Tabulated data are provided on the enrollment and degree awards of higher education students by their racial/ethnic groups for academic year 1984-85. Surveys were sent to 3,379 higher education institutions in the United States and its territories. Tables in this report include institutions in the 50 states and the District of Columbia only. The…

The 1982-1983 report of the postsecondary desegregation progress in Maryland is presented. The goals of the 1980 plan and the status of attainment of the goals are discussed. Data are presented on enrollments, degrees granted, employment, and governing boards. For each state institution, a chart provides information on goals and recommendations,…

Results of the Oklahoma State Department of Education's School Racial Survey for Fiscal Year 1980-1981 were tabulated by school districts within each county, according to races represented, by male and female students, and by total numbers of each race represented. The 586,893 students on the survey included 52,513 Blacks, 63,664 American Indians,…

PLAINTIFFS COMPLAINED THAT THE VALLEY SCHOOL, ONE OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN MANHASSET, NEW YORK, WAS SEGREGATED. NEGROES IN THE VALLEY AREA LIVED AT A LOW SOCIOECONOMIC LEVEL. TYPICALLY, THEIR CHILDREN WERE FROM 2 TO 3 YEARS BEHIND THE NORMS IN READING ACHIEVEMENT. EXCERPTS FROM THE COURT CASE, R. BLOCKER VERSUS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF…

THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS STUDY WERE TO DETERMINE--(1) IF THE NEGRO CHILD'S SELF-CONCEPT WOULD IMPROVE SIGNIFICANTLY WHEN HE LEARNS ABOUT HIS HERITAGE, (2) IF THE CAUCASIAN CHILD'S SELF-CONCEPT WOULD IMPROVE SIGNIFICANTLY BY A STUDY OF THE NEGRO'S HERITAGE AND CONTRIBUTION TO AMERICA, AND (3) IF COMMUNITY CONTACTS INFLUENCE CHILDREN'S SELF-CONCEPTS.…

Statistical data on the racial and ethnic distribution of students and staff in New York State public elementary and secondary schools are presented in this report. Detailed in the tables are: (1) racial/ethnic distribution of public school students, 1979-80; (2) distribution of black and Hispanic students, 1979-80; (3) percent distribution of…

The primary assertion of this study was that equality of educational opportunity must reduce the poverty status of the poor and of minorities. This study argued that the most directly relevant school variable likely to reduce poverty is increased educational attainment because of its correlation to income which correlates to the quality of one's…

The report is published to provide data for effectively evaluating New York State's continuing efforts to achieve equality of employment opportunity in State agencies. Results of the survey are shown as distributed by these variables: agency, ethnic group and sex, occupational group, salary grade, ethnic group and jurisdictional classification,…

As part of the implementation of the Joint Policy Statement on Equality of Educational Opportunity, Michigan's State Board of Education conducted its first public school racial census in the spring of 1967. Information was collected about the racial composition of: (1) student bodies and staff by school building and (2) central office staffs of…

This report presents the results of a study conducted by Lambda Corporation to assess the demographic problems in achieving school desegregation in 44 urban areas of the United States. The present volume is intended to present in brief form the results for each of the 44 areas and to review the general conclusions that can be drawn from the survey…

Contents of this annual study of the status of desegregation in the Dade County Public Schools include: Introduction; Ten years of desegregation; status of desegregation, September 1969; Tables (Basic Data)--Distribution of racial and ethnic groups, pupils and school employees, Elementary school centers, Secondary school centers, and Special…

Since the late 1980s, school choice has become a popular education reform strategy. Parents who select which school their child attends do so for a variety of reasons, including academic, religious, or moral environment, and convenience. Differences in the proportion of students who attend an assigned school and those who attend a school selected…

This article discusses the redevelopment process in the context of views of developers, potential newcomers to a redeveloped area, and the residents of such an area. It is a qualitative accounting of the similarities and differences of these groups and how and why they are either willing or unwilling to participate. (Author/SSH)

Investigated occupational segregation among male and female minority and male and female nonminority college students in relation to college major. Findings indicated that preoccupational levels of segregation in the form of selection of college majors are not as prevalent as those levels of occupational segregation found in the general workforce.…

Examines the relationship between student background, racial congruency, and college-level factors affecting academic performance of black male college students in predominately white compared to predominately black colleges. Questionnaire responses from 742 students demonstrate the differential effect of each of the 3 components and suggest a…