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12/95/
ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED109979 AUTHOR: Shulman, Carol Herrnstadt
TITLE: Federal Laws: Nondiscrimination and Faculty
Employment.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1975
NOTE: 63 p.
AVAILABILITY: Publication Department, American Association
for Higher Education, One Dupont Circle, Suite 780,
Washington, D.C. 20036 ($3.00)
ABSTRACT: Federal laws and regulations designed to assure
equal employment opportunities have only recently been
applied to faculty employment, but they have rapidly become
an important issue in higher education. The goal of true
equal employment opportunity has been pursued in court
cases and legislation for many years, principally in the
industrial sector, where efforts have been focused on the
employment of blue-collar workers, particularly racial
minorities. Federal agencies, courts, and universities are
therefore breaking new ground when they translate the
experience of the industrial sector to employment practices
affecting professional university workers. This document
describes federal laws that apply to faculty employment:
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended;
Executive Order 11246, as amended; the post-Civil War civil
rights laws; the Equal Pay Act of 1963, as amended; and
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. The
regulation implementing these laws is examined and the polic
practices that have developed from interpretive case law
are explored. This document also reviews the impact that the
laws have had on university personnel policies and the
implications of the laws for future changes in faculty
employment. (Author/KE)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Court-Litigation; Equal-Protection; Sex
Discrimination
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Affirmative-Action; *Employment-;
*Employment-Practices; *Faculty-; *Federal-Legislation;
*Higher-Education
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