This article reports findings related to race, ethnicity and institutional type from a more extensive study on the perceptions of South African academics on academic workload. An attempt in a South African university department to distribute workload fairly indicated this task involved personal and sensitive concerns, which often had to do with…

As a second article in a series devoted to an ongoing evaluation of our antiracism field project, a controversial assignment rooted in our Smith College School for Social Work's antiracism commitment, this paper focuses on the review of 128 assignments completed between September 1998-August 2000. A thematic analysis of these projects revealed…

Race-exclusive programs of American universities and colleges, created initially to level the playing fields for under-represented students in higher education, are now considered discriminatory and illegal. The concerns levied against higher education institutions have been in response to two 2003 U.S. Supreme Court cases on race and admission at…

This paper draws on research into the teaching of "race" and ethnicity in higher education, including interviews with lecturers and students of specialist sociology of "race" options. It focuses particularly on interactional issues: the conversations conducted about "race" and ethnicity within seminar rooms were often…

In the spring of 2007, more than 40 years after the advances made by the civil rights movement, and more than 50 years after the U.S. Supreme Court "Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education" decision, white radio talk-show host Don Imus taught us a lesson about racism--but it was not the lesson he thought he was teaching. His…

This book, the first volume of the paperback versions of the "The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research, Third Edition," takes a look at the field from a broadly theoretical perspective, and is composed of the Handbook's Parts I ("Locating the Field"), II ("Major Paradigms and Perspectives"), and VI ("The Future of Qualitative Research"). "The…

This book focuses on race at work in the British educational system, a concern that is pertinent because education occupies a pivotal role in contemporary race politics. The study on which it is based blends school-based research with a critical reading of policy and theory. The experiences of teachers in real schools show that schools can…

This report provides statistical information covering degrees conferred by Pennsylvania colleges and universities in 1994-95. Data are drawn from an annual survey of 145 Pennsylvania colleges and universities and national surveys conducted by the National Center for Educational Statistics. The total number of degrees conferred in 1994-95 was…

This report looks at the individuals who were enrolled in postsecondary school during the 1990-1991 school year and the costs and financing of their education. Using data from the Wave 5 component of the 1990 Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), the report examines patterns of school enrollment, education costs, financial aid, and…

This study provides comprehensive data profiling the chief executive officers of higher education institutions in the United States who were in office in either 1986 or 1990 and is based on a survey administered by the American Council on Education in those years. The 1990 profile of presidents, which is the focus of this report, incorporates the…

A year-long thematic unit for fifth-graders combines critical thinking and whole language frameworks to help students retain, understand, and make active use of knowledge within and across domains. Using systematic instruction in critical thinking, students explore the fundamental human concepts of race, sex, age, and power. David…

The National Center for Education Statistics has prepared a data tape for the 1988 Fall Enrollment Survey, representing 11,461 postsecondary institutions in the United States and its outlying areas. The survey is part of the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and is the second time that IPEDS has collected ethnic and racial…

A survey of professional nurses registered by the New York State Education Department was conducted in 1983, updating 1961, 1973, and 1977 surveys. Usable responses were completed by 171,109 registered nurses (RNs) licensed by the state and 137,116 in-state RNs (82% response rate). In-state RNs who were employed in nursing in New York numbered…

This study explores the characteristics of women and minority artists in 1980 in relation to the U.S. total artist population, other professional workers, and the total work force. Census data for 1980 are used to depict basic demographic characteristics of women and minority artists and to assess their relative economic status in terms of…

This report consists of data describing participation in adult education in 1981. Estimates in the report are based on supplementary questions in the May 1981 Current Population Survey conducted and tabulated for the National Center for Education Statistics by the Bureau of the Census. Examined first are the following characteristics of…