Affirmative action legislation has made a difference in the job climate. The difference is affecting younger women most strongly, but older women are also being affected. (Author/IRT)

This report is an effort to assess what has been accomplished in successfully diversifying and desegregating historically segregated and unequal higher educational institutions across Kentucky, and how this was done. The report discusses the changing legal setting for these initiatives, analyzes the educational achievements and challenges, and…

Diversity is said to bring about a host of educational benefits, yet on campus or off, things aren't working out the way diversity experts planned. In this article, the author reviews recent research challenging the "contact hypothesis," which asserts that putting individuals of disparate cultural backgrounds in the classroom and other…

In this article, Victoria-Maria MacDonald, John M. Botti, and Lisa Hoffman Clark trace the evolution of higher educational opportunities for Latinos in the United States from the Higher Education Act of 1965 to the designation of Title V in the Act's 1998 reauthorization. The authors argue that this evolution moved through stages, including…

The issues and cases discussed demonstrate that performance appraisal procedures must be validated in the interest of fairness to employees, efficiency of operations for the employer, and prevention of expensive and time-consuming litigation. (Author)

The special admission program at Davis goes so far beyond federal affirmative action requirements that a decision for Bakke would not affect current federal programs. (Author)

The states would be making a serious economic and political mistake not to take the initiative soon on Title IX. A list of things the states can do and a summary of federal regulations on sex discrimination in education are provided. (Author/MLF)

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The process of collective bargaining needs the assistance of congressional legislation in order to respond successfully to equal employment opportunity problems. A proposal to develop an Affirmative Action Adjustment Assistant Act is presented as a possible solution. (EC)

Asserts that tenure may violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act or more general affirmative action concepts. (Author/PG)

The forthcoming Equal Employment Opportunity Commission affirmative action guidelines are designed to encourage voluntary compliance. They seek to establish a rational system designed to identify the effects of discrimination in the work place. Case law points to work force analysis as a base for government approved action. (Author/IRT)

Article lists federal government actions regarding vocational education and urges adoption of an affirmative action plan by educators. (SP)

The 1973 Act, which purports to promote employment opportunities for the handicapped, is reviewed and the enforcement procedure is described. The right of an individually aggrieved handicapped person to sue in Federal court ("private cause of action") is discussed in terms of the 1978 amendment. (EB)

Reviews Affirmative Action Act passed by Australian government in 1986 to prevent discrimination against women in employment. Notes that legislation requires universities to implement eight-step program. Explains how University of Melbourne used workshop approach to encourage people on campus to believe in new rules and procedures and to follow…