This "Civil Rights Directory", is distributed as a service of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights under its Clearinghouse functions. The information was supplied by the agencies and organizations listed. Section 1 is a listing of key Federal officials responsible for monitoring, administering, coordinating, and enforcing various aspects…

This resource guide on equal educational opportunity is comprised of twelve sections, each providing a different type or source of information. The first section contains the name, address and organizational scope note of approximately 70 organizations and associations. Section two lists the name, address and interest of 17 education laboratories…

The booklet presents national apprenticeship standards for plumbing and steamfitting--pipefitting developed by the National Joint Plumbing Apprenticeship and Journeyman Training Committee and the National Joint Steamfitter-Pipefitter Apprenticeship Committee, together with the Department of Labor. The standards cover: a definition of a local joint…

This statement of rules, policies, and procedures of the University of Oklahoma Libraries covers the areas of library government and organization, library faculty relationships, and criteria for tenure promotion and salary increases. Regulations for the election of officers, holding meetings, dues collection, committees and councils, and…

U.S.-related corporate trusts that are currently funding (or planning to fund) projects to promote change in South Africa are reviewed to guide support-seeking organizations in South Africa to appropriate sources of funds and to encourage donors to share information. Each write-up offers basic information on the trust's mission, objectives, board…

Information is provided about the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), an independent federal agency that supports scholarship, research, education, and public programs in the humanities. The history, purposes, policies, and organization of NEH are briefly described, and two project topics that NEH is funding, are explained. The…

Franchising continues to be one of the rapidly growing forms of business because it offers a means through which an individual with limited capital and experience can own or operate his own business. The publication, in its eighth edition, identifies franchisors who do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, or national origin in the…

Resources listed in this annotated guide to state educational publications are entered alphabetically under the following topical headings: adult education, bilingual education, board of education, educational information, equal educational opportunity, Massachusetts Dissemination Project, Massachusetts Educational Television, nutrition education,…

National apprenticeship standards are listed, which were developed by the International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) in cooperation with the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training, Manpower Administration, U.S. Department of Labor. The preface describes the context for application, e.g.,…

This synoptic table provides an overview and comparison of employment trends and policy measures for each member state of the European Community. Information on the following countries is presented in eight chapters: Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, and United Kingdom. Chapter 0…

The information reported in this directory was compiled from a review of documents from state educational and employment service agencies, occupational curriculum laboratories and research coordinating units, branches of the armed forces, selected private research and development agencies, and other organizations. Task inventories resulting from…

This booklet contains selected statutes, regulations, and policies dealing with the minimum employment qualifications for California community college faculty and administrators, including changes that resulted from a 1993 comprehensive review of the minimum qualifications regulations. Presented first are the relevant sections of the California…

In order to comply with federal law, all employers must take certain affirmative actions designed to remedy the effect of job discrimination, no matter how inadvertent or unintentional that discrimination might be. Employers, therefore, must actively recruit employees for all job levels from the ranks of minority groups and women. This directory…

The booklet presents the ninth edition of the national apprenticeship and training standards developed by the painting and decorating and drywall industry in cooperation with the Department of Labor's Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training. Provisions of national apprenticeship and training standards for painting and decorating and drywall…

This document comprises a review of the literature on the academic performance and academic persistance of young, black females and a 50-item directory of multicultural, nonsexist educational strategies and programs for this population. Each of the strategies includes the following characteristics: (1) caring adults; (2) belief that schools can…