Argues that quotas are an inefficient means of achieving protectionist goals. Elaborates that, for a given distortion of trade, national income will be lower, and for a given configuration of political-economic forces, the market for protection will yield a worse distortion under a quota regime. (BSR)

Holds that one way of addressing the disproportionate representation of Blacks in professional basketball, especially in the National Basketball Association, is to encourage White youngsters to practice and excel as much as Black youngsters. (GC)

This is a summary and review by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) of the report to Congress on March 1, 1981, of the Select Commission on Immigration and Refugee Policy. The Commission's recommendations on aspects of illegal immigration, including enforcement and the hiring of immigrants, are summarized and examined. The…

Outlines what reverse discrimination is and is not, and argues that the constitution is color-blind. Available from University of Richmond Law Review, School of Law, University of Richmond, VA 23173. (IRT)

Reviews Thomas Sowell's book, Civil Rights: Rhetoric or Reality. Argues that Sowell, a critic of affirmative action, rejects the central premises of the civil rights vision and believes that free market forces, demographic trends, culture, and individual choice account for existing race and sex-based statistical disparity. (SA)

Selection for entry into higher education is examined through the following issues: demand, supply, and selection; bases of selection; political and industrial issues; aspects of transfer; statistical or measurement problems and reference tests; subquotas; technical and administrative issues and problems; and dangers in the political context. (CT)

The state of Black-Jewish relations in the United States is far healthier, despite some differences of opinion, than the popular perception suggests. The issues that are usually cited as constituting the breakdown in harmonious Jewish-Black relations are discussed. (RM)

Uses a question-and-answer format to amplify the "Weber" decision and explain how the case affects an employer. Is particularly concerned with the role of quotas in affirmative action plans. (IRT)

In defining the concept of democratic capitalism, the author supports the idea that the goal of economic equity in our society is best served by ensuring equality of opportunity, not imposing equality of results. (MD)

Reviews the need for affirmative action goals in effective equal employment opportunity programs, and discusses the confusion caused by the Reagan Administration's opposition to numerical objectives as established in the Supreme Court's 1979 Weber decision. (SK)

Summarizes a background paper presented and discussion held at a 1978 conference for human rights professionals. Reviews issues related to legal and illegal migration, quotas, and the coordination of migration policies. (GC)

The article comments critically on a previous article entitled "A Quota System for Gifted Minority Children: A Viable Solution." Some methodological considerations of that study are briefly discussed, focusing on identification and screening procedures. (DLS)

Discusses ways that affirmative action is used in the context of faculty recruitment. Argues that affirmative action should be viewed as a method to achieve positive change within a department and not as a quota. (KEH)

When public institutions have been found guilty of discrimination, court-ordered racial quotas take precedence over both seniority and tenure. Since the Constitution is the basic law of the land, rights based on it supersede those derived from state law or contracts. (LHW)

"Affirmative action" is the term typically used to refer to two contrasting values: the value of equal opportunity and the value of equal results. The Justice Department under the Reagan Administration, however, draws a clear distinction between the two, and is committed to the "original" meaning of affirmative action. That is,…