Compares the effectiveness of magnet schools in increasing interracial contact in two contexts: (1) districts using magnet schools as the alternative to forced busing; and (2) districts using magnet schools as a component of a mandatory desegregation plan. (Author/BE)

Briefly reviews metropolitan school desegregation cases in Florida; Richmond, Virginia; Detroit; Kinloch (St. Louis County), Missouri; Louisville; Wilmington; and Indianapolis. (IRT)

Three conclusions are supported in this study of racial violence in public schools: (1) the causes are rooted in the community as well as the schools; (2) the most direct factor is the extent to which the school system is racially desegregated; and (3) the data support riot theories which stress their parapolitical character. (Author/RLV)

Although the number of African-American women who attended the elite Seven Sisters colleges prior to 1900 was small, these women were highly influential. Early integration is discussed for: (1) Wellesley College; (2) Radcliffe College; (3) Smith College; (4) Mount Holyoke College; (5) Bryn Mawr College; (6) Vassar College; and (7) Barnard College.…

Concentrates on discussion of a new wave of educational equity litigation involving state lawsuits in the late 1980s and the 1990s seeking the integration of economically segregated schools. Earlier waves include federal racial desegregation decisions beginning with "Brown v. Board of Education" in 1954 and financial equity decisions…

This timeline reflects some of the most significant legal and legislative milestones that have influenced higher education almost as long as Black Issues In Higher Education has been in print. The ongoing legal battles have primarily involved the further desegregation of schools and the use of race and gender in scholarships and university…

Discusses white society's reaction to the 1954 Brown decision and cites gradualism, delay, hate, fear, and distrust as the intervening problems in the creation of equal education in an integrated society. (Author/DW)

There are hundreds, perhaps thousands, of school districts across the nation operating under court orders to desegregate their schools. The cost of complying with these court orders runs into the hundreds of millions of dollars each year, and thousands of people are charged with overseeing the effective use of these dollars. This book is based on…

Outlines aims and program strategies for school districts to consider in attempting to cope with four problem areas associated with racial imbalance: imbalance in the black minority school population across a school district; segregation resulting from current school attendance boundaries; segregation or resegregation resulting from…

Considered the problem of racial attitudes and school integration as well as the interaction of parents and the schools in which their children are being educated. (RK)

The computer, in the role of high speed calculator, can be a valuable tool in helping district planners evaluate different desegregation alternatives quickly, accurately. (Author)

This report of basic approaches that have worked in successful school desegregation situations contains recommendations of a national conference. The purpose of the conference was to bring together lay and professional school leaders who had experienced desegregation at the school building, school district or state level. At the school building…