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12/95/
ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED297057 AUTHOR:
TITLE: One-Third of a Nation. A Report of the Commission on
Minority Participation in Education and American Life.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1988
NOTE: 47 p.
ABSTRACT: After the year 2000 one-third of the American
population will be members of minority groups; neglecting
minorities will have disastrous effects on the nation. The
United States has made some progress in improving the lives
of minorities, but America is presently moving backward--not
forward--in its efforts to achieve the full participation of
minority citizens in the life and prosperity of the nation.
Statistics on American minorities are provided. Past federal
programs that have benefited minorities are reviewed. A
national commitment must be made toward the goal of enabling
America's minorities to attain a quality of life as high as
that of the white majority. The following strategies for
success are identified: (1) institutions of higher learning
should strengthen their efforts to increase minority
recruitment, retention, and graduation; (2) national leaders
should identify and implement policies to stimulate economic
growth and restore national solvency; (3) elected officials
should lead efforts to assure minority advancement; (4)
private and voluntary organizations should initiate new, and
expand existing, programs designed to increase minority
participation and achievement; (5) each major sector of our
society should contribute to a new vision of affirmative
action around which a broad national consensus can be
formed; (6) minority public officials, institutions, and
voluntary organizations should expand their leadership
roles; and (7) education leaders should improve coordination
and cooperation among all levels and systems. Data are
illustrated on eight figures, and 40 bibliographic notes are
included. (BJV)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Affirmative-Action; Blacks-; College-Role;
Community-Role; Demography-; Educational-Attainment;
Elementary-Secondary-Education; Futures-of-Society;
Government-Role; Hispanic-Americans; Income-; Institutional
Role; Labor-Force; Minority-Group-Teachers; Population
Trends; Poverty-; Quality-of-Life; Racial-Differences; Role
of-Education; Unemployment-
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Equal-Education; *Equal-Opportunities
Jobs; *Minority-Group-Influences; *Minority-Groups; *Policy
Formation; *Program-Development
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