According to the Washington Council of Lawyers, the Civil Rights Division has taken the position that segregation in state higher education systems is tolerable, so long as certain steps are taken to equalize the quality of schools. While upgrading quality is certainly important, the problem is that "equalization" combined with open…

A review on both a federal and state by state basis of developments in the fields of racial and sexual differences in educational opportunities, employment opportunities in education, school integration, court litigation, and the formation of public educational policy in general, particularly in relation to enterprise. (JM)

Discusses Bijlmermeer, a suburb of Amsterdam, where the complex problems of integrating native Dutch citizens with immigrant Dutch citizens exist in large measure, and problems of integrated education are present: there has been a great influx of natives from Surinam to Holland, since the date for the complete independence of Surinam was set for…

After briefly reviewing the formation of current Department of Health, Education and Welfare policy, discusses Florida's desegregation status, activities of HEW's Office of Civil Rights, the formulation and progress of the Florida desegregation plan, the projected role of Florida A. and M., and, the problem of maintaining Black enrollment. (JM)

This testimony, before a public hearing of the New York City Commission on Human Rights in May 1974, notes that a study of 250 of the largest corporate employers with respect to their civil rights compliance posture suggests that microeconomic policy for the economy needs to be much better integrated with Fair Employment Practice Policy.…

This testimony, before a public hearing of the New York City Commission on Human Rights in May 1974, focuses on two issues: (1) the effect of the presence of trade unionism on the position of black workers in the labor market relative to white workers; and (2) the effect of federal government efforts to increase the position of black workers…

This testimony, before a public hearing of the New York City Commission on Human Rights in May 1974, is stated to discuss the failure of the City of New York under the New York Plan to end job discrimination despite the explicitness of the law in this area: the first law in New York State prohibiting discrimination came either in the late twenties…

This testimony, before a public hearing of the New York Commission on Human Rights in May 1974, by the executive director of the Housing Opportunities Council for Metropolitan Washington, emphasizes that if the federal government took an active role in dealing with equal housing opportunity, it could do much to attain it. (Author/JM)

Summarizes observations made by the author who was first, during 1963-1966, resident director of the New York University--Virgin Islands Project in Education, and then, since 1969, Assistant Dean, School of Education, at Northern Arizona University, located virtually on the doorstep of the Navajo Indian Reservation. (JM)

The complete text of a memorandum dated July 22, 1970 that was submitted to President Nixon by the writer, who served as a Special Advisor on campus affairs during the period May 8 through June 30, 1970. (JM)

Discusses (1) idealogical and administrative factors at the federal level which weakened the implementation of multiculturalism in Canada on a national basis; and (2) Prime Minister Trudeau's failure to encourage second language learning in provincial schools and other areas where educational opportunities are lacking for minority ethnic groups.…

This testimony, before a public hearing of the New York City Commission on Human Rights in May 1974, had three express focuses: (1) on urban poverty among blacks in the non-south; (2) on the enforcement of Fair Employment Practice (FEP) legislation and its effect on the economic position of blacks and other minority groups; and, (3) on guidelines…

Testimony before a public hearing of the New York City Commission on Human Rights in May 1974 by the project director of a projected in-depth review of the delivery of educational services to over 700,000 minority children attending the New York City Public School system asserted to be the largest civil rights review of its kind in U.S. history.…

This testimony, before a public hearing of the New York City Commission on Human Rights in May 1974, emphasizes not only that the first problem that the Puerto Rican community has in New York City is that of language but that there is a new migration of Haitians (who speak French), Greeks, and groups of Chinese from different parts of Asia.…

Statement by the president of the National Committee Against Discrimination in Housing to the Select Committee on Educational Opportunity, United States Senate, August 25, 1970. (JM)