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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED128034 AUTHOR: Clampitt, Joyce A.; Bender, Louis W.
TITLE: Affirmative Action--The State Level Scene: A Study
of
Positions Responsible for Affirmative Action in State Level
Agencies for Community Colleges.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1976
NOTE: 48 p.
AVAILABILITY: State and Regional Higher Education Center,
Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306
($3.00)
ABSTRACT: This document reports the results of a 1976
survey
of state level agencies for community colleges. The purpose
of the study was to (1) determine which state community
college agencies have staff positions responsible for equal
employment/affirmative action; and (2) to identify the
nature, role, and responsibilities of the position. Forty
states were surveyed; 87.5% responded. Results of the
survey
indicate that 26 state community college agencies have a
position responsible for equal opportunity/affirmative
action, although in 17 of the 26 states, the positions are
also responsible for other administrative areas.
Establishment of the position resulted from legislative
mandate in 5 states, direction of the agency head in 15
states, federal action in 4 states, and executive order in
2
states. From the survey data, a profile of incumbents in
these positions is presented and, although the nature, role
and responsibilities of the position vary widely from state
to state, the incumbents are categorized as coordinators,
administrators, consultants, liaison agents, monitors,
and/or facilitators. A brief introduction defines the
legislative, judicial, and historical bases of affirmative
action in higher education and state-level involvement in
affirmative action/equal opportunity. (JDS)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Community-Colleges; Coordinators-; Federal
State-Relationship; Job-Analysis; National-Surveys
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Affirmative-Action; *State-Agencies;
*State-Officials; *Two-Year-Colleges
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