Research evidence indicates that an unusually broad range of issues take on strategic significance in a merger and that organisational cultures are critical to the successful integration of staff, students and other stakeholders within a newly combined higher education institution (HEI). This study was based on two specialist higher education (HE)…

Although the author is a computer scientist, he has been involved with issues of diversity for many years. He developed an online gamelike environment to teach inner-city kids algebra, using culturally relevant learning technologies, and he has applied data-mining techniques to help universities admit diverse classes without relying on just one…

Presents a formula for determining catch-up time in cases of alleged discrimination in education, work, and other situations. Defines "catch-up time" as the number of years that would be required for a specific subgroup in the general population to assume a desired proportion of the total composition of the targeted group. (KH)

The author examines the confluence of organizational development (OD) and management by objectives (MBO) in the changing world of today's organization. Recent trends include less human relations emphasis and more of a systems and task orientation. (EA)

A new study on black clients' preference for black service-givers supports the findings in earlier research that the competence, not the race, of the servers is viewed as the crucial variable." (Editor)

In this article, the author describes her experience with the damaging effects of the rigid division of the university environment in two mutually exclusive camps: faculty and staff. That separation is becoming increasingly untenable as the academic work force changes. With full-time, tenure-track faculty jobs becoming scarcer, a large contingent…

The management of a reading program should be based on objectives rather than on tasks. There are eight functions that apply to successful management: planning, organization, staffing, direction, control, innovation, representation, and communication. The R3C concept (reading coordinator, reading committee, reading center) is helpful to delegate…

Examines two decades of affirmative action and finds the number of women in decision-making positions disproportionately low when compared to their numbers in the public work force. Compares the status of women to that of men in career public management positions and argues that women have a way to go to reach parity. (Author)

Prompted by a report of the American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE), which noted a correlation between regional minority population and newsroom employment, a study investigated the hiring patterns of 24 small and medium-sized California dailies. California was chosen because it has one of the highest non-white populations in the nation…

Assesses the Braddock-McPartland and Pettigrew-Martin articles and suggests a few limitations and extensions of their analyses. Concludes that race relations analysts need to go beyond the usual discussions of interracial prejudice, employment barriers, and tokenism to extend research to issues such as multifaceted methodologies and changing…

Joint appointments appear to be accepted as a workable solution to the problem of staffing. It would seem that the necessary ingredients for successful joint appointments are rapport and coordination between student personnel directors and counselor educators. (Author)

Argues that, to increase minority participation in student affairs, the profession must attend to the crucial roles of key administrators, the breadth and diversity of administrative and staff roles, and the informal processes by which persons are matched to administrative jobs. (Author)

The article describes why and how a staff support cabinet and grievance committee was established within the governance structure of the library to promote better communication between the staff, faculty, and administration; to provide a means of input for the support staff; and to advance the welfare of the support staff. (JPF)