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Direct linkBlume, Grant H.; Long, Mark C. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2014
Affirmative action in college admissions was effectively banned in Texas by the Hopwood ruling in 1997, by voter referenda in California and Washington in 1996 and 1998, and by administrative decisions in Florida in 1999. The "Hopwood" and "Johnson" rulings also had possible applicability to public colleges throughout Alabama,…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, College Administration, State Legislation, Court Litigation
Peer reviewedBoyles, Wiley R. – Public Personnel Management, 1978
Describes the effort the state of Alabama has exerted to construct and use content-oriented tests valid for ranking applicants for employment in the state merit system. (IRT)
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Aptitude Tests, Court Litigation, Government Employees
Peer reviewedBrooks, F. Erik – Journal of Negro Education, 2004
The impact of the Knight v. Alabama ruling by looking at undergraduate student demographic data for historically African American Alabama A&M University and Alabama State University and traditionally American Auburn University and the University of Alabama is discussed. To eradicate the remaining residue of discrimination and segregation, the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Higher Education, School Segregation, Black Colleges
Alabama State Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. – 1979
This report examines employment opportunities for women and minorities in the Alabama State government. The employment actions of State officials in the wake of the United States versus Frazer decision in which the State was found guilty of discrimination against blacks are also examined. Comments made by George C. Wallace and other State…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Blacks, Court Litigation, Employment Opportunities
Download full textBlumstein, James F. – 1981
The application of constitutional principles of desegregation, derived from the context of primary and secondary education, to the postsecondary education setting, is addressed in the second of eight reports from the Postsecondary Desegregation Project at Vanderbilt University. The role of the U.S. Department of Education in enforcing the…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Black Colleges, College Desegregation, Compliance (Legal)
