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Ross, Kathleen; Crawford, Jeanne – Momentum, 1990
Describes a multicultural teacher education partnership between Heritage College (HC) and the Yakima School District in Washington State, allowing minority and/or bilingual school district paraprofessionals to earn their teaching degrees at HC. Graduates commit to teaching three years in district schools. Discusses funding sources and profiles…
Descriptors: Bilingual Teachers, Career Change, College Students, Higher Education
Cunningham, Claude H. – 1978
A project-wide evaluation of the Houston, Texas magnet school program indicated that it successfully implemented four court-defined desegregation goals: (1) fewer schools which are 90% or more white or combined black and Mexican-American; (2) fewer students who attend such schools; (3) free transportation for magnet school students; and (4) an…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Blacks, Desegregation Litigation
Detroit Public Schools, MI. Office of Federal, State, and Special Projects. – 1979
In 1979 the United States District Court ordered the Detroit Public Schools to transfer its teachers in such a way that each school in the system would have a faculty comprised of not more than 60% of one race. In order to effect this balance, the district had to involuntarily transfer 472 teachers. This application for Emergency School Aid Act…
Descriptors: Desegregation Methods, Desegregation Plans, Elementary Secondary Education, Interviews
Simpson, Mary-Margaret, Ed. – v1 n1-4 1991-92, 1993
The 7 newsletter issues presented here review the efforts of 10 Midwestern community colleges to achieve greater leadership diversity on their campuses. Called Beacon projects (or collectively, the Beacon Project) after the grant that provided the funding for these efforts, the projects described cover a wide range of approaches. Among them are…
Descriptors: Administrators, Affirmative Action, Attitude Change, College Faculty
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Wolfe, Geraldine F. – Community College Journal, 1993
Discusses shortage of African-American teachers to serve as educational role models and describes New York State's program allowing minority students to enter teacher education programs jointly at two- and four-year institutions. Reviews advantages of joint-enrollment efforts and program characteristics from top proposals submitted to the State…
Descriptors: Black Teachers, College Faculty, College Role, College Transfer Students