This article explores how elitist elements are preserved within an expanding higher education. It analyzes whether the choice of field of study may be one of these elements and focuses on the case of Roma students in Eastern and Southeastern Europe. The analysis reveals that Roma in the region are not only underrepresented in higher education in…

In the past four decades, profound changes in the U.S. economy--including falling wages, widening inequality, and the polarization of jobs at the top and bottom of the education and wage distributions--have had dramatic implications for the labor-market fortunes of young adults. Only about half of young people ages 16 to 24 held jobs in 2014, and…

In 1976, the challenges faced by women of color who pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields were first brought to national attention by Shirley M. Malcom, Paula Hall, and Janet Brown in a report titled "The Double Bind: The Price of Being a Minority Woman in Science." In commemoration of the 35th…

Despite progress on many fronts, young men of color still face many obstacles to success in American society and suffer disproportionately from economic and social disadvantage. In recent years, foundations and state and local governments have launched major initiatives to address this pressing issue. For example, in 2011, the City of New York…

Some law school graduates struggle to adjust to job landscape changes after the recent economic downturn. It remains a tough job market for new lawyers, even experienced ones, especially for African-Americans who did not attend top law schools or attain distinctions as editors of law reviews, for example. Graduates have been turning more to jobs…

This article recommends revolutionary action to increase the number of qualified miniroty candidates. (JC)

This study shows that while the racial differences on occupation and education were reduced by 1970, the proportion of the remaining occupational gap which was due to educational level had increased. (JMB)

Describes the first phase of the Urban Opportunity Program, which has studied the choices that determine lifetime opportunity for the poor and changes in the performance of urban markets and institutions that have historically supported opportunity. Characteristics of U.S. cities and future directions for the program are discussed. (SLD)

Labor market projections for the next six years have implications for education that can best be met by a career development program which runs from nursery school beyond high school, with a different emphasis at each level. A total program must be provided, recognizing individual differences and needs and put into practice by educators who are…

Because there are too few minority mass media personnel and minority media owners of newspapers, magazines, and radio stations today, large segments of our nations's minority populations are not kept adequately informed about their respective communities. A corollary of this situation is that the White-majority mass media audience is prevented…

The booklet opens with a section on the psychology of motivation which is intended to clarify the importance of "placement readiness." The seven steps which are an essential part of the job-finding process are organized with a view toward making it easier for the reader to repeat the process each time it becomes necessary to seek a new…

Franchising continues to be one of the rapidly growing forms of business because it offers a means through which an individual with limited capital and experience can own or operate his own business. The publication, in its eighth edition, identifies franchisors who do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, or national origin in the…

Although the government's role as provider of social services and guardian of individual rights has had little effect on the economic position of women and minorities, as an employer it has greatly improved their welfare in terms of job opportunities and earnings. U.S. census data from 1960 to 1980 show that the public sector currently employs…

Almost twenty years after the Kerner Commission reported that fewer than 5% of employees in the news business were black and that fewer than 1 percent of those were editors or employed in management jobs, the percentage of blacks and other minorities in those professions is only slightly higher. A l987 survey by the American Society of Newspaper…