Problems in making and implementing affirmative action policy are outlined, including determining needs and objectives, costs, and availability of applicants. A university self-survey identified factors relevant to recruitment of qualified women and minorities, including likelihood of changing jobs, respondents currently seeking employment, and…

Reward for achievement is rooted in our democratic social system. Special admissions policies create added hostility and prejudices between social groups. Achievement is the best means to break down barriers caused by sex and race. (JN)

Research on new administrative campus positions (e.g., affirmative action officers) created by extensive federal involvement in higher education is reported. It is suggested that these positions have not contributed significantly to the expansion of administrative access for women and minorities. (Author/MLW)

Five women ex-faculty members at Cornell University are suing that institution for sex discrimination. The plaintiffs argue that women faculty are more vulnerable to the negative impact of vague, subjective, and arbitrary criteria used in faculty evaluation because they must also face the pervasive unconscious bias against women. (MLW)

Discrimination against Asian women is discussed in this article. Suggestions are made for self-development and social change so as to improve the status of Asian women in the United States. (MC)

Reviewed are the position of the Internal Revenue Service on racial discrimination and federal income tax exemptions for private educational organizations and possible impacts of the Bakke decision on the issue. (Journal availability: School of Law, Martin Luther King, Jr. Hall, University of California, Davis, CA 95616.) (MSE)

Because of concern over possible retrenchment by law schools to increase minority representation since the Bakke decision, a survey of affirmative action programs in law school admissions was undertaken. The results indicate that the majority, at least outside the South, read the Bakke opinions as permitting such programs. (JMD)

The role of social studies in the study of women, their roles now and in the future, and the directions the social studies should take with regard to women in the next two decades are discussed. (JMF)

The relationship between the history of racism and the denial of equal participation for Blacks today is discussed. The implications of the Bakke decision for the constitutionality of race-conscious admissions criteria are examined. It is shown that the government is constitutionally both permitted and required to take affirmative action. (MC)

Race-conscious employment programs are considered in two contexts: governmental measures designed to remedy governmentally identified past discrimination or underrepresentation of minority employees; and voluntary implementation of remedial, race-conscious measures by private employers. (Author/MC)

The challenge is still before Black people to give the kind of moral leadership that would help this nation to see what it is that the poor are struggling with. Black people who become successful must not forget the sufferings of those who made it possible for them to get where they are today. (Author/WI)

President Carter has made a strong verbal commitment to civil rights and commendable appointments to important positions, but there has not been uniform implementation of this policy. (Author/EB)

The poor record of affirmative action plans in government demonstrates that the Carter administration's plan to reform the Civil Service is not working. It is the management that has failed to take the steps necessary to translate pronouncements into practice. (Author/EB)

The distorted representation of women and other minority groups in the media is the subject of this essay. It is argued that underrepresentation of women, including their stereotypic portrayals, reflect a woman's real lack of power in society. Suggestions are made for improving the media's depiction of women. (EB)

To investigate whether recruitment practices of companies with affirmative action programs discriminated against Blacks or resulted in reverse discrimination, qualifications and race of fictitious job applicants were manipulated on resumes sent to a sample of employers. Responses strongly indicate discrimination, with Black applicants favored…