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Braveman, Marilyn – 1978
An explanation of the Bakke case, traditional admissions procedures, current trends and descriptions of six highly selective current programs and their admissions criteria are presented. In the Bakke case, the Supreme Court held that universities may not set quotas, i.e., reserve fixed numbers of places for blacks or members of other minority…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, Civil Rights, College Admission
Download full textLouisiana State Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. – 1978
In this handbook, the relationship of education to the United States Constitution is described for the benefit of students and their parents. Legislation, funding, and the decision-making process are examined as they relate to the public school system. Legal rights of students and parents with regard to many controversial issues, including…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Decision Making, Educational Assessment
Bolton, William Dan; Brown, David W. – 1978
Juvenile delinquency problems and ways to improve youth services were explored in a survey conducted in 1975 in 15 East Tennessee counties surrounding Knoxville. The 51 persons interviewed were associated with law enforcement, judicial, and counseling services; respondents believed that juvenile delinquency was on the increase in rural areas and…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Delinquency, Delinquency Causes, Delinquency Prevention
Metcalf, Lawrence, Ed.; And Others – 1974
This pamphlet, intended for senior high school students, examines the complexities of applying international law to questions of individual rights and responsibilities in time of war. Case studies of four actual courtroom trials are presented. Events leading up to the trials (relating to Andersonville, Nuremberg, Hiroshima, and My Lai) are…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Civil Liberties, Civil War (United States), Conflict Resolution
Law School Admission Council, Princeton, NJ. – 1977
Nineteen research reports and summaries of projects studying law school admission and the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) are presented. These research projects were supported by the Law School Admission Council between 1975 and 1977. A subject and an author index, covering this and the previous two volumes (including research conducted from 1949…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations
Castro, Ray E. – 1979
Public Law 95-561 (Field Draft) is lauded for reflecting a commitment to the establishment of goals of excellence for Indian schools, but criticized because of its lack of clarification of the standards (as measures of excellence) necessary to judge any progress toward meeting the established goals. Examples of the ambiguity of some of the…
Descriptors: Accrediting Agencies, American Indian Education, American Indians, Bilingual Education
1964
MANY STATEMENTS FROM CIVIC, CHURCH, AND BUSINESS LEADERS FOLLOWING THE SIGNING OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT SUPPORTED THE PRESIDENT'S BELIEF THAT AMERICA IS A NATION OF LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS. IN CONGRESS SEVERAL SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES, SUCH AS SENATOR ELLENDER, LOUISIANA, REP. WELTNER OF GEORGIA, AND REP. PURCELL OF TEXAS WHO HAD VOTED AGAINST THE…
Descriptors: Biracial Committees, Community Attitudes, Community Leaders, Community Problems
Manning, Winton H.; And Others – 1977
The selective admissions issue in higher education is examined in this book from three perspectives. Part One on public policy and academic policy includes comments and recommendations by the Carnegie Council on Policy Studies in Higher Education. A report by Winton H. Manning in Part Two deals with fairness, including: the role of values in…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Admission Criteria, Business Administration, Competitive Selection
Moots, Philip R.; Gaffney, Edward McGlynn, Jr. – 1979
A study on government regulation of religiously affiliated higher education was conducted for the Sloan Commission on Government and Higher Education. The following two questions were addressed: What legal problems arising from governmental regulation have religiously affiliated colleges experienced at least partially because of their religious…
Descriptors: Church Related Colleges, Civil Rights, College Admission, College Housing
Matlock, John; Humphries, Frederick S. – 1979
A case study is presented of the planning of a merger of two public institutions in Nashville, Tennessee, in which a federal judge ordered predominantly white University of Tennessee at Nashville to merge with predominantly black Tennessee State University. This action represents the first time a white university has merged with a black one, with…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Black Students, Case Studies, College Desegregation
Orlans, Harold; And Others – 1979
The process by which institutions and courses are approved for veterans educational benefits is examined in this study mandated by Public Law 95-202. The legislative background of the investigation is described as well as the history of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, the Korean Bill of 1952, and P.L. 94-502 of 1976. A summary guide to…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Access to Education, Accreditation (Institutions), Colleges
Valente, William D. – 1978
In the midst of a trend toward uniformity of education, parents, teachers, community groups, and government groups are struggling for control over what that education shall be. Regarding problems concerning religious and ethical education, the courts' interpretations of the establishment clause ultimately conflict with interpretations of the free…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education
Tennessee Univ., Knoxville. State Agency for Title I. – 1968
An evaluative and historical report is presented of 38 university extension programs proposed in Tennessee during Fiscal Years 1966, 1967, and 1968, under Title I (Higher Education Act of 1965), together with a list of 13 programs completed prior to June 30, 1967. The University of Tennessee, East Tennessee State University, Memphis State…
Descriptors: Adult Educators, Community Problems, Community Services, Counseling
Summers, Arthur L. – 1968
The impact of recent technological, social, and economic change has necessitated a re-examination of educational structure, and has resulted in school district reorganization projects in many states. The purposes of this paper are to review the various legislative techniques employed by 33 states in their attempts to merge or reorganize school…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Boards of Education, Cooperative Planning, County School Districts
Crandall, Deborah – 1977
The personal liability of community college administrators and trustees hinges on the judicial interpretation of 42 USC Section 1983, the Civil Rights Act of 1871. That federal statute allows individuals such as students and teachers to recover money damages from those state officials who have violated their federal rights. Addressed to the…
Descriptors: Administrators, Boards of Education, Civil Liberties, Community Colleges
