Confusion in federal appellate courts over disclosure of confidential faculty peer-review files, which contain information commonly sought in discrimination suits, has provoked widespread alarm among administrators and faculty about possible changes in the way tenure candidates are evaluated. (MSE)

Studies state library agency job application forms from the 50 state libraries to determine whether these agencies comply with state and federal laws regarding fair employment practices. Findings revealed that some states violate EEOC guidelines, especially concerning job application flow data. (CDD)

Provides five guidelines to follow in developing alternative policy for accommodating employees' religious practices. Discusses two court cases where school systems lost to teachers because the schools did not make good-faith attempts to accommodate the teachers' religious needs. Includes outline of a board's comprehensive policy for religious…

This inquiry examines the accreditation process for church-related schools under both the establishment and free exercise clauses of the First Amendment and explores how these clauses work together to inform the issue. Included is an examination of the nature and function of the various accrediting agencies. (TE)

Constitutional rights of free religious expression, religious discrimination, individual and institutional academic freedoms, and the legal authority of accrediting agencies emerging as issues in the accreditation of religiously affiliated law schools are discussed in the context of recent litigation. (MSE)

Reviews the Illinois law that requires students to participate in patriotic activities and discusses court litigation brought to bear by Jehovah's Witnesses, who contend that obligating them to salute the American flag contradicts their right to religious freedom. (GC)

Issues in the question of the Association of American Law Schools' acceptance or exclusion of church-related law schools that discriminate on the basis of religion are discussed. Basic principles of academic freedom, other forms of discrimination, and privacy are included, and this kind of religious discrimination is found to be unlike other…

Fifty-six college placement directors perceived that five percent of the on-campus job recruiters ask illegal questions concerning applicants' sex, age, national origin, race or color, handicaps, or religion. Forty percent of the student applicants are judged to be unaware of illegal questioning. (Author/MLF)

The New Right regularly claims that the teaching of secular humanism by public schools is responsible for varied social ills and that it violates the constitutional prohibition against the advocacy of religious beliefs. This article explores these as empirical claims, concluding that no reliable evidence supports these allegations. Although such…

The National Victimization Project of the National Institute Against Prejudice and Violence attempted to understand violence motivated by prejudice in the United States. Interviews with 1,372 employed people confirmed the prevalence and costliness of ethnoviolence in the workplace. Human rights agencies need to address this problem. (SLD)

Includes extracts from texts at the Library of Congress exhibit that explores the role of religion and its relation to the nation during its formative years. Topics include persecution; Jews; Quakers; Roman Catholics; the Great Awakening and evangelicalism; the American Revolution; religion and government; African Americans; and Mormons.…

This collection of documents examines the response of the Jewish people--primarily in Russia but also in the West--to the sociological and political crises of Tsarist Russia between the years 1800 and 1914. It emphasizes in particular the emergence and interaction of the two ideologies which formulated the most radical solutions to the Jewish…

This special theme issue outlines the history of discrimination against traditional Native American religions, including recent Supreme Court decisions. "Discrimination and Native American Religious Rights," by Senator Daniel K. Inouye, discusses the compelling government interest in eradicating discrimination and describes two Supreme…

The Task Force on Literature of the San Francisco State University Commission on Human Relations conducted a literature search on human relations and discrimination issues on United States college campuses. Sources included the ERIC database, DATATIMES, "Chronicle of Higher Education," local newspapers, Knight-Ridder wire service…

This "fastback" examines the U.S. Supreme Court decisions and a few lower court decisions concerning religion and education rendered in the 1980s, and for background purposes, it also includes some decisions prior to the 1980s. The first of four parts discusses cases pertaining to prayer and religious activities in school. Included in…