In order to provide women educational researchers with equal opportunities, the author proposes that women's affirmative action plans with respect to educational research be instituted, and that the American Educational Research Association (AERA) play a central role in their institution. What is necessary in a women's affirmative action plan for…

Justice Powell's conceptualization of sex discrimination in the Bakke case is analyzed. Implications of this analysis for affirmative action for women are considered, and the court's approach to affirmative action for minorities is rejected as applying to women's rights. An alternative approach to affirmative action for women is outlined.…

In discussing the constitutional aspects of the sex-role debate in the U.S. the author traces the tradition, compares the present criterion of equal protection to the equal rights argument, and analyzes the equality principle with reference to affirmative action and to childbearing and childrearing, supporting the proposed equal rights amendment.…

The Interstate Association of Commissions on the Status of Women has prepared this revised "Handbook for Commissions on the Status of Women" as a service to the growing number of Commissions across the country. Because both government and citizen groups are increasingly aware of the problems women face and are addressing them with new…

This progress report on the status of women presents: (1) the general background including structure (state, local, regional, and national), membership composition, and funding methods of such commissions; (2) general and special (Equal Rights Amendment, International Women's Year) program activities; and (3) lists of currently active state and…

The Supreme Court's ruling in the Bakke case, which found that strict numerical quotas were illegal in admissions programs, is analyzed in this article in terms of its applications to women's rights. It is pointed out that although the ruling, which was made on a statutory rather than a constitutional basis, conceded that race could be considered…

This report reviews the U.S. Department of Education's Women's Educational Equity Act (WEEA) Program. First authorized by Public Law 93-380, the Education Amendments of 1974, this program awards grants and contracts to eligible recipients for interventions to: (1) provide educational equity for women; (2) help educational institutions meet the…

This document details the Affirmative Action Plan in effect at Gallaudet College. Following a policy statement, chapter 2 indicated the affirmative action procedures followed in the areas of policy dissemination, administration and monitoring, reporting and evaluation, training and development programs, recruitment, promotion and selection,…

Many departments in higher education institutions actively recruit women and minority candidates for faculty positions. When a department decides that an available position should be filled by a woman, are the supporting rationales legally sound? This paper describes some basic principles of federal law that address issues of affirmative action…

Investigates factors contributing to difficulties faced by China's female college graduates seeking a job. Suggests publicizing the idea of women's liberation while increasing the training of women, correcting the expectations of the traditional role, eliminating the idea of child rearing as a personal matter, and protecting women in the course of…

The materials contained in this handbook provide one framework for organizing a self-evaluation under Title IX. Local education agencies will need to review and adapt these materials for effective use in the context of particular situations and needs. Separate chapters are presented on: access to general courses; access to physical education…

This guide presents ideas for dealing with women in nontraditional jobs for managers who work with young, entry-level workers in small businesses. The guide is designed to help managers (1) develop strategies to help them deal with workers' attitudes toward women in nontraditional jobs; (2) reduce adjustment problems; (3) build a cooperative,…

This document is a transcript of Congressional hearings on equal employment opportunity and affirmative action held in the summer and fall of 1981. Some of those who testified at the hearing included a professor of economics, a representative of the Rockefeller Foundation, directors of women's groups, directors of the National Association for the…

This quarterly newsletter provides information about the programs, issues, and concerns, of women students, faculty, and administrators in higher education. Each of the four issues (comprising one year's worth) has several regularly appearing sections that present brief news summaries and reports covering topics such as working in academe and…

This quarterly newsletter provides information about the programs, issues, and concerns of women students, faculty, and administrators in higher education. Each of these four issues (comprising 1 year's worth) presents brief summaries of news items or reports in regularly appearing sections covering campus news, the workplace, sexual harassment,…