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Feraca, Stephen E. – Society, 1990
Describes the effects of affirmative action on hiring practices in federal agencies dealing with American Indian issues. Indicates that the policy of Indian preference in the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and the Indian Health Service (IHS), begun during the mid-1960s, has had serious negative repercussions for personnel standards. (AF)
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, American Indians, Court Litigation, Employment Practices

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
Klasson, Charles R.; And Others – Personnel Administrator, 1980
A summary of the most pertinent Title VII cases as they relate to fair performance appraisal systems for promotion, layoff, salaries, and training. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Compensation (Remuneration), Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation

Sackett, Paul R.; Wilk, Steffanie L. – American Psychologist, 1994
Reviews the literature on subgroup norming in testing and examines several types of score-adjustment methods. The authors discuss social and policy perspectives as well as the scientific and theoretical underpinnings of score adjustment. (GLR)
Descriptors: Civil Rights Legislation, Employment Practices, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Literature Reviews

Gottfredson, Linda S. – American Psychologist, 1994
Focuses on score adjustment by racial or ethnic group (race norming) in employment testing, and provides a history of the original controversy. The author analyzes race-based adjustments in test scores and discusses how personnel-selection science is being compromised in an effort to reconcile contradictory legal demands. (GLR)
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation, Employment Practices, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Reynolds, William Bradford – 1983
The Reagan administration is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity (EEO). No policy shift has occurred in the treatment of "class action" litigation, or in the "pattern or practice" suits in the Justice Department's Title VII enforcement activities. Significant money settlements have been obtained in…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Affirmative Action, Civil Rights Legislation, Compliance (Legal)