Diversity in American constitutional law refers to differences among the laws of the states. However, key phrases in the Constitution have been used to ensure individual rights. The expansion of those rights has led to conflict between community needs and those of the individual, with each side referring to the Constitution for support. (PS)

The demands and tactics of the new" white ethnic groups have been inspired by and are similar to those of the blacks. Contemporary conflicts arise from the struggle over ethnic succession, differences in social structure and values, and the growing role of the federal government in promoting equality among groups. (Author)

Reviews Cole and Barber's "Increasing Faculty Diversity: The Occupational Choices of High-Achieving Minority Students," which has aroused controversy because its findings bear directly on the University of Michigan's affirmative action cases. Cole and Barber surveyed minority and white students in Ivy League, elite, and historically…

According to the author, people who favor compulsory assignment of children to schools on the basis of race base their position on the assumptions that Americans will make no progress toward an integrated society except under compulsion, and that the proof of an integrated society is the even distribution of minorities throughout society. In this…

Among the results of the student revolt of 1964-72, which is still not well understood, were the evolution of black studies and womens studies, civil rights action, affirmative action, the composition of faculty, and an overall institutionalization of a critical and rebellious student element, conservative as well as radical. Many questions…

People will resist government efforts to improve the position of Blacks more than they will any individual's efforts to improve his or her own condition. The work and efforts of Blacks in an open, prosperous society are more likely to improve their condition than government actions that aim at statistical goals. (BJV)