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Carter, Deborah J.; Wilson, Reginald – 1996
This report provides an overview of the available racial and ethnic data on high school completion rates, college participation, college enrollment, degrees conferred, and employment in higher education for the period 1974-1994. Major data sources are reports of the U.S. Bureau of the Census and the National Center for Education Statistics. The…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, American Indians, Asian American Students, Asian Americans
Wellesley Coll., MA. – 1977
The impact of government legislation and regulation on Wellesley College in Massachusetts is analyzed. The impact of federal aid on the economics of the college is considered in terms of capital resources and operating resources. The analysis also considers the effects of government legislation and regulation on capital costs, first-time…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Affirmative Action, Age Discrimination, Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets)
Association of American Colleges, Washington, DC. Project on the Status and Education of Women. – 1980
This issue of the "On Campus With Women" newsletter includes the following topics: a federal court case decision that student aid constitutes federal assistance, but that the Department of Health, Education and Welfare cannot compel Grove City College to sign a legally defective Title IX compliance form; a Department of Justice move to…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Athletic Coaches, Blacks, Civil Rights
Commission on Civil Rights, Washington, DC. – 1977
This report evaluates the status of civil rights oversight and policymaking by the White House and Office of Management on Budget (OMB) during the Nixon-Ford administrations, from 1972 to 1976. The report documents the activities of the White House, OMB, the Federal Regional Councils, and the Federal Executive Boards. Housing, school…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Affirmative Action, American Indians, Asian Americans
Rights at Risk: Equality in an Age of Terrorism. Report of the Citizens' Commission on Civil Rights.
Piche, Dianne M., Ed.; Taylor, William L., Ed.; Reed, Robin A., Ed. – 2002
This volume chronicles the progress of the administration, executive branch agencies, and Congress in ending discrimination and advancing civil rights. The study has 21 chapters in 2 parts. Part one includes: (1) "Rights at Risk"; and (2) "Recommendations of the Commission." Part two includes a series of working papers prepared…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Civil Rights, Diversity (Student), Educational Policy
Burr, Marjorie – 1992
In June 1992, Dona Ana Branch Community College (DABCC) in Las Cruces, New Mexico, initiated a self-study to identify changes needed for fuller participation by minorities and women and to establish goals for student, faculty, and staff diversity. The self-study focused on college and program enrollments by gender and ethnicity; recruitment…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Affirmative Action, College Attendance

Nettles, Michael T.; Perna, Laura W. – 1997
This voluminous collection of data presents a detailed picture of the educational status, performance, progress, and financial support of African Americans in higher education and adult education. The 10 chapters, each with a brief overview and text sections that supplement the data tables, cover: (1) African American population characteristics;…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Affirmative Action, Black Achievement
American Council on Education, Washington, DC. – 1979
Information on eleven conferences focusing on post-Bakke policy and sponsored by the American Council on Education for administrators of high-demand programs is presented. An introductory report by Todd Furniss ("Professional Education After Bakke") discusses the rationale for the conferences and examines some of the implications for…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Administrative Policy, Admission Criteria, Admission (School)
Miller, Susan W., Comp. – 1980
This annotated bibliography provides a list of resources dealing with sex equity in vocational education. The bibliography first provides operational definitions of "sexism,""sex fair,""sex affirmative,""sex bias," and "affirmative action." It then lists resources under the following topics and/or bibliographic forms: (1) sex role definition, (2)…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Annotated Bibliographies, Audiovisual Aids, Career Counseling
Association of American Colleges, Washington, DC. Project on the Status and Education of Women. – 1981
Developments concerning women in the workplace, the courts, and schools are reported. Among the issues related to employment are the following: female faculty members earn less in salary than males, despite receiving slightly higher raises than males; unemployment among women doctorates in the humanities is higher than that of males; age…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Affirmative Action, College Students, Court Litigation
Hogges, Ralph – 1979
Current experiences and practices that exist in some colleges and universities that violate the Civil Rights Act and affirmative action legislation are discussed. Treatment of the average black, other minority, and women candidates as compared to the average white candidate is questioned in regard to staff recruitment, assignment to line as…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Black Students, Black Teachers, Civil Rights
Tibby, Edward R.; Hirabayashi, Judith Bonnett – 1977
A survey of 71 colleges showed relatively little change in recruitment, admissions, and placement policies or procedures despite commonly predicted declines in future enrollment. A similar questionnaire sent to ten regional executives tended to confirm this finding. The questionnaire responses showed wide variability in current practices. Few of…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, College Admission

Bunzel, John H. – Public Interest, 1988
Examines the negative effects of the affirmative action admissions program at the University of California Berkeley, and briefly discusses the qualifications of minority college bound students and minority recruitment in general. (FMW)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, American Indians
Association of American Colleges, Washington, DC. Project on the Status and Education of Women. – 1979
Addressed in this issue are: Title IX (right to sue, coverage of employment, a women's reentry program in violation of the law, law students filing a complaint, and disclosure of campus policies); sports (males on female teams, a statewide women's sports group, the average woman and sports, and a bibliography); employment (race preference in…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Career Development, College Admission, College Faculty
Slocum, Alfred A., Ed. – 1978
The complete record of the litigation in Alan Bakke v. The Regents of the University of California is contained in these six volumes. Included are all the pleadings, briefs, and arguments reproduced in full text except for minor editing of the oral arguments and data pertaining to the proof of service affidavits of truths. Volume One contains the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Admission (School), Affirmative Action