Suggests procedures for complying with affirmative action policies and for handling job applicants in the language profession with fairness, courtesy, and respect. (AM)

Warns against the standardization of education, the tendency for professors to become "civil servants, bought with a price", and the possibility that education will be reduced to what the average politician (or voter) "can understand and approve". (Editor)

Problems of affirmative action programs in labeling minority group students as such are discussed from the viewpoint of a Mexican American who does not think of himself as disadvantaged but who was given special consideration and opportunities due to his label. (LBH)

Presents guidelines from the U.S. Department of Labor for developing an affirmative action employment program for the handicapped. Includes checklists of affirmative action items and a sample program policy plan. (MF)

Considers the difficulties women face in realizing sex equality in teaching and administrative positions. (RK)

Affirmative action programs should provide opportunities for all individuals to realize their potential. However, many have become thwarted by the existence of myths about the nature of programs required. Unfortunately, although there are no legal grounds for these myths, they are widely held and impair effectiveness of affirmative action efforts.…

Some relationships of the Equal Pay Act and the court practice of writing job descriptions and making evaluations are examined with the aim of suggesting ways to eliminate court involvement in the average personnel or industrial engineering department. (TA)

Findings of the Carnegie Commission on selective admissions and the consideration of race as a criterion relevant to admissions decision are reported. The two-step process recommended includes first eliminating from consideration applicants who do not meet the minimal standard of admissibility, and second, considering racial experience along with…

Major events leading to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 are reviewed along with laws and administrative actions dealing with job discrimination, legal developments of the first decade under Title VII, and Supreme Court cases on equal employment. Available from: Howard University School of Law, 2935 Upton St., Washington, D.C. 20008. (LBH)

A counselor and recruiter for the Madison Area Technical College describes their outreach career awareness project to correct the imbalance of minority, disadvantaged, and handicapped students in postsecondary education. Special recruitment efforts, counseling services, and followup activities will be provided, including various academic and…

Following a discussion of some of the major problems of affirmative action, including seniority layoff, recommendations are made that may assist in resolving some of the complex issues. (Editor/TA)

Women scientists met to make policy recommendations on issues related to the participation of women in scientific research. The group suggested programs that would reduce sex-role stereo-typing at the lower educational levels as a way to prevent the wastage of talent that they feel now occurs in the sciences. (Author/MA)

Highlights some of the major findings pertaining to males and females from a nationwide survey of 1,493 humanities instructors in 156 two-year colleges and concludes that the differences found are not attributable as much to sex as to individual differences among people in general. (JG)

An overview of the problem of preferential remedies to achieve equal employment opportunities for women and minority groups. Contends that "color blindness" will not end discrimination but that some form of "color conscious" affirmative action program must be employed. Temporary preferential treatment is justified, according to…

Notes that implementation of the universalistic value of equality of opportunity favors minorities if they are relatively disadvantaged. Despite the time lag, recent statistical indicators suggest no great differences in education for current cohorts of persons classified by sex, age, or ethnic categories. (Author/AM)