Examines the remedies available under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. Available from Baylor Law Review, B.U. Station, Box 6262, Waco, Texas 76706; $4.00 per copy. (IRT)

Applying the middle-level equal protection scrutiny, the author argues that the mandatory retirement scheme upheld in "O'Neil" violates the equal protection clause. Available from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, 3400 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104; $3.00 sc. (Author/IRT)

Available from Commerce Clearing House, Inc., 4025 W. Peterson Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60646; Single copy, $3.00. (IRT)

Federal and state legislative changes that alter mandatory retirement requirements or private retirement and pension plans are reviewed. Social Security taxes, early retirement, disability benefits, and voluntary retirement incentives are among the topics discussed. (LBH)

Recent rulings are reviewed and relevant issues discussed regarding discriminatory use of tests with older job applicants. (Author)

Aging and ageism are diversity issues and should be addressed in diversity training. A balanced understanding of aging can be developed using appropriate techniques at all levels of education. Instructors should vary teaching approaches to accommodate older adult students. (SK)

To learn the extent to which employees on the job feel they have personally experienced or observed age discrimination in employment, a questionnaire was administered to aerospace employees in a large Southern California firm. Half of the employees responding reported that they had personally experienced some form of age discrimination. (Author)

Outlines approaches principals may take in dealing with older teachers who will not have to retire at age 65 but who may not be up to handling a full teaching load. Principals must retain only competent teachers while not discriminating on the basis of age. (IRT)

Reviews literature to support the contention that misconceptions about the aging process have a detrimental effect on healthy aging. Seeks to demonstrate how stereotyping can affect the shape and nature of programs for elderly people. Argues that for long-lasting change to occur, service providers need to target these negative attitudes in…

One hundred-seventy elementary school children in Western Pennsylvania were involved in a pilot study to examine young children's views on aging and the elderly. Approximately half of these children were involved in the Senior Citizen School Volunteer Program which provided consistent classroom contact with a senior citizen resource person. The…

By the Older Americans Amendments of 1975, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights was directed to investigate unreasonable age discrimination in federally-assisted programs, report the findings and recommend statutory changes for administrative actions. Results of examinations of the literature, field studies and public hearings on the following…

Three exceptions or defenses to the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 are analyzed--the bona fide occupational qualification, bona fide seniority system, and bona fide benefit plan. Available from Georgia Law Review, University of Georgia School of Law, Athens, Georgia 30602; sc $3.50. (IRT)

The five articles in this special issue of the bulletin deal with age discrimination in children's books. The first article is the first of two parts that deal with how older people are stereotyped; part 1 presents the statistical findings of the first major study of stereotypes based on age and ageism in children's literature, while part 2…

Economic, psychological, and social effects of age discrimination in employment are examined. This note analyzes constitutional challenges to hiring-age ceiling and mandatory retirement policies, as well as the constitutional criteria against which those ceilings and policies should be measured. Federal statutory prohibitions and their judicial…