As a result of declining enrollment and newly instituted limitations on property taxes resulting from passage of Proposition 2 1/2, school districts in Massachusetts have been forced to reduce the size of their teaching staffs. The Massachusetts Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights sought to determine what steps were being…

A project-wide evaluation of the Houston, Texas magnet school program indicated that it successfully implemented four court-defined desegregation goals: (1) fewer schools which are 90% or more white or combined black and Mexican-American; (2) fewer students who attend such schools; (3) free transportation for magnet school students; and (4) an…

The priority attached to inner-city student desegregation has often become diminished with the onset of mandatory faculty desegregation. Consequently, students tend to be substantially more segregated than teachers in urban schools. Faculties in predominantly minority schools typically have higher turnover and less experience than faculties in…

The purpose of the study reported here was to design a model for the development of a human relations program in selected racially mixed public schools. The following efforts were undertaken: (1) an examination of the literature to obtain the rationale for school desegregation, (2) an identification of a national sample of desegregated school…

This study was designed to determine the effects of teacher transfer for the purpose of achieving faculty racial balance on alienation and self-ideal discrepancy. Surveys were made of senior high school teachers from all senior high schools (grades 10-12) of Dade County, Miami, Florida, in February and June of 1970, involving 1,123 and 1,190…

Using quantitative analysis, researchers studied the patterns of employment and assignment for Black, Anglo (White), and Hispanic teachers in California's public schools. After reviewing data on minority teacher and professional employment in the national public and private sectors and in California teaching, the authors discuss alternative…

Identified in this research report are variables acting as supports and constraints to the development of a school community relations program. Background information concerning the characteristics of the school studied and its administration is provided. Major influences on the development of a school community relations program in this…

This paper examines the integration of instructional technology (IT) in a Web-assisted, first-semester composition course at Middle Tennessee State University, particularly the use of interactivity tools for in-class and cross-class collaboration. Beyond the benefits of making course materials available 24-7 and linking students via email, IT…

A clear and effective relationship between the State and Federal governments is needed in pursuing school desegregation. The lack of State and Federal government congruence results in a desegregation policy that emanates from judicial decrees on a district by district basis. In Michigan, inconsistencies among districts and between Federal and…

The purpose of this paper is to describe the progress that Austin (Texas) Independent School District (AISD) has made in its affirmative action plan, and to outline the difficulties currently being faced in the recruitment of minorities in Texas and nationally. The status of the AISD is described, followed by statistics on the teacher supply in…

This case study at a community college serving a small city and surrounding rural area was undertaken to examine how a diverse staff experiences the work place. Interviews were conducted with a stratified random sample of one-half of the student affairs group staff; half of the respondent group were people of color, and four out of five were…