This paper contends that recent evidence provides a long-term rationale for supporting desegregated schooling which is not generally given as a pro-desegregation argument: the reduction of specific barriers that exclude minorities from opportunities for career success. The evidence shows that black workers are overrepresented in a restricted range…

Barriers to equal occupational opportunities for minorities are examined at three stages of the employment process: the job candidate stage, the job entry stage, and the job promotion stage. (PS)

After describing racial inequalities and segregation in higher education and employment, this article considers how the desegregation of elementary and secondary schools may affect these long-term outcomes. Available from Duke University Press, Box 6697 College Station, Durham, NC 27708 (Author/IRT)

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)