In examining the publications of a project run by the American Association of Colleges and Universities titled "Understanding the Difference Diversity Makes: Assessing Campus Diversity Initiatives," Carol Iannone finds that the "campus diversity movement" is unwilling and unable to achieve genuine diversity. It succeeds masterfully, however, in…

This evaluation examines the implementation of the staff development components of a court-mandated school desegregation plan in Chicago (Illinois). Under the plan, the Board of Education was required to provide preservice and inservice training programs for administrators, teachers, and other school personnel, especially those involved in…

This report reviews the implementation of Project Creating a New Approach to Learning (CANAL), part of a court-mandated desegregation plan in Chicago (Illinois), at the end of its first two years. CANAL's goal was to train the constituent representatives of the public schools to engage in shared decision-making and to develop organizational…

This report assesses the relative effectiveness of primarily voluntary and primarily mandatory desegregation plans in a sub-sample of 20 school districts, 9 of which are magnet-voluntary plans and 11 of which are magnet-mandatory plans. The major conclusions of this report are the following: (1) voluntary desegregation plans work; (2) dismantling…

The segregation of blacks in American public schools has changed little since 1972. During the same period of time there has been a constant growth in the segregation of Hispanics in schools. No branch of the Federal Government has taken any policy initiatives toward desegregation since 1971. This report presents information concerning the status…

In October 1981, a five-person panel of experts was appointed to study the postsecondary programs in the Caddo-Bossier area of Louisiana and to develop recommendations relative to allegations made by the United States and denied by the state, that Louisiana was continuing to operate a racially dual system of higher education and had failed to…

The Houston Independent School District operated 78 magnet schools during 1983-84. Located on 70 campuses, the programs represented all grade levels and ranged from fine arts programs to extended instructional day programs and programs for the academically able student. During 1983-84, the magnet school plan accomplished its stated objectives (the…

This voluntary plan for the interdistrict exchange of students responds to a desegregation court order issued to the St. Louis, Missouri Board of Education. Among the criteria cited as necessary to the operation of permissive interdistrict transfers were: (1) eligibility of a student to transfer to a district and school where the student's race is…

This is a report on the progress (or lack of such) in the desegregation of Chicago's public schools through June, 1979. An addendum includes supplementary information through September, 1979. The history of school and social segregation in Chicago is reviewed, a chronology of the school desegregation controversy since 1961 is provided, and present…

As part of a plan for the development of neutral site magnet schools in Providence, twenty-four individual neighborhoods are profiled in a series of charts and tables which provide demographic, economic, housing, and social service and crime data. The information provided includes ethnic composition, age breakdowns, educational level, income,…

THIS REPORT OF A FIELD STUDY DESCRIBES THE 1956 CONFLICT WHICH OCCURRED IN A SMALL KENTUCKY TOWN AS A RESULT OF A SCHOOL DESEGREGATION CRISIS. THE REPORT CONTAINS (1) A SUMMARY OF THE OPINIONS IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT RACE RELATIONS, SPECIFICALLY NEGRO OPINIONS, (2) A DISCUSSION OF THE ATTITUDES OF THE LOCAL PRESS, CIVIC OFFICIALS, LAW ENFORCEMENT…

THIS FIELD REPORT ANALYZES THE CONFLICT WHICH DEVELOPED IN A SMALL TENNESSEE TOWN IN 1956 OVER EFFORTS TO DESEGREGATE THE SCHOOLS. ALONG WITH BACKGROUND INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMMUNITY, THE REPORT CONTAINS (1) A CHRONOLOGY OF THE EVENTS, (2) A DISCUSSION OF THE OPINIONS AND ATTITUDES OF THE COMMUNITY ABOUT RACE RELATIONS, DESEGREGATION, AND…

This book describes the day-to-day life of students, teachers, administrators and parents in an affluent white school located in Portland, Oregon. It gives an account of the first year of racial integration in the school, 1973-1974, when about thirty students from the black community were bused to and from the school. To describe the process of…

The contents of this compilation of information on desegregation activities in Philadelphia, funded under Title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, section 405, are organized in 11 parts, as follows: (1) Introduction, (2) Description of School District of Philadelphia, (3) Housing Patterns as a Factor in Desegregation, (4) Map Depicting Racial…

This bulletin, prepared by the League of Women Voters, attempts to summarize popularly used methods of desegregation and to make specific suggestions for use in the State of California. State responsibilities for desegregation are presented against the background of Federal and State court decisions. The status of racial imbalance in California…