Eleven Georgia residents, seven white and four black, filed a class-action suit against the university system charging that racial segregation persists in the 19 universities because of such policies as affirmative action. The litigation is significant in linking affirmative action and desegregation. Plaintiffs claim that because three…

Reconstructs the development of equal employment opportunities for African Americans after the Civil War, recapitulating historical accounts of the integration of African Americans into mainstream society, beginning with the Civil War and including legal precedents such as Brown v. Board of Education. Racial discrimination in employment was…

Discusses why affirmative action lacks full support in the United States. Two fairness issues are addressed in judging affirmative action programs: heightened salience of group identity and differences; and perceived scarcity of resources. Argues how program design and viewing work force diversity as a feasible means toward economic expansion can…

Studied policies and practices of university personnel in their use of affirmative action programs for African American students. Findings from approximately 120 university personnel suggest that public policies toward student affirmative action may play a role in establishing policies and practices, but Missouri personnel are very similar in…

Investigated black South Africans' perceptions about affirmative action, focusing on the assertion that racial preferences for blacks result in collective and individual demoralization. Data from students within a graduate Associate in Management program that supported disadvantaged students showed enhanced self-confidence for ostensible…

Reviews the literature on mentoring. Offers recommendations for developing mentoring programs in higher education, focusing on programs for new faculty and administrators, for women and minority faculty and administrators, for alumni, for members of professional organizations, and for students. Details institutional responsibilities. (DMM)

The author provides a historical perspective on Blacks as teachers and reviews current trends. Several reasons for the declining enrollment of Blacks in teacher education programs are discussed and possible solutions focusing on recruiting and retaining Black teachers are provided. Increased funding is also suggested. (CH)

The Supreme Court decision in Martin vs. Wilks gives employees dissatisfied with affirmative action hiring plans the right to mount legal challenges to them years after adoption, even if employees did not challenge the plans originally. Some say the plans are vulnerable to new legal challenges, while others say they are not. (MSE)

Reports on a study of the use of employment application blanks as prescreening devices in public school employee selection. Findings suggest two major areas for further research. The first relates to legal compliance with Equal Opportunity Employment guidelines. The second concerns information relevancy to personnel selection. (JAM)

This editorial provides an informal review of "The Bell Curve" (Herrnstein and Murray, 1994). The book, packaged as scientific writing, is an attack on affirmative action and on government attempts to foster egalitarianism. It is a political treatise that assumes that racial differences in intelligence are valid and genetic. (SLD)

Compares three models positing differing roles for values in predicting fairness judgments and support of affirmative action: Tetlock's (1986) value pluralism models, Lind's (1992) fairness heuristic hypothesis, and Jackman's (1978) model involving no role for values. Results support the fairness heuristic hypothesis, indicating that values play a…

Challenges the view that, in a meritocratic society, affirmative action in higher education does personal and professional harm to those whom it ostensibly benefits. The author contends that, in most cases, those who are granted preferences are neither professionally diminished nor hurt by personal or societal feelings that they are unqualified or…

This legal analysis of the issue of race-exclusive scholarships at colleges and universities and institutions receiving federal funds concludes that such scholarships are permissible under the Constitution or Title VI but only under limited circumstances (such as to remedy effects of prior identifiable institutional discrimination). (MSE)

Diversity has become a business issue because it affects performance. Only a few companies are training managers and formulating policies for managing diversity, but all will have to face the issue during the next decade. (JOW)

Describes the nation's academic culture to explain the underrepresentation of African American faculty in two-year colleges. Suggests that the presence of African American faculty can influence the behavior of an institution and bring about a climate that leads to retention and future recruitment. (10 citations) (MAB)