A federal appeals court has ruled that the University of Maryland had no right to restrict one of its scholarships to black students. This is the highest level judicial ruling on minority scholarships. The court rejected much of the university's evidence supporting such forms of financial aid. (MSE)

Describes the concentration of poor and minority populations in public housing in the United States, and examines the relationship between the location of public housing and changes in neighborhood poverty rates through a longitudinal database for four large U.S. cities. In each city, a significant relationship can be traced. (SLD)

This pamphlet is the first in a series designed to provide a compilation of selected demographic, social, economic, and other statistical data relating to selected populations. Topics covered here (in both discussion and table/graph format) include Black population growth and distribution, residence, income gain, poverty rate increase, labor force…

A special Labor Force Report shows that employment of veterans aged 20 to 34 rose steadily in 1973 and the first half of 1974. (Author)

Reprint from "State Universities and Black Americans, issued by Southern Education Reporting Service, Atlanta, Ga., 1969 (

While there exists considerable sentiment about the older urban areas of the United States, little empirical work dealing explicitly with the problems of these areas has been done. This study is a preliminary investigation into the use of urban age as an independent variable. Preliminary results indicate that: (1) racial transition is not related…

FIRST THE REPORT DISCUSSES INTELLIGENCE DIFFERENCES, NOT ON A RACIAL BASIS, BUT MORE IN TERMS OF SOCIOECONOMIC LEVEL DIFFERENCES. THEN THE REPORT IS DIVIDED INTO THREE SECTIONS, (1) RACIAL DISTRIBUTION, (2) SOCIOECONOMIC LEVEL DISTRIBUTION, AND (3) MOBILITY OF CHILDREN IN AND OUT OF THE DISTRICT SINCE THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. TABLES CONTAIN THE…

Racial residential segregation has been a persistent feature of the American housing market. At least three distinct theories have been presented to explain this racial segregation. The "class" theory claims that, due to disproportionate overrepresentation of blacks in lower income classes, they will be overrepresented in lower quality housing…

A second annual report (1966) on the status of school integration in Dade County, Florida, includes data about every school department, and program in the school system as well as administrative and service personnel. The bulk of the document consists of nine tables which summarize the data. (NH)

Data used in this study are based on information collected by the Bureau of Census, which canvassed 52,000 households. About 273,000 three-year-olds, 872,000 four-year-olds, and 2,724,000 five-year-olds were enrolled in preprimary programs in 1967. About 5.4 percent of the 3-year-olds, 15.6 percent of the 4-year-olds, and 45 percent of the…

Although limited in scope, census data still provide the best general indexes of social change in the United States and where comparable categories over time periods exist the data can provide the basis for making decisions relevant to anticipated changes in the future. Changes from rural to urban residence among blacks in various age groups are…

The increase in Black suburbanization during the 1960s and 70s is examined in the context of racial changes in earlier decades. A sample of 1,114 suburbs are examined, and regional differences between the North and South are described. Racial change occurred with greater relative frequency than in previous decades. (Author/VM)

Author, Superintendent of Spartanburg City Schools, Spartanburg, South Carolina, offers examples of innovations supported by the community. (CB)

Attacks the concept of neighborhood schools as being unsuitable to educate in the twenty-first century. Argues that temporary busing is the quickest way to achieve genuine integrated education. (JF)

Discusses the implications of the Weber decision which focus on the Supreme Court's interpretation of racial imbalance and the emphasis of the decision on the private sector. (RLV)