This report provides an in-depth look at student enrollments as compiled for the College Plan of Compliance to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Data from the Mississippi Gulf Coast Junior College Student Enrollment History, 1973-1975, were utilized in analyzing race and sex of enrolled students during this period. Analysis revealed that…

Representatives from thirty states and the District of Columbia participated in the Fifth Annual Conference of the Association of Community College Trustees. Written and compiled by Journalism students at Portland Community College, this report presents highlights of the conference addresses and workshops, and interviews with participants, in a…

To clarify the role of new managers of affirmative action programs, a survey was conducted among 58 public institutions in the fall of 1973. These included 38 community colleges, 14 four-year institutions and six agricultural and technical schools throughout New York State. The study focused upon (1) whether the position of affirmative action…

The American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation (AAHPER) has designed this manual to aid teachers, coaches, and administrators in implementing Title IX in physical education and sports. The manual provides an outline for self-evaluation to assess compliance with the regulations; and an action checklist for evaluation of…

The Task Force on Undergraduate Admissions undertook in 1976 to determine: (1) what steps, if any, to take to participate the results of the California Postsecondary Education Commission study of the university's eligibility pool, which may show that the pool has grown larger than 12 1/2 percent in high school graduates; (2) what recommendations…

A grass-roots organization, Career Women in Education (CWE)) formed to increase the proportion of women administrators on Long Island. This booklet is about CWE-particularly how it organized to help women educators overcome discrimination--but it is also designed to be a how-to manual. Ideas are presented for starting a job-locating network, a…

The article contains examples of company-sponsored programs to successfully train and hire handicapped persons. Affirmative action and other regulations have necessitated consideration of other alleviating measures (removal of architectural, mechanical, and mental barriers; human engineering; decentralization; modified schedules; and research)…

Noting the federal regulations and guidelines on affirmative action, responses to them, and two Fifth Circuit Court cases regarding efficacy, propriety and constitutionality of affirmative numerical hiring relief, the Assistant U. S. Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, sketches the differences between numerical quotas and realistic goals in…

The laws and decisions applicable to affirmative action and collective bargaining are reviewed and conflict areas identified: seniority rights, negotiated grievance procedures, and fair representation. The author concludes that unionization can merely institutionalize present-day discrimination unless bargaining parties give more than lip service…

A program for staff employees of the University of California (Santa Barbara) was developed to increase awareness of career possibilities, increase knowledge of how to reach those possibilities, and develop self-confidence to translate thinking into action. First year program results showed substantial attitude and career changes among trainees.…

Supreme Court rulings during 1976-78 on capital punishment; criminal justice and prisoner rights; busing and school desegregation; discrimination in housing and employment; rights of illegitimates and family relations; abortion, voting rights, tenant landlord relations; and "reverse discrimination" have had a significant impact on Black…

The present controversy, both legal and political, around the Bakke case indicates that we may be witnessing the advent, the rise and the fall of affirmative action as law and policy, all within the span of the last 15 years. (Author)

The need for affirmative action measures in social work education for the physically disabled is discussed. Issues and needs that should be considered in developing affirmative action programs for the disabled are described and suggestions are made for identifying and recruiting qualified disabled students for the social work field. (Author/BH)

The Bakke decision, the President's civil rights reorganization, and the changes in the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and at state and local civil rights agencies demand a greater professionalism in civil rights enforcement nationally. (Author/WI)

The successful application of all new systems in regional offices of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will require federal flexibility vis-a-vis Fair Employment Practices agencies' local variations and the realization that the allocation of resources will be a major determinant in the quality of federal-local teamwork. (Author/WI)