The forthcoming Equal Employment Opportunity Commission affirmative action guidelines are designed to encourage voluntary compliance. They seek to establish a rational system designed to identify the effects of discrimination in the work place. Case law points to work force analysis as a base for government approved action. (Author/IRT)

The historic Plessy vs. Ferguson decision is reviewed along with the 14th Amendment on which the decision was based. The Brown case is discussed. The issues and implications in the Bakke case are also elucidated. (Author/AM)

The nondiscrimination principle is process-oriented, and proof of its violation must focus on the process and criteria of decision making--i.e., intent either to discriminate or to disadvantage based on race. Civil rights laws should allow defendants to show good faith as a claim against illegal discrimination. (KH)

Reports on a 1984 Aspen Institute conference which addressed the misrepresentation and gross underrepresentation of Blacks in the mass media. Reviews the conference's extensive recommendations regarding what mass media organizations, Blacks, and other citizens should do to redress this problem. (GC)

Describes a staffing matrix that provides a concise summary making it possible to compare race and sex groups on any staffing action. (Author/IRT)

Describes the steps the Oklahoma City schools used in implementing Title IX. (IRT)

Selective higher education institutions using race-sensitive criteria as a basis for admissions risk litigation by nonminority applicants with impressive test scores and class rank who find themselves denied admission. Are the benefits of a diverse student body worth the risk? In an ever increasingly diverse population, this paper concludes the…

Findings from a study of institutions that are members of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) or the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges (NASULGC) show that enrollment at public four-year institutions increased 3.4% from fall 1990 to fall 2000, going from 5.91 million students to 6.11…

Article lists federal government actions regarding vocational education and urges adoption of an affirmative action plan by educators. (SP)

Surveyed 302 colleges and universities to study whether differences exist in admission criteria for minority students and how institutions interpret the term minority. Results showed private institutions were most likely to identify minorities for admissions purposes. The importance of other factors including grades and activities is also…

Reviews the need for affirmative action goals in effective equal employment opportunity programs, and discusses the confusion caused by the Reagan Administration's opposition to numerical objectives as established in the Supreme Court's 1979 Weber decision. (SK)

A theory that postulates that women and minorities have a claim against White males in saying that, due to past discrimination, these groups are entitled to special admission regardless of academic merit offers more discrimination to redress prior discrimination. (JN)

A study of eight school districts in each of six states gathered descriptive data about public school administrators employed in 1980. This article summarizes the composite data on administrator characteristics, length of service, and results of affirmative action. Strategies for providing additional opportunities for women and minorities are…

Senator Orrin Hatch argues that affirmative action is illegal, immoral, and won't work. (IRT)