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Wharton, Clifton R., Jr.; And Others – 1988
The fundamental issues confronting public higher education in its efforts to reach America's minorities are addressed. Higher education's historical progress in providing a path to equality is surveyed, and certain recent trends showing a clear reversal of that progress are examined. Three chapters offer strategies for stopping the trend and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Black Achievement, Black Colleges, Black Education
Fredman, Alice, Ed. – 1990
This book presents reports on selected "local action" projects that were developed as part of the Equity in Technology Project, which was inaugurated in 1985 by the Educational Computer Consortium of Ohio (ECCO). The book is organized into three sections, one for each of the populations targeted by the project. An introduction by Alice Fredman…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Discrimination, Elementary Secondary Education
Valencia, Richard R. – 1997
This book includes eight chapters that explore the history and current status of educational "deficit thinking" and its effects on educational policies and practices. Educational deficit thinking is a form of blaming the victim that views the alleged deficiencies of poor and minority group students and their families as predominantly…
Descriptors: American Indians, Blacks, Democratic Values, Educational Discrimination
Rider, Betty L., Ed. – 1998
This yearbook explores the issues of representation, inclusion, access, and equity in technology education. Contents include an introductory chapter; nine chapters in three sections; and a summary chapter. Chapter 1, "Society, Diversity, and Technology Education" (Donna K. Trautman) examines important demographics of our global society,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Attitude Change, Blacks, Cultural Pluralism
Weis, Lois, Ed.; Fine, Michelle, Ed. – 1993
This book presents the following 16 papers addressing race, class, and gender in U.S. education; institutionalized power and privilege; and policies, discourses, and practices that may silence powerless groups: (1) "Breaking through the Barriers: African American Job Candidates and the Academic Hiring Process" (Roslyn Arlin Mickelson,…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Educational Discrimination, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Parker, Laurence, Ed.; Deyhle, Donna, Ed.; Villenas, Sofia, Ed. – 1999
Critical race theory offers a way to understand how ostensibly race-neutral structures in education--knowledge, merit, objectivity, and "good education"--in fact help form and police the boundaries of white supremacy and racism. Critical race theory can be used to deconstruct the meaning of "educational achievement," to…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Court Litigation, Critical Theory, Educational Discrimination
Tarrow, Norma Bernstein, Ed. – 1987
This book discusses the relationship between human rights and education. Education is discussed both within the context of human rights, and as the ultimate sanction and guarantee of all human rights. Part 1, "Education as a Human Right," is comprised of the following chapters: (1) "Human Rights and Education: An Overview" (D.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Citizenship Education
