Computer-assisted teaching and assessment has become a regular feature across many areas of the curriculum in higher education courses around the world in recent years. This development has resulted in the "digital divide" between disabled students and their nondisabled peers regarding their participation in computer-assisted courses. However,…

Identity is central for research on education since, under certain conditions, it may influence school choice, career preferences and classroom behaviour. Identity also determines disposition toward schooling because it may have the capacity to shape and modify the values, beliefs and characteristics that distinguish one person from another, by…

This paper uses Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 as a case study to explore the education field and the impact on civil rights legislation dealing with gender. The U.S. record in gender-equity legislation has been mixed, no doubt due in part to the fact that female representation in U.S. legislative bodies has been among the lowest in…

This article describes affirmative action counseling for women victimized by sexist practices. Grievance procedures and the responses of women to sexist practices are detailed. (Author/EJT)

An analysis and discussion of the educational implications of white, mythical black, and actual black perspectives in terms of their relative emphasis on cognition and affectivity. (EH)

This bibliography focuses on various aspects of the role and status of women throughout the world provides approximately 300 entries covering the time span from 1980-87 and listed alphabetically within topics. Topics included are: (1) women in the developing world; (2) legal status; (3) history, psychology, and sexuality; (4) women in the…

The Title IX/Sex Equity training model is designed to assist education personnel and interested citizens in the implementation of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and the attainment of sex equity in education. This workbook, to be used in conjunction with the trainer manual, provides l5 worksheets for use by participants in a 3 1/2 to…

This research indicates that education-based employment discrimination exists in the labor market for engineers. This labor market imperfection is at least partially responsible for the large disparities observable between earnings of engineers and their educational counterparts in other occupations at the lower levels of education. (Author)

This pamphlet provides information on what higher education institutions can do to accomodate women over 25 who have interrupted their education for several years and are now entering or re-entering postsecondary institutions. Topics discussed include institutional attitudes, double discrimination, institutional invisibility, and barriers to…

This publication contains guidelines for Utah local school officials developing school policies concerning student rights and responsibilities. Following an introductory section, section 2 presents guidelines for student rights and responsibilities related to the relationship between students and educational institutions. These guidelines concern…

APPROACHES AND METHODS WHICH HAVE SUCCEEDED IN INCREASING NEGRO PARTICIPATION IN SELECTED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS WERE STUDIED IN ORDER TO RECOMMEND POLICIES WHICH WOULD MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR NEGROES TO FURTHER INCREASE THEIR PARTICIPATION IN AND SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS. INTERVIEWS IN 10 MAJOR CITIES WITH 121 OFFICIALS…

Affirmative action programs are under attack in the 1970's. The country seems to be forgetting that the legacy of slavery is still with us. To act justly in the present and future, the past must be recalled because in large measure it shaped present conditions. Selected events in the history of black people in America, and certain key factors that…

The author tries to refute all the misinterpretations of the law enacted by Congress which prohibits sex discrimination in education. He concludes that this law has achieved long due improvements in the status of women in colleges. (SE)

The major factors affecting the academic performance of Black students in predominantly White colleges center upon a lack of confidence in their abilities, a shortage of advocates, particularly personal advocates, and the continuing denial of educational opportunities for Blacks. (Author/EB)