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Cottam, Keith M. – Library Journal, 1987
This brief history of equal employment opportunity cases from the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to 1986 Supreme Court cases summarizes the viewpoints of those who don't support it. Librarians are urged to accept the premise that equal employment opportunity is the law and that compliance is in everyone's best interests. (EM)
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Civil Rights Legislation, Employment Practices, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Download full textSimmons, Linda – 2000
In 1964, Congress passed Public Law 82-352. This civil rights act forbade hiring, promoting, and firing discrimination based on sex or race. Title VII of the act created the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to implement the law. Subsequent legislation expanded the role of the EEOC. Today, the EEOC enforces laws that prohibit…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Civil Rights, Civil Rights Legislation, Government Role
Peer reviewedBrown, William H., III – Journal of Intergroup Relations, 1990
The greatest challenge for American industry will be to have management at all levels that is representative of the diversified workforce that is anticipated. Business must ensure fair compensation, healthy working conditions, growth and personal development opportunities, progress in the company, and pride in the value of work itself. (AF)
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Blacks, Business Responsibility, Civil Rights Legislation
Office for Civil Rights (ED), Washington, DC. – 1988
This pamphlet summarizes the legal requirements of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as they pertain to minority recruitment and admissions at colleges and universities which receive Federal assistance. It describes steps taken by some of these institutions to enhance the recruitment, admissions, and retention of minority students. Among…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Civil Rights Legislation, College Admission, Federal Legislation
McCarthy, Martha M. – 1983
An overview is presented of litigation in which courts have interpreted educational employees' rights to nondiscriminatory treatment and employers' obligations to ensure equal employment opportunities. Because of the range, volume, and complexity of the litigation in this area, the intent is to identify applicable legal principles rather than to…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Age Discrimination, Civil Rights Legislation, Court Litigation
Newton, Chris – Black Issues in Higher Education, 1999
Assessment of Hopwood v Texas ruling on admissions at West Texas A&M University finds it has had little effect on that institution. The school stepped up recruitment efforts, targeting high schools with diverse populations. Additionally, the state's "10 percent" rule automatically made the top 10% percent of graduating students…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, Black Students
California Community Colleges, Sacramento. Academic Senate. – 1993
Developed for faculty and staff of the California Community Colleges (CCC), this report serves as a comprehensive, quick reference to revisions of the Affirmative Action Staff Diversity Regulations of Title V of the California Education Code. The report provides separate explanations of each of the 29 sections of the legislation, presents detailed…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Civil Rights Legislation, Community Colleges, Compliance (Legal)
Lancaster, Anita Sklare – 1985
This learning module, one in a series of competency-based guidance program training packages focusing upon professional and paraprofessional competencies of guidance personnel, deals with assisting clients with equity rights and responsibilities. Addressed in the module are the following topics: defining various terms related to equality of…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Check Lists
Gilroy, Marilyn, Ed.; Duggan, Amelia, Ed. – Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education, 1996
This document consists of all of volume 6 (26 issues) of the serial "The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education," a biweekly journal which addresses issues in higher education for Hispanic Americans. Each issue presents four feature articles, a policy update called "Outlook on Washington" and several opinion pieces. Feature…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Affirmative Action, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism
