ERIC Number: ED463386
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2002
Pages: 351
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Rights at Risk: Equality in an Age of Terrorism. Report of the Citizens' Commission on Civil Rights.
Piche, Dianne M., Ed.; Taylor, William L., Ed.; Reed, Robin A., Ed.
This volume chronicles the progress of the administration, executive branch agencies, and Congress in ending discrimination and advancing civil rights. The study has 21 chapters in 2 parts. Part one includes: (1) "Rights at Risk"; and (2) "Recommendations of the Commission." Part two includes a series of working papers prepared by leading civil rights and public interest experts: (3) "Federal Judicial Nominations and Confirmations during the Last Two Years of the Clinton Administration" (Elliot M. Mincberg); (4) "Recent Supreme Court Decisions Affecting Congress' Ability To Redress Employment Discrimination" (Michael H. Gottesman); (5) "The New Legal Attack on Educational Diversity in America's Elementary and Secondary Schools" (John Charles Boger); (6) "Diversity in Higher Education: A Continuing Agenda" (Arthur L. Coleman); (7) "Urban Fragmentation as a Barrier to Equal Opportunity" (John A. Powell and Kathleen M. Graham); (8) "Federal Fair Housing Enforcement at a Crossroads: The Clinton Legacy and the Challenges Ahead" (John P. Relman); (9) "The Current Civil Rights Challenge for the Growing Latino Community: Inclusion and Participation in Political Life" (Marisa J. Demeo); (10) "Voting Rights" (Armand Derfner); (11) "Affirmative Action in Public Contracting: The Final Years of the Clinton Administration" (Georgina Verdugo); (12) "Equal Employment Opportunity: EEOC and OFCCP" (Nancy Kreiter); (13) "Federal Action To Confront Hate Violence in the Bush Administration: A Firm Foundation on Which To Build or a Struggle to Maintain the Status Quo?" (Michael Lieberman); (14) "Racial Disparities in the American Criminal Justice System" (Ronald Weich and Carlos Angulo); (15) "Mixed Reviews on Lesbian and Gay Rights for Bush's First Year" (Lou Chibbaro, Jr.); (16) "High Classroom Turnover: How Children Get Left Behind" (Chester Hartman); (17) "Limited English Proficient Students and High-Stakes Accountability Systems" (Jorge Ruiz de Velasco and Michael Fix); (18) "New Research on Special Education and Minority Students with Implications for Federal Education Policy Enforcement" (Daniel J. Losen); (19) "Blueprint for Gender Equity in Education" (Verna Williams); (20) "The Progress and Proposals for a Civil Rights Agenda in the Communications Polity Arena" (Mark Lloyd); and (21) "The Adverse Consequences of a New Federal Direction" (Gary D. Bass, Kay Guinane, Reece Rushing, and Ellen Taylor). (SM)
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Civil Rights, Diversity (Student), Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Federal Government, Federal Legislation, Gender Issues, High Stakes Tests, Higher Education, Hispanic Americans, Homosexuality, Limited English Speaking, Minority Group Children, Minority Groups, Political Issues, Racial Discrimination, Special Education, Urban Areas, Violence, Voting Rights
Citizens' Commission on Civil Rights, 2000 M Street, Ste. 400, Washington, DC 20036 ($15). Tel: 202-775-8822; e-mail: citizens@cccr.org; Web site: http://www.cccr.org. For full text: http://www.cccr.org/RightsAtRisk.htm.
Publication Type: Books; Collected Works - General
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Language: English
Sponsor: Spencer Foundation, Chicago, IL.; Annenberg Foundation, St. Davids, PA.; John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Chicago, IL.; Ford Foundation, New York, NY.
Authoring Institution: Citizens Commission on Civil Rights, Washington, DC.
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