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Sedlacek, William E. – Journal of Humanistic Education and Development, 1995
Research conducted over a 25-year period concerning the needs and problems of African American students at a large, predominantly white university was used to defend a reverse-discrimination lawsuit against that university. The plaintiff claimed that the past effects of discrimination had been ameliorated and that the affirmative active programs…
Descriptors: Blacks, Court Litigation, Higher Education, Racial Discrimination
Phillip, Mary-Christine – Black Issues in Higher Education, 1994
Affirmative action in hiring black and Hispanic college faculty is still controversial and has still not achieved its objectives. Even some middle-class black professors who have benefited from the policy oppose it. Misconceptions about the function of affirmative action persists; to some, it connotes preferential treatment and racial quotas. (MSE)
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Blacks, College Faculty, Higher Education

Rivers, Jeff – Social Education, 1989
Relates the personal experiences of six minority journalists with different racial backgrounds and work experiences to illustrate how affirmative action programs and related initiatives have acted as a catalyst in minority hiring practices in mainstream daily newspapers. (LS)
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Asian Americans, Blacks, Editors