While colleges and legal analysts are focusing on what to do in the post-Hopwood world, some of us are still asking whether a move away from affirmative action was a prudent move from the beginning. Is it fair for society to move away from supporting students who have not had an equitable chance at the educational brass ring just because, in most…

Stigma is a major barrier to the life opportunities of people with disabilities, including those with psychiatric disabilities. Structural discrimination is stigma that results from social forces that develop over many years to diminish a group's resources and support needed to be successful. Affirmative action is a legal and political remedy to…

This article reports the findings of a new study conducted by the two researchers at Princeton University, Douglas S. Massey and Margarita Mooney. The study was based on data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Freshmen, which covers about 3,900 students who entered 28 public and private selective colleges in the fall of 1999. The study found…

This work reviews race-based admission and its alternatives, as well as the benefits of diversity on college campuses. This entails an overview of the research regarding the effectiveness of class-based approaches to achieving diversity and evidence of the importance of establishing a critical mass of persons of color at predominately white…

Understandably, current discussions about access that take place in higher education circles often focus on the underrepresentation of students from low-income families. At the same time, recent events in Michigan have refocused attention on questions of race- and gender-based affirmative action. Thus, how can higher education ensure that students…

This satire presents a community college president's view of affirmative action through a blatantly chauvinistic literary "persona." Aspects of the Carnegie report are discussed, and four models of executive behavior are recommended for managing "intractable" females: the "Big Daddy/Little Woman Syndrome," the "Mother/Son Number," the "Boy's…

Although certain aspects of community college education show change due to the women's movement, little support for credit curriculum and few special services have been offered, and few women administrators have been hired. The establishment of a national clearinghouse on women's programs would help provide clearer evaluation and more information.…

The affirmative action concept developed out of case law as the courts decided passive attempts at desegregating schools failed to achieve results and out of civil rights legislation as administrative agencies adopted the court-established standards. A major challenge of affirmative action plans is to prevent court-approved goals from becoming…

This document includes verbatim transcripts and prepared statements from the hearings on sex discrimination and sex stereotyping before the Subcommittee on Elementary, and Vocational Education. The report presents the findings of the Subcommittee on the status of women in vocational education, the enforcement of antidiscrimination legislation,…

This new bimonthly publication attempts to respond to the intent of the Women's Educational Equity Act (1974) which includes provisions for support of research and corrective programs geared toward elimination of sex stereotyping in textbooks and curricular materials. Regular features include sections on issues, categories and periodicals, print…

The United States waits for supplemental decisions on the Bakke case, which will provide needed clarification, and for the historical perspective that time brings. The Court's approval of the principle of affirmative action may prove to be the heart of this landmark compromise. (Author/KR)

The employment practices of most employers still result in the underutilization of female and minority workers. One of the major reasons is the lack of enforcement of affirmative action regulations. Some of the problems of enforcement have been tackled in new and innovative ways by the Legal Aid Society of Alameda County. (Author/MC)

This editorial calls for positive action supporting the National Education Association resolution in favor of the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution. (JD)

Patterns of racial and sexual exclusion can be broken only by sweeping legal measures and institutionally determined modification of employment practices. University decision-makers must focus on the problems of institutionalizing affirmative action programs. (Author/JP)