Dr. Lloyd Hackley argues that first Brown v. Board of Education in 1954, then United States v. Fordice nearly 40 years later, robbed millions of African-American children and young adults of quality education. He charges that the focus of legislation has been to integrate school buildings not society. (Author/MSE)

Federal Supreme Court and appellate court decisions in 1996 concerning discrimination against college students are reviewed. Several decisions deal with diversity and the lawfulness of excluding applicants under a diversity rationale or extending preferences to certain classes of applicants to enhance diversity. Other cases of discrimination based…

In light of two cases soon to be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court--"Bob Jones University v. United States" and "Goldsboro Christian Schools, Inc. v. United States"--this monograph discusses the issue of freedom of religion and racially discriminatory private religious schools. After noting the statutory basis of tax-exempt…

This book is a compilation of articles by Linda Zook, Steven Bower, Thomas Black, Frank Aquila, Patrick Tydings, Robert Powers, and Bruce Graham on the legal and educational history of school segregation. An initial article reviews the Federal court process. Also presented is a general historical review of Supreme Court doctrine on the issue of…

Argues that the record of the United States Supreme Court hardly warrants a view of the Court as a special protector of minorities. The idea of the Court as guardian of minority rights obscures the more fundamental and lasting role of the Court as protector of property rights. (SLD)

Analyzes the conflicts between Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Executive Order No. 11,246 concerning the validity and scope of the president's power to impose obligations of nondiscrimination and affirmative action on government contractors. Journal availability: see 511 890. (IRT)

Three landmark Supreme Court cases concerning affirmative action and racial discrimination within higher education institutions, and their interrelationships, are discussed: Hopwood vs. the State of Texas; Regents of the University of California vs. Bakke (1978); and Brown vs. Board of Education (1954). Treatment of the legal issues by the Center…

A federal court decision in which the University of Texas was supported in preferential admissions treatment of minority law school applicants is criticized as perpetuating racial discrimination by a state institution. The suit was brought by four white applicants who would likely have been admitted if they were of a preferred racial group but…

In the United States Supreme Court ruling "City of Richmond v. J. A. Croson Co.," six separate opinions were issued by the Justices, indicating that the Court remains divided in the scope, rationale, and implication of its affirmative action decision. This commentary explains the Court's decision and provides some guidance to school…

Although certain constitutional rights do not apply to private institutions, striking similarities in employment problems exist between public and private colleges. Summarizes court litigation involving constitutional standards, established public policy, contractual problems, and financial exigency. Offers procedures for faculty dismissal that…

Argues in support of affirmative action in college and university admissions, noting the actual, relatively small effect of affirmative action on white admission and opportunity, and suggesting other possible reasons for the heated debate. Notes two related Supreme Court decisions made a century apart and reviews statistical studies in support of…

A federal judge has struck down the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) freshman-eligibility standards based on standardized college entrance test scores as racially discriminatory. The ruling means that the 577 Division I and II institutions can determine their own eligibility standards, but if the ruling is reversed, some students…

This speech focuses upon the issues involved in several recent court rulings against affirmative action programs. Among the cases reviewed are "Weber v. Kaiser Aluminum," concerned with the hiring of minority employees at a plant in Gramercy, Louisiana; two cases, in Tampa and Detroit, challenging police department hiring and promotion…

An analysis of a court decision, Podberesky v Kirwin, finding a University of Maryland scholarship targeting black students to be racially discriminatory reviews both what the Supreme Court has said about use of racial classifications and how it has not said what constitutes permissible affirmative action. (MSE)

Describes the historical purpose of black colleges and discusses whether the continued existence of publicly supported black colleges is justifiable after nearly 40 years of jurisprudence specifically oriented to the elimination of 1-race educational institutions. (127 footnotes) (MLF)