To appropriately evaluate the effects of the national policy of desegregation on racial attitudes, data from a national probability sample of 9-, 13-, and 17-year-olds were analyzed. The analysis indicates that, for both Whites and Blacks, desegregation is related positively to racial tolerance. (Author/PN)

This report examines previous research on school desegregation effects and suggests new research directions to provide information for policy deliberations. The current imbalance in school desegregation research is attributed to unresolved technical disputes in policy debates, the limitation of debate topics relevant for research, and the absence…

The main purpose of schools is to prepare the current generation of students to lead successful lives as adults and contribute to a worthwhile society. Thus any school policy or reform will be judged for its long-term consequences on the adult lives of its students and on the society they develop. Although the desegregation of America's public…

Ethnographic and survey research provide a comprehensive picture of experiences in racially mixed schools. Findings are presented and analyzed from desegregated schools, colleges, and places of employment. Major implications are that desegregation is best when started in early grades and, for blacks, school desegregation is significantly related…

Reviews the previous limited evidence on the perpetuation of racial segregation over stages of the life cycle and across institutions, presents new results from a recent Black youth national cohort, and discusses the results in terms of alternative theories and the need for further research. (BJV)

This report examines the resegregation of black and white students which may occur in desegregated schools due to differential enrollment and participation in academic programs and extracurricular activities. The report analyzes data collected by the National Longitudinal Survey (NLS) of 1318 high school graduating classes of 1972 throughout the…

Three separate reports are bound together in this volume. Each examines one area of the transition from school to work in order to identify how elements of the process differ for blacks and women compared to whites and white males, and how these elements might better meet the needs of blacks and women. The three papers, and their authors, are as…