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…

Democracy is the foundation of U.S. society. Democratic principles permeate all institutions, and the belief that individuals have the right to representation and a voice in decisions that affect their daily lives is supported by the highest laws of the land. The implementation of this agenda has created ethical problems for program planners and…

Students in communication classes find it useful to study Madonna because she is a fascinating and prolific cultural figure whose merit and intentions are matters of great controversy. As the quintessential music-video star, she is also perhaps the medium's most significant auteur. In the areas of women's roles, motherhood, sexuality, race and…

This paper provides an anecdotal account of racial relations and integration efforts in West Virginia before and after the Brown decision, from the perspective of the publisher of the "Charleston Gazette," The struggle for racial equality in West Virginia has been filled with contradictions. The first legal action taken in West Virginia…

An executive summary of findings, this is the first volume of the Third Monitoring Report on Boston Public School Desegregation. The report, covering Boston Public Schools operations from December 1983 through May 1984, was filed by the Massachusetts Board of Education and Commissioner of Education under Orders of Disengagement entered at Federal…

Eight definitions of integration were examined across sex, race, political preference, religious service attendance, and socioeconomic status for 449 graduating high school seniors. Generally, these students chose definitions of integration based on the idealistic principle of free association of people of different races and the open acceptance…

The author discusses the advantages and disadvantages of the adoption of black children by white parents. He concludes that until empirical studies are made, placements should not proceed as if it had already been ascertained that transracial adoption is beneficial. (Author/BW)

The article discusses whether "natural" integration can actually be expected to occur within a neighborhood school system, at least under conditions as they now exist in most American cities. (Author/NQ)

Twenty documents discussing the beneficial effects of school desegregation, particularly on black children, and thirteen studies finding desegregation harmful are cited and their major findings and research methods described briefly in this document. Essentially an annotated bibliography, the report concludes by summarizing briefly the results of…

The paper reports on the Vanguard Program, (Houston, Texas), an interdisciplinary, multilevel instructional program for gifted and creative children. The program, one component of Houston's Magnet school approach designed to comply with desegregation rulings, developed broadened criteria for identifying gifted minority students. Vanguard has…

Twenty-six years ago, racial segregation imposed by law was declared unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court in "Brown v. Board of Education." This paper discusses the historical background of Brown and what has followed after it. The impact of Brown and other court decisions on education is explored together with a discussion of the…

TO PROVIDE SPONSORS OF EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES WITH SKILLS AND UNDERSTANDINGS WHICH WILL BETTER PREPARE THEM TO HANDLE INTEGRATED SITUATIONS, THE INSTITUTE MET FOR 5 HOURS ON 15 SATURDAYS DURING THE SPRING SEMESTER, 1965-66. THE TEACHERS, MOST FROM RICHMOND-AREA SCHOOLS, WERE PRIMARILY MALE (ABOUT 50 PERCENT), NEGRO (APPROXIMATELY 75 PERCENT),…

Through interviews this study investigated the racial attitudes and practices of 577 Negroes and 556 whites living in metropolitan areas of Connecticut, and the effect of the school desegregation drive in the South on these attitudes and practices. Three-fourths of the whites and nearly all the Negroes agreed with the Supreme Court decision to end…