Continued effective enforcement of civil rights laws by government agencies depends upon the success of survival strategies aimed at easing the problems of antiregulatory sentiments, economic stagnation, and agency mismanagement. Strategies include staff training and accountability for minimum performance standards, cost efficiency, and…

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's effectiveness to end discrimination should never have been judged by the yardstick of the individual charge process. Reforms are taking place within the commission to create rapid charge resolution procedures and utilize funds more effectively. (Author/WI)

The Dallas Model Office has succeeded in resolving the old Equal Employment Opportunity Commission problem of backlog of complaints about discrimination so that greater and more meaningful attention can be given to the problem of eliminating systematic job discrimination. (Author/WI)

While the book is far from closed on the issue of reverse discrimination, in light of Bakke, there is justification for rethinking and rewriting Equal Employment Opportunity Commission guidelines to focus on opportunities rather than on numbers and goals. (Author/WI)

Describes a practical, university level course which applies principles of social science and public administration to the engineering of social change. The course, modeled on the Michigan Department of Human Rights, provides realistic exercises simulating the operations of a real agency involved in social planning and policy change. (GC)

The successful application of all new systems in regional offices of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will require federal flexibility vis-a-vis Fair Employment Practices agencies' local variations and the realization that the allocation of resources will be a major determinant in the quality of federal-local teamwork. (Author/WI)