This marks the ninth hearing that the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee has convened in advance of the Higher Education Act reauthorization. The purpose of this hearing is to discuss the unique challenges facing minority serving institutions (MSIs) and to learn about programs and support to help facilitate student success.…

A court decision rejecting the charge of the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (A.I.A.W.) that the National Collegiate Athletics Association forced it out of operation by engaging in anticompetitive actions to induce members to leave the A.I.A.W. is discussed, including excerpts of the court's opinion. (MSE)

In March 1989, the Justice Department began investigating the admissions policy of the Virginia Military Institute (VMI). Summarizes the legal theories advanced by both the VMI Foundation and Virginia's woman attorney general in defense of VMI's all-male tradition. Compares past single-sex admission cases with the VMI arguments. (MLF)

Guidelines concerning sexual harassment of employees at educational institutions under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 are considered. November 1980 final interpretive guidelines issued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission state that Title VII prohibits sexual harassment of employees, that employers are responsible for the…

The Commission for Racial Equality held a formal investigation into complaints of racial discrimination in membership and visitor practices at the United Working Men's Club of Edgbaston, Birmingham, England. This report presents the oral testimony taken at the hearings and the conclusions of the Commission. At the end of the investigation the Club…

Colleges and universities can employ several statutory defenses to alleged pay disparities and demonstrate that there are legitimate reasons for pay differentials. Several preventive strategies in response to the emerging legal terrain of equal pay litigation are suggested. (Author/MLW)

County of Washington v. Gunther is discussed--a case that dramatically widened the set of circumstances that may be used to provide legal standing for a suit alleging sex discrimination in faculty and staff salaries. The theory of "comparable worth" was supported by the Supreme Court. (MLW)

The Supreme Court decision upholding colleges' and universities' denial of financial aid to students who fail to sign up for the draft is reported and examined in the context of the Reagan administration's policy, and the likelihood of lobbyists approaching Congress for legislative changes is discussed. Excerpts from the decision are provided.…

The purpose of this hearing was to re-examine the status of women's participation in intercollegiate athletics and the impact of the regulations mandated by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. The chairwoman, Honorable Cardiss Collins, opened the hearing by stating that 20 years after passage of Title IX, men continue to dominate all…

These proceedings consists of statements by the authors of consultation papers on comparable worth previously submitted to the United States Commission on Civil Rights along with discussions between the consultation participant/authors and members of the Commission concerning issues raised both in the papers and in the statements. The opening…

The Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) has failed to provide Hispanic Americans with urgently needed training and education. Low educational attainment, limited English proficiency, and illiteracy pose barriers to Hispanic employment. A recent analysis of Hispanic participation in JTPA reported the following findings: (1) participation has been…

Examines the experiences of young Black males 20 to 29 years of age in employment and real earnings during the 1980s, weighing the effects of race/ethnicity and educational attainment. Offers policy recommendations for improving the long-term economic prospects of young adult Black males over the remainder of this century. (AF)

The comparable worth issue has become heated in the 1980s and is especially important to minorities and women. The debate, explored in this eighth chapter of a book on school law, concerns the causes of and cures for the earning gap between employed men and women. One major cause of the gap is occupational segregation. Comparable worth advocates…

The joint efforts of the U.S. Department of Education and the Selective Service System to implement the 1982 amendment to the Military Selective Service Act are reported. This amendment, which was part of the Fiscal Year 1983 Defense Authorization Act, provides that, beginning with the 1983-1984 award year, any student who must register with the…

Hearings on the Solomon amendment regulations proposed by the U.S. Department of Education are presented. The Solomon amendment requires that any student be registered under the military's Selective Service Act in order to receive Title IV federal student assistance. H.R. 1286 and H.R. 1567 would repeal the provision of the Military Selective…