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Download full textHazzard, Terry – 1989
This paper reviews research on: (1) the significance of black colleges; (2) characteristics of white students attending black colleges; (3) barriers to recruiting white students on black campuses; and (4) strategies for recruiting white students. Reasons why white students attend historically black institutions and their levels of motivation, the…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Civil Rights Legislation, College Admission, College Students
Spier, Adele W.; And Others – 1983
A statewide study was conducted to identify and describe successful voluntary school desegregation programs funded under Chapter 636, a 1974 amendment to Massachussets' Racial Imbalance Law. Programs selected were of four types: (1) school-based (elementary, middle, and high); (2) school system- or district-wide; (3) part-time and full-time…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Busing, Career Education, College School Cooperation
La Pierre, D. Bruce – 1987
This paper summarizes events leading to the interdistrict settlement of the St. Louis (Missouri) school desegregation case. Remarks are focused on four points: (1) an overview of the settlement process and rationale, (2) an explanation of the principal provisions, (3) a brief analysis of the implementation process, and (4) a discussion of the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Black Students, Court Litigation, Educational Quality
Bailey, Stephen K. – 1979
The contributors to the panel discussion reported here are divided on whether the Brown decision was an attack on racial separation or an affirmation of parents' right to choose which schools their children attend. Nor do they agree on the role social science research has played in school desegregation litigation. Some contributors claim that the…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Desegregation Effects, Desegregation Litigation, Desegregation Methods
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1967
SELECTED PORTIONS OF A STUDY, "NEGRO PARTICIPATION IN APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS" (VT 004 310) BY F.R. MARSHALL AND V. M. BRIGGS, JR., ARE PRESENTED TO FOSTER ACTION TO AFFORD FULLY EQUAL APPRENTICESHIP OPPORTUNITY. APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS IN NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA, CLEVELAND, PITTSBURGH, CINCINNATI, DETROIT, SAN FRANCISCO-OAKLAND, HOUSTON, ATLANTA,…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Black Employment, Black Youth, Blacks
PDF pending restorationLede, Naomi W. – 1973
The aim of this investigation is to report on the perceptions and attitudes of a special group of residents toward voluntary urban relocation. Using respondents from two Model Cities neighborhoods in Houston, Texas, the survey focuses on specific socioeconomic variables such as income, education, occupation, employment status, family size, and…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Community Attitudes, Educational Background, Employment Patterns
O'Brien, Thomas V. – 1993
An interpretive overview of Georgia's response to the 1954 school desegregation decision is presented. The study, approached historically, concludes that massive resistance to desegregation crumbled in the state in large part due to forces within the state. It is argued that the public's commitment to public education was stronger than its support…
Descriptors: Black Education, Classroom Desegregation, Community Attitudes, Desegregation Litigation
Orfield, Gary; And Others – 1993
This study shows where school segregation is concentrated and where schools remain highly integrated. It offers the first national comparison of segregation by community size and reveals that segregation remains high in big cities and serious in mid-size central cities. Many African-American and Latino students also attend segregated schools in…
Descriptors: Blacks, Comparative Analysis, Compensatory Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Fairlie, Grace – 1987
This paper discusses the instructional development factors that are important in planning magnet schools. Intended to serve as a basic source document for school districts that are considering the development of magnet schools, the paper includes information and examples based on the author's experiences as a curriculum planner in Buffalo (New…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Recruitment
Archbald, Douglas A. – 1988
School choice is advocated on the theory that deregulation and greater market control can restructure and improve education. While certain market strategies of improvement are worth exploring, complex production functions, unclear goals, and the political role of education in society limit the extent to which education can be understood and…
Descriptors: Admission (School), Doctoral Dissertations, Economic Factors, Elementary Secondary Education
Eubanks, Eugene E.; Levine, Daniel U. – 1979
Despite the rapid growth and popularity of the magnet school movement, little systematic research has been conducted on questions of vital importance in assessing the movement's impact on the quality of educational opportunities in big-city school districts. There are certain issues that are important and deserve immediate attention from educators…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Improvement, Educational Opportunities, Educational Research
Schofield, Janet W.; Sagar, Andrew – 1976
Equal status within the contact situation, shared goals, cooperate dependence in reaching these goals, and the support of authorities, law or custom are the criteria which Allport (1954) argued were vital for promoting positive interracial attitudes and behavior. The study reported here investigates the development of interracial interaction…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Desegregation Effects, Dining Facilities, Grade 6
Clinchy, Evans; Kolb, Frances Arick, Ed. – 1992
This publication describes schools of choice that are nontraditional in structure, including continuous-progress, open, and Montessori-type schools. It describes the philosophy, curriculum, teaching methods, school organizations, and grading methods of several different kinds of nontraditional schools: two continuous-progress schools, a Montessori…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Continuous Progress Plan, Educational Innovation, Educational Philosophy
Rossell, Christine H.; Clarke, Ruth C. – 1988
This study compares the long-term desegregation effectiveness of voluntary plans with magnet schools to mandatory reassignment plans with magnet schools. The introduction includes an extensive discussion of the problems of choosing dependent variables for use in desegregation studies. The potential study population was chosen based on the…
Descriptors: Desegregation Effects, Desegregation Methods, Elementary Secondary Education, Magnet Schools
Alkin, Marvin; And Others – 1983
This report presents the 1982-83 results of an ongoing evaluation of two voluntary integration programs, Permits With Transportation (PWT) and Continued Voluntary Permits (CVP), which operate within the Los Angeles Unified School District. Information on implementation methods is presented for the use of district policymakers and for gauging…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Busing, Desegregation Effects, Desegregation Plans
