The media, like nearly all other White institutions, has merely found a convenient rationale for abandoning the cities now that the Blacks have moved in. The educational, democratizing functions of the news media are no longer to be carried out among the inner-city Blacks. (Author)

According to Department of Labor statistics, there is little relationship between workers' educational attainment and job success. The group with the highest remuneration (White males) uses the least amount of specialized training. The group with the lowest economic remuneration uses the highest amount. (Author/WI)

The proposed rewrite of the broadcast section of the Communications Act of 1934 fails to assure minority access to and service from the broadcast industry despite demonstrated need and compelling logic. The proposed bill must be revised or opposed as a serious threat to the development of minority voices in America. (Author/WI)

Public education must take the lead in establishing alternative paths to effective and successful participation in our society and its governance, tailored to the values and demands of the many specific cultures that exist in our nation. (Author)

Women who were selected for the Congressional Fellowship Program from 1961 through 1975 were studied in order to determine the characteristics of female federal bureaucrats. Successful female bureaucrats were found to closely resemble their male counterparts, an exception being that the former are more likely to support unionization. (GC)

This article charts the relationship between politics, racial struggle, and the Black press. The decline of interest in Black news among the White media is cited as evidence of the need for Blacks to hold more decision making positions. (GC)

In practical operation the proposed Humphrey-Hawkins "Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act of 1977" would provide jobs instead of creating unemployment, encouraging growth, increasing production, removing skill shortages, and discouraging discrimination. (Author/EB)

Although numbers might not tell the full story, they reveal important patterns of disadvantage among youths, and suggest the magnitude of youth unemployment. One way of dealing with the youth unemployment problem is to direct public policies and public expenditures toward areas in which the problem is most severe. (Author/EB)

Any educational agenda for the remaining years of the twentieth century must confront the realities of the twenty-first century, and begin to focus on the perspectives and attitudes that will be critical in ensuring the survival of mankind on our globe. (Author)

The values of individualized education have in recent years taken on new strength. The cases and the statutes which have contributed to that increasing strength suggest that it may be possible to realize these values within the public school system itself. (Author/EB)

Several new factors in the governance and finance of education as a consequence of desegregation litigation have increased confusion over accountability. However, options are available for school districts and state government to exercise leadership, reduce the need for active court and federal involvement, and exercise control over their own…

Education affects virtually everyone in a city. More than any other service provided by a municipality, education influences whether people decide to remain in or move from a city. The school system is often the bellwether of what the future will bring--deterioration, unrest, diminishing resources, or improvement and innovations. (Author/EB)

Research focused on the number and kind of assaults and criminal incidents; the extent and costs of vandalism; the number and type of security personnel and equipment; the incidence and causes of suspensions and expulsions; alternatives to suspensions and expulsions employed; and local perceptions of remedies for these problems. (Author/EB)

The argument presented in this article is that, since the population of urban school districts is largely comprised of poor and minority youngsters, a decline in alternative education programs will have far-reaching implications for those concerned about quality education for these groups. (Author/EB)

Discussed in this commencement address delivered at Howard University, Washington, D.C., on June 6, 1930, is the problem of college and industrial education for Black Americans: that it did not give them the sound economic foundation which would make their survival in America certain or probable. (Author/EB)