Examines the general status of Blacks in American graduate education and in political science and the South in particular. Available from The Journal of Politics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611; $5.00 per issue. (Author/IRT)

Discusses how students and administrators at Virginia Tech are angry that the governing board eliminated affirmative action and made other important decisions without consultation. (EV)

Reviews major court decisions that have challenged the context for diversity and affirmative action initiatives in higher education, focusing on the notion of individual merit, historical court decisions, and higher education as contested terrain. Asserts that discussions of affirmative action are uncomfortable because they identify the…

Describes how members of minority groups view the affirmative action cases at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor on the basis of the difficulty they have had in gaining access to higher education. (EV)

Asserting that the end of affirmative action at the University of California Berkeley Law School crushes the aspirations of minorities and prevents whites from appreciating why diversity is so important, a Boalt graduate and immigration lawyer explains why everyone loses when affirmative action is cast aside. (EV)

This article suggests that previous bans on race-based affirmative action have done serious damage to black enrollments at the U.S.'s "flagship" public universities. In some cases, black enrollments have rebounded somewhat, but enrollments are still far below the level that prevailed prior to the bans. Only Texas, with its 10 Percent…

Surveyed students (N=432) and faculty (N=211) at small, public college to determine perceived prevalence of sexual harassment. Found that (1) sexual harassment definition agreement between students and faculty; (2) more female students than males described themselves as harassment victims; and (3) faculty needed harassment education more than…

Examined Central Michigan University employees' (N=449) sexual harassment experiences through employee survey. Found that (1) more women than men reported sexual harassment; (2) most common harassers cited were male co-workers, administrators, and maintenance employees; (3) harassment most frequently attributed to working conditions and hours; (4)…

Committees can be effective in helping accomplish organizational goals including affirmative action and non-discrimination goals. The most effective affirmative action committees are proactive and assertive. (MLW)

Excerpts from Supreme Court opinions on legal standards for federal affirmative action programs include those from the majority opinion by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, a concurring opinion by Justice Antonin Scalia, and a dissenting opinion by Justice John Paul Stevens. (MSE)

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…

Provides a variety of reports on the black experience and performance level trends in higher education. Reports include affirmative action issues in postsecondary education, enrollment and graduation trends, racial preference in tuition, institutional segregation issues, achievement test discrepancies, education's influence on black-white income…

Presents the opinions of a professor (the author) from the University of Michigan who leads the campaign against racial preferences in higher education, focusing on such topics as his feelings about the situation, why he challenged the university's admissions policies, peer reactions to his efforts, the reaction of black students in his classes,…

Analyzes the history of affirmative action admissions at the University of California. Focuses on two themes: first, the historical development of UC admissions; second, the debate over affirmative action. Considers problems in balancing the social contract with the idea of a meritocracy, race and affirmative action as a counterbalance, and the…

Uses the University of Washington as a case study illustrating the double bind basic writing programs are caught up in at public research institutions on the West Coast. Claims the university's Educational Opportunity Program writing sequence is at risk in the face of the anti-affirmative action movement, Initiative 200. (NH)