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Lerner, Barbara – New Directions for Testing and Measurement, 1981
The history of the social, legal, and educational aspects of equal opportunity and equal results are outlined, and the rift between the two principles is described. Equal opportunity laws work, especially when enforced expeditiously, and are supported by most Americans. Equal results laws are a failure and counterproductive. (Author/AL)
Descriptors: Blacks, Educational Discrimination, Equal Education, Equal Protection
American Council on Education, Washington, DC. – 1979
Information on eleven conferences focusing on post-Bakke policy and sponsored by the American Council on Education for administrators of high-demand programs is presented. An introductory report by Todd Furniss ("Professional Education After Bakke") discusses the rationale for the conferences and examines some of the implications for…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Administrative Policy, Admission Criteria, Admission (School)