Argues that public policy in higher education desegregation is linked to conceptual confusion and inadequacies in sociology. The proper reconceptualization of social policy would be grounded on a science of society in which assimilation is postulated as a competing conceptual tool, along with the growing body of dynamic social and sociological…

Despite passage of laws regarding sex equity in education, full equity has yet to be attained. Psychologists have identified educational inequities and have provided educators with research-based programs, practices, and policies. But more research is needed to guide cost-effective policy formation and to identify the subtler forms of inequity.…

Discusses problems in the Japanese educational system, such as increasing school violence, controversy over textbook revisions, budget cuts and the educational discrimination against minorities, particularly Burakumins and Koreans. (CMG)

In the interest of equity, Botswana must work to achieve the parity of the out-of-school, nonformal continuing education sector with the formal sector. The Centre for Continuing Education at the University of Botswana is working toward this ideal through its public education, extramural studies, and distance education units. (SK)

Details relationships among the Perkins Act, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Presents issues for vocational education, transitional services, and access. Outlines a bill of rights for youth with special needs. (SK)

Presents an interview with Nathan Glazer, professor of Education and Sociology at Harvard University. Discusses such civil right-related issues as the ascendance of minority interests in American politics; the question of whether affirmative action has helped Blacks; and the advancement of new immigrants to the United States. (KH)

In 1984, Canada's Special Parliamentary Committee on Visible Minorities in Canadian Society issued a set of recommendations which challenged government at all levels, institutions, organizations, and individuals to commit themselves to the full development of a dynamic and socially harmonious multicultural and multiracial society. This document…

Policy considerations that affect immigrant ethnic minorities in the Netherlands are addressed by the articles in this volume. The articles cover the following topics: (1) the recent history of migration and general outline of government policy toward immigrant groups; (2) housing and the concentration or dispersal of ethnic group populations; (3)…

This report summarizes memoranda issued by the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) to clarify policy applications of Title IX (Education Amendments of 1972), Title VI (Civil Rights Act of 1964), and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Cases discussed concern sex discrimination and equal opportunities in school…

Discusses the expansion of the federal government's role in American society; focuses on changing federal and state responsibilities in education. (Author/GC)

Considerable disagreement remains between white and black Americans as to what are permissible and effective policies for the desegregation of public education. Research findings exist to support almost every point of view, and desegregation strategies tend to reflect the social beliefs and educational assumptions of those in power. Efforts made…

This memorandum clarifies the latest policy changes at the Federal level relative to the provision of educational services (including language programs and desegregation) to national origin minority students. The information in the memo is based on a review of the legal obligations which school districts are currently subject to, according to the…

A brief history of legislative acts and public policies which have affected the supply of black teachers is given. Various educational reform movements are summarized. Questions about the future of education with regard to educating an increasing number of minorities equitably are posed. (JL)

The educational funding system in Massachusetts has become less equitable than before, since the passage of Proposition Two and a Half. A decision-making process driven by zero-sum economics, rather than educational needs, is particularly harmful to urban youth; failure to educate every young American threatens the nation's social and economic…

Presents a summary of issues, problems, court litigation proceedings, accomplishments, and other events relating to racial, ethnic, and sex discrimination, school desegregation, equal education, and services for the disadvantaged in the United States as a whole and in individual States, as described in various reports from January to April, 1982.…