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Peer reviewedWirth, Clifford J. – Social Science Quarterly, 1979
Examines the extent and nature of social bias in the recruitment of school board members. Concludes that board members of both races tend to have family origins that are generally of higher socioeconomic status than those of the corresponding adult public, and that they have achieved more upward social mobility than their respective general adult…
Descriptors: Bias, Boards of Education, Competitive Selection, Political Influences
Fishman, Walda Katz – 1979
A personal evaluation is expressed on the changing role of women in the United States as a result of current social attitudes and of recent legislation regarding medical, economic, and educational matters. It is hypothesized that the United States is currently experiencing an extreme and growing right-wing political movement whose targets include…
Descriptors: Bias, Civil Liberties, Democratic Values, Females
