While the academy has made real efforts at creating opportunities for people of color in the last several decades, real integration remains wanting. In the majority White, upper-class academy, people of color are often seen but not heard. Working from the experience of the author--a first generation Latino in higher education--this piece examines…

Race remains poorly understood and inadequately represented in library and information science (LIS) education. Educators tend to avoid the term "race," preferring the more inclusive "multiculturalism." Yet these terms are far from equivalent: the various dimensions of multiculturalism, including race, ethnicity, class, and gender, have different…

The U.S. Supreme Court provided evidence that its membership had shifted to be more critical of affirmative action as it heard oral arguments last week in two cases involving the race-based assignment of students to public schools. Although the court did not exhibit any desire to reconsider its stand on affirmative action in higher education, the…

This document presents three articles on law-related education (LRE) written either by or for students. Brent Halling, a senior at Castle High School in Newburgh, Indiana, opens the collection with an article on how due process protects rights. Halling explains the concept of due process and illustrates its reach through the case of Kenneth…

Findings of this study are said to be consistent with the assumption that HEW would be more effective in enforcing desegregation than the courts. Most important finding is said to be the limited amount of explained variance attributable to the Federal courts as enforcement agencies. [Available from Sage Publications, 275 South Beverly Drive,…

Reexamines Coleman's research findings that support the theory of white flight. (IRT)

The authors study the impact of conflict and school desegregation in 91 northern cities. The findings indicate that cities with militant black population and school boards with a high level of internal conflict are more likely to have desegregation. However, civil rights demonstrations and grass roots anti-integration activity by whites seem to be…

IQ tests were viewed solely as predictors in this investigation. The results revealed equal but very low within-ethnic-group correlations between IQ and achievement measures administered concurrently prior to desegregation and for tests administered one and two years following desegregation. (Author)

Traces Virginia's reactions to the Brown decision--from evasion and resistance to containment to the present day strife over bussing. (DW)

Presents an overview of the problems surrounding racial integration and school busing in Boston. Five conclusions are drawn. (DW)

An examination of the merits of integrated school systems with respect to academic impact, the potential for improving race relations and the likelihood of bettering life opportunities for black students. Recent critiques of school integration are also evaluated. The tentative evidence is that interracial education, especially when implemented…

In studying the school busing problem, operations researchers and other social scientists proceed differently because of their different "Weltanschauungen," or world views. This article examines the utility of operations researchers' desegregation view in light of recent educational literature, with special emphasis on the role of "Weltanschauung"…