obtained from the North Carolina Police Information Network. The 1970 U.S. Census was the source of…

The author contends that within executive government, which already has all the information it needs to make decisions, program evaluation is seen as a symbolic rather than a substantive enterprise. If it is assumed that program evaluation is an end of policy, not a means, the reasons for government investment in evaluation include: (1) no choice;…

An organization's employees can usually expect certain kinds of changes in their positions during the course of their careers. Careers usually begin in entry positions from which employees are promoted once sufficiently trained. Other positions are notable as positions for objective analysis of the employee's potential. Performance in such…

The persistence of racial imbalance in metropolitan population distribution is evidence of the tenacity of housing market discrimination as a determinant of the residential location of whites and blacks. That such segregated patterns persist more than a decade after Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 suggests the need for renewed policy…