This report examines the professional future of women in Morocco. There are five major sections. Section one provides background information about the report. An exploratory trip was made to Morocco to (1) investigate ways to promote the entry of a large number of women into the public sector and social service agencies and to upgrade those women…

These conference proceedings present an overview of significant activities that took place at the National Association for the Advancement of Black Americans in Vocational Education (NAABAVE) forum during the American Vocational Association Convention in Dallas, December 1-4, 1978. The document is organized in two major sections: (1) the public…

These proceedings contain the addresses and panel and workshop presentations made at the September 1979 Conference on Race and Sex Equality in the Workplace: A Challenge and an Opportunity. (Purpose of the conference was to promote a better understanding of human rights legislation and current equal employment and affirmative action programs and…

Issues pertaining to the Bakke case and to college admissions in general are considered. Three major viewpoints concerning admissions are as follows: whether reserving a fixed number of seats in the entering class for designated minority candidates to programs that are federally supported violates Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; whether…

This paper presents the views of a Minnesota State educational administrator policy. Issues discussed include: (1) Federal and State regulations; (2) enrollment projections; (3) collective bargaining procedures; (4) local school district autonomy; (5) the influx of Asian and Spanish speaking minorities into the State; (6) the distribution of…

The first National Conference on Desegregation in Higher Education was held in response to the issues of segregation, desegregation, and integration within postsecondary institutions. This book presents the proceedings of the conference. An introduction to the conference presentations and an overview of the proceedings comprise Part I. Part II…

This is a guide to legal and collective bargaining solutions for workplace problems that particularly affect women. The first section of the guide presents a survey of legal remedies for discrimination including information on: (1) Title VII; (2) Equal Pay Act; (3) Executive Order 11246; (4) Age Discrimination in Employment Act; and (5) State Fair…

The issue of federal intervention facing institutions of higher education is addressed and quantitative and qualitative impacts of recent federal legislation and regulations on higher education are measured. Precepts posited in defense of federal intervention are articulated, including: financial contributions, social injustice, moral…

A study was conducted to assess the extent to which academic institutions are currently providing special assistance to women and minorities for graduate study. The survey was limited to formal programs designed specifically for female or minority students and is not an inventory of all opportunities. Coeducational and predominantly white colleges…

This book describes an action research program in a child welfare agency. The purpose of the program was to evaluate agency services and to disseminate agency thinking and experimenting to other social workers. In the introduction (Part I) the development of the research project is briefly outlined. In Part II the areas in which research was…

A General Accounting Office (GAO) review assessed enforcement of provisions prohibiting discrimination to people within five protected categories--race, national origin, sex, age, and handicap--in the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) program. It evaluated Department of Labor (DOL) and prime sponsor policies and procedures for…

An annotated bibliography is presented on affirmative action policy in postsecondary education. More than 40 entries mostly dated 1975 or later, represent a wide variety of resource materials that focus on the issue of educational opportunity in higher education. Major areas of concern are: employment of underrepresented groups in higher…

The integration of the University of Texas at Austin since the 1940s is outlined, with the process reviewed from legal, social, and personal perspectives. The first chapter is devoted to the breaking down of legal barriers, beginning with the test case of Herman Sweatt in 1946 (a black man applying for admission to graduate study) and culminating…

Declining enrollment and lower teacher turnover have forced many school districts to reduce the number of professional personnel employed. State legislatures, the courts, and local collective negotiations have been the principal scenes of legal activity concerning reduction in force (RIF). In this monograph, both technical legal information and…

A Project of Internships, Certification, Equity-Leadership, and Support (Project ICES), whose purpose was to develop intervention strategies to increase women's participation in educational administration, was field-tested in Kansas from 1977 to 1979. Under a grant from the Women's Educational Equity Act Program (WEEAP), this model selected,…