Addresses the role of affirmative action in promoting educational equity and access, presenting affirmative action case law and offering legal grounds for continued promotion of educational opportunity and diversity. The article discusses strict scrutiny, compelling state interest, and merit, explaining how and when race should be used in…

Presents a historical perspective of affirmative action, examining the case for and the case against affirmative action and offering guidelines for advancing toward the goals of equal opportunity and a community that engages all of its citizens. This information is presented within the context of diversity, with a focus on diversity management.…

Identity is central for research on education since, under certain conditions, it may influence school choice, career preferences and classroom behaviour. Identity also determines disposition toward schooling because it may have the capacity to shape and modify the values, beliefs and characteristics that distinguish one person from another, by…

Findings from a study of institutions that are members of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) or the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges (NASULGC) show that enrollment at public four-year institutions increased 3.4% from fall 1990 to fall 2000, going from 5.91 million students to 6.11…

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

Surveyed 302 colleges and universities to study whether differences exist in admission criteria for minority students and how institutions interpret the term minority. Results showed private institutions were most likely to identify minorities for admissions purposes. The importance of other factors including grades and activities is also…

A study of eight school districts in each of six states gathered descriptive data about public school administrators employed in 1980. This article summarizes the composite data on administrator characteristics, length of service, and results of affirmative action. Strategies for providing additional opportunities for women and minorities are…

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)

How did the University of Michigan become a viable defendant of race-conscious admissions policies? Pursuing a simple legal strategy to address "Gratz v. Bollinger" (2003) and "Grutter v. Bollinger" (2003) was certainly an option; however, Michigan's leadership chose to respond in ways that increased the institution's role in the affirmative…

For more than four decades, universities have used affirmative-action policies to increase the participation of U.S.-born women and members of minority groups in higher education, where traditionally they have been under-represented. Yet those policies, often applied in decisions about which students to admit and which faculty members to hire,…

The authors present solutions, gathered from a survey of over 100 large cities, to recruitment problems centering on women and minorities for jobs that have traditionally been dominated by White males. They also offer ideas to aid in the elimination of artificial barriers that have traditionally hampered affirmative action progress in the fire…

Excerpts from five Supreme Court justices' opinions (Powell, O'Connor, White, Marshall, and Stevens) in a decision striking down an affirmative-action agreement protecting the jobs of minority-group teachers with less seniority than some white teachers during layoffs are presented. (MSE)

A solo is a group member who is perceptually distinctive because of a salient characteristic. African American and White adults (n=111) viewed photographs of solos and indicated whether they would be selected for work group membership on the basis of ability or affirmative action. Implications for organizational settings are discussed. (SLD)

Explains the position of the American Dental Education Association regarding affirmative action, namely, that affirmative action represents the United States' longstanding principled and constitutional commitment to equal opportunity for all citizens. (EV)

Discusses affirmative action strategies in academic libraries that have attempted to improve the percentage of minorities in librarianship. The importance of stressing the value of greater cultural diversity within the academic library is discussed, and specific tools that can be used to increase the number of minorities are described. (39…