Describes the mixed feelings of educators toward the central role of schools in desegregation and urges that school officials press other social institutions and government entities to help bear the responsibility for desegregation. Discusses pros and cons of quality isolated education versus student reassignment for racial balance. (RDN)

Considerable disagreement remains between white and black Americans as to what are permissible and effective policies for the desegregation of public education. Research findings exist to support almost every point of view, and desegregation strategies tend to reflect the social beliefs and educational assumptions of those in power. Efforts made…

In January 1974, a research team from Teachers College, Coloumbia University spent four days in Ewing Township, New Jersey studying and documenting the efforts made by the school district and community in bringing about a desegregated system. Ewing School District was one of four districts to be included in the Comparative Desegregation Project…

This report on New York State projects aimed at correcting racial imbalance in the public schools deals with the actual distribution of funds, the variety of programs implemented, and a summary of project evaluations presented by the participating districts during the first two years of operation, 1966-1968. Funds were appropriated to assist…

Western Regional School Desegregation Projects, University of California at Riverside, along with Community Resources Limited, designed and conducted a program to advance our information, knowledge, and ability to plan school desegregation processes. Its purpose was to help narrow the time lag between local politically or court-mandated…

Previous studies of the residential succession process have described the patterns of succession in terms of stages defined either by the responses of the residents or by the percent of black population occupying the area. The present study approaches the investigation from an operational point of view, using a microscopic technique of data…

The focal crises simulated in the game are set in a district integrated at the beginning of the Fall term. Each school had an enrollment that was approximately 52 percent white, 22 percent black, 22 percent Mexican American, and the remainder Oriental. During the early weeks of school, the integration plan worked smoothly. After a short time,…

This study surveyed the effects of bussing nearly 1,200 blacks in the Buffalo (N. Y.) Public Schools from segregated inner city schools to schools where the population was primarily white. The blacks, in grades 5-7, were bussed from 6 inner city schools to 22 receiving schools. Findings include the following: (1) blacks integrated into classes…

This report is a continuing analysis of the achievement of ethnic minority children who are bused for integration, and of other children attending the schools receiving bused pupils. The findings reported here are limited to children in the primary grades. The achievement of kindergarten and first grade bused and "receiving" pupils has…

The emotionalism surrounding racial integration of schools has intensified resistance to the expansion of integration and perhaps altered the timetable for the complete integration of schools in America. The student, the subject of the controversy and the ultimate recipient of its outcome, is too often overlooked. The black student is thrust into…

Survival of predeominantly Black colleges in the higher education system is advocated in arguments for an educational balance. The goals of Black colleges are cited, and the encouragement of non-Black students to attend is seen as an attempt to teach other institutions how to become pluralistic. (JMF)

Presents an analysis of research findings on the long-term benefits of desegregated schooling on the educational and career advancement and adult social roles of African Americans. Evidence points to the continuing importance of desegregation as a crucial link for African Americans and others to the processes that lead to greater participation in…

This document contains three reports dealing with popular misconceptions about school desegregation. The papers deal with quality education, educator attitudes, and white flight. The first paper focuses on the following questions: (1) How does desegregation affect academic achievement? (2) What is the effect of desegregation on the minority…

A majority of seventy-three studies dealing with the effect of desegregation on black achievement conclude that desegregation has a beneficial effect on black achievement scores. These findings are in agreement with various national surveys that have found black achievement higher in predominantly white schools. However, a number of desegregation…

THE LITERATURE ON HIGHER EDUCATION WAS SURVEYED TO EVALUATE (1) THE ACCESS OF DISADVANTAGED YOUTH TO HIGHER EDUCATION, AND (2) THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN MEETING THE NEEDS OF DISADVANTAGED YOUTH. THE FINDINGS FROM THE LITERATURE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED UNDER FIVE HEADINGS--(1) CIVIL RIGHTS AND ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION, (2) PROGRAMS AND…