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- An extensive list of Internet sites to help you recruit a diverse pool of applicants for any position or program.
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- Affirmative Action (AA)
- Affirmative Action & Diversity Information
Thorough Site that includes current news, essays on merit, the economics of Affirmative Action, quotas, proposition 209 and more.
- Angry White Guys For Affirmative Action
For over 25 years opponents of affirmative action for women and people of color have overlooked a key American reality - the role of affirmative action in the lives of white men. Opposition to affirmative action is based on selective inattention to the social props on which white men themselves depend. It is not affirmative ation itself, but affirmative action for women and people of color that is under constant attack.
- Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP)
Slow loading, but worth the wait. A division of the Department of Labor that enforces federal equal opportunity and Affirmative Action laws covering government contractors.
- Ten Myths About Affirmative Action
Ten Myths About Affirmative Action
The following essay is in press in the Journal of Social Issues (Journal of Division 9 of the American Psychological Association). Feel free to download, print, cite, circulate, or add web links to the essay, but please include appropriate citation information when doing so. The essay appeared in a 1997 issue of JSI entitled "Affirmative Action: Linking Research, Policy, and Implementation" (Volume 52, Issue 4). For more information about the JSI issue, contact Paula Skedsvold of the American Psychological Society or Tammy Mann of the American Psychological Association.
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Ten Myths About Affirmative Action
S. Plous
Wesleyan University
During the past year, affirmative action has been debated more intensely than at any other time in its 30-year history. Many supporters view affirmative action as a milestone, many opponents see it as a millstone, and m
- Timeline of Affirmative Action
Chart depicting how during the 1990s racial conservatives worked to close the door to opportunities for blacks in higher education.
- U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission
Federal government site for the United States Equal Opportunity Commission. The Commission enforces federal anti-discrimination laws and regulations, including Title VII.
- University of Michigan-Information on Admissions Lawsuits
The University of Michigan is fighting two lawsuits challenging its admission policies. This web site is provided as a resource for journalists and others who need background information.
- Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)
- ADA Fact Sheet
- Accessibility Informational Resources
Disability accessibility links - Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services web site.
- Great Lakes ADA and IT Center
Technical assistance center
- Job Accommodation Network
- The ADA: Questions and Answers
U.S. Equal Employment Q & A about the American with Disabilities Act
- Thompson Publishing Group
- US Dept. of Justice ADA
- Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)
- Sexual Harassment Prevention E-Learning Tool (Eastern Michigan University)
On-line sexual harassment training tool that covers laws and concepts in the employment and education settings. Easy to use and replete with practical relevant application of sexual harassment laws and concepts.
- Department of Workforce Development
Equal Rights Division
- EEOC Fact Sheet About Employment Discrimination Based on Religion, Ethnicity, or Country of Origin
Employers must provide a workplace that is free of harassment based on national origin, ethnicity, or religion. They may be liable not only for harassment by supervisors, but also by coworkers or by non-employees under their control.
- EEOC Publications Site
EEOC Site listing all publications and posters available from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Publications or posters may be order for delivery by mail; some may be downloaded or printed using your web brower.
- Facts About Age Discrimination
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Fact Sheet on Age Discrimination
- Facts About Compensation Discrimination
EEOC Fact Sheet on compensation discrimination. Compensation discrimination in employment is prohibited by the Equal Pay Act of 1963, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, all enforced by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Collectively, these statutes require employers to compensate employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability.
- Facts About National Origin Discrimination
EEOC Fact Sheet on National Origin Discrimination
- Facts About Race Discrimination
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Fact Sheet on Race Discrimination
- Facts About Sexual Harassment
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's Fact Sheet About Sexual Harassment.
Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination that violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature constitutes sexual harassment when submission to or rejection of this conduct explicitly or implicitly affects an individual's employment, unreasonably interferes with an individual's work performance or creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive work environment.
- Federal Laws Prohibiting Job Discrimination Questions and Answers
EEOC Fact Sheet outlining federal laws that prohibit employment discrimination.
- National Center for Education Statistics
Source for US educational data: enrollment, graduation, rates and trends
- Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP)
Slow loading, but worth the wait. A division of the Department of Labor that enforces federal equal opportunity and Affirmative Action laws covering government contractors.
- U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Web Site
Poster published by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that lists and describes all relevant nondiscrimination laws administered by that federal agency.
- US Census Bureau
Your source for US demographic and economic data.