Approximately 19 percent of undergraduate students in the United States identify as having a disability, yet postsecondary institutions often lack the legal infrastructure necessary to support their academic success. National data show that only 49.6 percent of disabled students graduate from four-year institutions, compared to 68.1 percent of…

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) appears to offer states and districts discretion to develop teacher evaluation policies, including those that may use Value Added Models (VAMs). While scholars are discussing this flexibility, limited attention has been paid to the potential role of the law in connection with the future use of VAMs in…

This study examines the United States Supreme Court's use of social science research in Fourteenth Amendment race-based discrimination cases in professional and graduate school admissions. It discusses how the Court uses (or does not use) social science research in its interpretation of "equal protection" and "discrimination"…

The last several years have seen renewed debate over the role that race plays in higher education--a debate over "affirmative action." The report first considers "affirmative action" in its original sense: the "mandatory" race-conscious measures that the federal courts have imposed on "de jure" segregated…

Purpose: A significant and growing body of LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer) research examines the experiences of students, employees, and the substance of leadership training. This project aims to complement this work by taking a macro-level look at the broader legal and policy issues that may constrain or enhance a school…

Since the separate-but-equal era, students attending schools with high concentrations of Black students have attempted to improve the quality of their educations through school finance litigation. Because of the negative effects of racial isolation, Black students might consider mounting school finance litigation to force states to explicitly…

This article reports that the U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments in December in a case that could make it more difficult for plaintiffs to win sexual-discrimination or sexual-harassment lawsuits against colleges and other educational institutions. The justices will decide whether to uphold a decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for…

Raising academic standards and eliminating achievement gaps between advantaged and disadvantaged students are America's prime national educational goals. Current federal and state policies, however, largely ignore the fact that the childhood poverty rate in the United States is 21%, the highest in the industrialized world, and that poverty…

School policies often result in differing treatment of males and females. Sometimes the difference is clearly intended, as when homemaking is required for females and shop for males. Often, however, such intention is either lacking or unclear, as when a school refuses financial aid to its part-time students, the majority of whom are women. In…

Discusses recent Federal Laws and Executive Orders affecting sex discrimination in educational institutions. Also discusses probable court interpretations of these laws. (JF)

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 mandates that sex discrimination be eliminated in federally assisted education programs. Although a few issues such as competitive athletics have generated wide interest, Title IX has significant implications for a variety of less publicized issues including recruiting, admissions, financial aid,…

Maintaining that a Federal policy re: unresolved American Indian claims is a necessary element for an overall Federal policy toward Indian affairs, this statement by the Assistant Chief of the Indian Claims Section/Land and Natural Resources Division argues against enactment of: H.R. 2664 (a bill "to amend the Indian Claims Commission Act of…

This document presents the hearings before the subcommittee on equal opportunities of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Ninety-Third Congress. Hearings concern the Women's Educational Equity Act. It is the purpose of this Act, in order to provide educational equity for women in this country, to encourage the…

This document presents the hearings before the Subcommittee on Education of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, United States Senate, Ninety-third Congress. Hearings concern the Women's Educational Equity Act of 1973. The Act enables the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to conduct special educational programs and…

Argues that "Kahn" continues stereotypic thinking toward women whereas "Orr" may call sex-based dispensations into question. Calls for declaring sex a suspect classification. Available from the Syracuse Law Review, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13210; sc $3.50. (IRT)