Emmet, Thomas A. (1971). Student Personnel Services- Who Needs Them?. College and University Business, 51, 5, 47-49, Nov 71. Student personnel services could make a more meaningful contribution to human development. (Editor/IR)…

(1996). Effective Respect for the Rights and Dignity of Migrants: New Needs and Responses. Migration World Magazine, v24 n3 p24-27. Contains the considerations and recommendations for action of the Ferney Round Table, held in February 1996, concerning the fundamental rights and dignity of migrants. Discussions include the root causes of migration; global migration strategy; legal standards and their implementation; regional migration dynamics; and the need for greater cooperation among governments, international organizations, and nongovernmental organizations to address the protection of migrant rights. (GR)…

Lawrence, Arul A. S. (2015). Empowering India through Open and Distance Learning: Breaking down Barriers, Building Partnership and Delivering Opportunities. Proceedings of XX IDEA Conference (20th, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, April 23-25, 2015). Online Submission The XX IDEA annual conference has been focused and reflected on different ways and means of meeting various kinds of methodological challenges, new technologies and multi-media developments, newly emerging partnerships and collaboration between emerging sectors on one hand and between the institutions functioning with similar objectives and individuals operating with identical responsibilities on the other hand. Serious debates on emerging issues regarding ODL were made at the XX IDEA conference. It was a fruitful event for the institutions and individuals who are already active in the field, those interested in learning more about the theoretical and practical considerations in the field as innovative change agents, and also for those who wish to enter the world of competence and planning to develop OL and DE programmes. [The proceedings were produced by the Indian Distance Education Association (IDEA).]… [PDF]

(1991). Step by Step: A Guide to Colorado's Developmental Disabilities System. This guide explains, in simple language, the procedures for utilization of Colorado's developmental disabilities system. It begins with a definition of developmental disability and then explains how to contact a Community Centered Board to determine eligibility for services. The guide outlines the processes of applying for services, receiving services, and ending services; presents a timeline of actions during the application process; describes case management services; describes types of services offered by age; and outlines the conflict resolution process. The guide concludes with a list of the rights of individuals with developmental disabilities; a glossary; an organizational chart of Colorado's developmental disabilities system; and lists of Colorado departments and agencies, statewide organizations, and Community Centered Boards. (JDD)…

Loomis, Charles P. (1974). A Backward Glance at Self-Identification of Blacks and Chicanos. Rural Sociology, 39, 1, 96, Spr 74. …

Betances, Samuel (1973). The Prejudice of Having No Prejudice in Puerto Rice; Part II. Rican, 3, 22-37, Spr 73. Second part of a two-part series which began in the Winter 1972 issue of The Rican." The issue of identity as it relates to race and color in Puerto Rican life is very important. The myth that Puerto Rico is a kind of human relations paradise where racism is nonexistent has to be exploded. (Author/RJ)…

Penn, Helen (2000). Children's Rights and Entitlements in Early Education: A UK Perspective. Education Canada, v39 n4 p12-15 Win. In the United Kingdom, the shift to competitive private-market models for early childhood education and day care services has created a chaotic system detrimental to young children's welfare. In contrast, many European countries, particularly Scandinavian countries, support a model based on entitlement for children and have expanded day care services, preschool education, and children's participation in civic life. (SV)…

Suggested Goals for Local Human Relations Programs. Info-Item Educators Digest/No. 2071. It is recommended that a human relations program should address itself to developing understanding and acceptance of oneself and others by relating to others on the basis of their dignity and worth. Its primary goals should be: (1) to develop an awareness on the part of educators and students to the need for honest and open expression; (2) to emphasize team problem-solving where intergroup tensions exist; and (3) to develop a crisis prevention mechanism before problems reach crisis proportions. As suggested guidelines for such a program, the document also discusses: (1) considerations in organizing a local human relations committee; (2) a suggested format for local workshops; (3) acceptable human relations strategies; (4) suggestions for creating positive self-images in children; (5) guidelines for effective intergroup relations; (6) a suggested calendar for a local human relations program; and (7) definitions of human relations concepts. (MB)… [PDF]

David, Anna, Ed. (1987). Navajos: A Source Booklet for Teachers and Students. As part of the National Education Association (NEA) Mastery in Learning Project, faculty and students of the Greasewood/Toyei Consolidated Boarding School developed a booklet of Navajo students' work. The purpose of the booklet is to promote better understanding of the Navajo culture. Navajo culture emphasizes respect for the earth, reverence of nature, and high regard for the elderly. The booklet describes Dine' Bizaad, the oral Navajo language and gives phonetic representations of various Navajo words. Poetry, stories, and drawings portray ceremonies, legends, beliefs, and traditions. Sections on weaving, pottery, sand painting, and toy making include lists of materials and procedures necessary to complete activities in the classroom. The final section contains recipes for traditional Navajo foods. (KS)…

Havighurst, Robert J. (1976). Individual and Group Rights in a Democracy. Society, 13, 2, 13,25-28, Jan-Feb 76. Suggests that the decade of the 1970's is experiencing an uneasy equilibrium among three sets of rights–those of the individual, of disadvantaged groups, and of social institutions designed to serve a post-industrial society. No one of these rights are said to have been chosen for preference by American society. (Author/AM)…

(1973). Action for Foster Children: Community Self Evaluation Chart. This chart is a tool with which communities can rate themselves on the care of foster children. It is based on a ten-article Bill of Rights for foster children. The ten articles are: (1) the right to be cherished by a family; (2) the right to be nurtured by foster parents who have been specially selected; (3) the right to receive help in understanding and accepting the reasons for his own family's inability to take care of him; (4) the right to receive loving care and respect; (5) the right to grow up in a neighborhood of people who understand and accept him; (6) the right to receive help in overcoming deprivation in his emotional, physical, intellectual, social, and spiritual growth that may have resulted from his early experiences; (7) the right to receive education and career guidance; (8) the right to receive preparation for citizenship and parenthood; (9) the right to be represented by an attorney with access to fair hearings and court review of decisions; and (10) the right to… [PDF]

(1986). Being Fair and Being Free: A Human Relations Program for the Secondary School. The purpose of this instructional kit is to provide secondary school teachers with activities and discussion topics to help students understand the nature of prejudice and how it conflicts with basic American values. The materials presented address seven educational objectives: (1) helping students understand that pluralism is a basic characteristic of our society; (2) helping students understand that our nation derives strength from two sources–from the intellectual and social ferment that comes from diversity coupled with the stability that comes from sharing common values; (3) helping students understand the nature of prejudice; (4) helping students understand the prejudice is un-American–that it attacks the vary basic structure of our society; (5) informing students about the consequences of prejudice both for individuals and for society; (6) elaborating on the forms prejudice take and alerting students to the specific dangers each represents; and (7) helping students…

Hippolitus, Paul; Nesbitt, John A. (1977). Rehabilitating the Employer. Parks and Recreation, 12, 11, 37,56-7, Nov 77. Handicapped people do not want to be hired because they are handicapped, nor denied a job because of their handicapping condition. They want an equal chance to demonstrate their abilities and to live up to their potential. (JD)…

Hunt, Janet G.; Hunt, Larry L. (1977). Black Religion as BOTH Opiate and Inspiration of Civil Rights Militancy: Putting Marx's Data to the Test. Social Forces, 56, 1, 1-14, Sep 77. Concludes that Harry Marx's (1964) inference of a general opiate quality in black religion is incomplete and misleading. Examines data concerning religion and civil rights militancy. Finds that secular social factors (e.g., social class, region, and nonurban origins) are better indicators of militance than is religiosity. (Author/GC)…

Mann, John S. (1971). The Student Rights Strategy. Theory Into Practice, 10, 5, 353-62, Dec 71. The Student Rights Strategy is a strategy for providing high school people with humanizing experience. (Author)…

Conway, Robert N. F. (1992). Disability and Legislation: The Relationship between Changing Policy and Changing Practices. Australia and New Zealand Journal of Developmental Disabilities, v18 n2 p65-73. Australian laws and regulations such as the Disability Services Act reflect the importance of ensuring that persons with disabilities receive appropriate services. A tension exists, however, between policy formulation and service provision, which is influenced by disagreements on government's role in service funding, lobby groups, and the tendency to move disability services into generic services. (JDD)…

Oyewumi, Oyeronke (1999). Multiculturalism or Multibodism: On the Impossible Intersections of Race and Gender in the American White Feminist and Black Nationalist Discourses. Western Journal of Black Studies, v23 n3 p182-89 Fall. Examines the discounting of African American women in both feminist and black nationalist discourses, despite the civil rights and women's movements of the 1960s and the rhetoric of multiculturalism and identity politics that developed following these movements. Accounts for the marginalization of African American women in race and gender discourses. Discusses the effect of the concept that biology is destiny. (SM)…

Sablan, Velma A. (1996). Consumer Self Advocacy: A Training Program for Individuals with Disabilities and Their Families. Facilitator Manual. Revised [and] Participant Manual. This training package, including both a facilitator manual and a participant manual, presents information in four modules to teach self-advocacy skills to Guam individuals with disabilities and their families. Module 1 provides information on the definition of advocacy and self-advocacy, cultural influences that affect advocacy in Guam, and the needs of individuals with disabilities. Module 2 discusses legal rights and entitlements for consumers with disabilities. Module 3 describes expectations and goals for services for persons with disabilities, including information on service providers and support services. Module 3 also covers values that promote/support appropriate services and natural supports to self-advocacy. Module 4 explains methods of advocacy and effective strategies, including information on building self-confidence, developing problem-solving skills, developing effective communication and interpersonal relationships, and using the legal system to solve problems…. [PDF]

MARTIN, GALEN; And Others (1964). GUIDELINES FOR MUNICIPAL HUMAN RELATIONS COMMITTEES–A MEMORANDUM TO MUNICIPALITIES. GUIDELINES ARE PRESENTED, BASED ON THE EXPERIENCES OF SEVERAL COMMUNITIES, FOR COMMUNITIES SEEKING TO ESTABLISH OFFICIAL HUMAN RELATIONS COMMITTEES. MANY HAVE FORMED BIRACIAL COMMITTEES BECAUSE THEY FACED A CRISIS IN HUMAN RELATIONS. NORTHERN COMMUNITIES HAVE GONE FAR BEYOND THE SIMPLE COMMITTEE STRUCTURE AND HAVE CREATED COMMISSIONS WITH ENFORCEMENT POWERS AND MULTIPLE JURISDICTIONS–COMMISSIONS STAFFED WITH PROFESSIONALS IN THE INTERGROUP RELATIONS FIELD. THERE IS OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE THAT CERTAIN FEATURES ARE VITAL TO THE SUCCESS OF ANY COMMITTEE OR COMMISSION ON HUMAN RELATIONS. IT MUST BE CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD THAT THE PURPOSE OF SUCH AN OFFICIAL BODY IS TO ACT AS AN INSTRUMENT OF ORDERLY CHANGE WITH THE GOAL OF ACHIEVING EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL. AGENCIES CREATED BY ORDINANCE, GIVEN ENFORCEMENT POWERS, AND STAFFED BY PROFESSIONALS ARE THE MOST EFFECTIVE. ANY COMMITTEE CREATED SHOULD HAVE A PERMANENT BASIS, AND THERE SHOULD BE PROVISION FOR CONTINUITY OF MEMBERSHIP. MEMBERSHIP…

(1971). Declaration of Barbados. Anthropologists participating in the Symposium on Inter-Ethnic Conflict in South America (Barbados, January 1971) analyzed formal reports of tribal situations in several Latin American countries and determined that Indians of America remain dominated by a colonial situation which originated with the conquest and which still persists today. As a consequence, the several States, the religious missions, and social scientists (particularly anthropologists) must assume responsibility for immediate action to halt this aggression and contribute significantly to the process of Indian liberation. Recommendations for State responsibility include guaranteeing the right to remain Indian and recognizing that Indian groups possess rights prior to those of other national constituencies. The responsibility of the religious missions includes overcoming the intrinsic Herodianism of the evangelical process, and assuming a position of true respect for Indian culture. Anthropology must stop its previous…

Bandman, Bertman (1977). Some Legal, Moral and Intellectual Rights of Children. Educational Theory, 27, 3, 169-78, Sum 77. In asserting and protecting the legal, moral and intellectual rights of children, a society reinforces and maintains those same rights for all of its citizens. (JD)…

Hopkins, Richard L. (1976). Freedom and Education: The Philosophy of Summerhill. Educational Theory, 26, 2, 188-213, Spr 76. The concept of freedom in A. S. Neill's philosophy of education is examined for what it is and what it is not, and is compared with various alternative educational philosophies. (GW)…

O'Hare, William (1991). The Use of Demographic Data in Voting Rights Litigation. Evaluation Review, v15 n6 p729-45 Dec. Issues demographic experts face concerning voting rights litigation are considered, using examples from Garza v County of Los Angeles (California) (1990). Errors and the age of census figures when released mean that court decisions about appropriate population bases and thresholds will continue to vary from one location to another. (SLD)…

Freedman, David A.; And Others (1991). Rejoinder. Evaluation Review, v15 n6 p800-16 Dec. Advocates of the use of ecological regression as an indicator of ethnic voting behavior have not demonstrated its validity. The neighborhood model, which assumes that within each precinct Hispanic Americans and non-Hispanic Americans vote alike, is supported as a better way to draw conclusions about voting behavior. (SLD)…

Hesburgh, Theodore M. (1969). A National Service Proposal. Phi Delta Kappan, 51, 1, 29-31, 69 Sep. A shortened version of a commencement address delivered at Saint Louis University, May 31, 1969…

Hart, Stuart N. (1982). The History of Children's Psychological Rights. Viewpoints in Teaching and Learning, v58 n1 p1-15 Win. An historical perspective on the development of interest in children's psychological rights is presented. Changing concepts of childhood, children's rights movements, and declarations of children's rights, as proposed by the United Nations, the 1970 White House Conference on Children, and the International School Psychology Committee, are discussed. (Author/PP)…

Okafor, Victor Oguejiofor (1994). The Functional Implications of Afrocentrism. Western Journal of Black Studies, v18 n4 p185-94 Win. Examines the present state of the African American community in the United States. Discusses both the symbolic and literal concept of "Back to Africa," arguing that the cultural vitality of Afrocentricity and the African diaspora will profit from symbolic Pan-African linkages, linkages that can rejuvenate the cultural life of the African diaspora. (GR)…

(1993). Pocket Guide to Federal Help for Individuals with Disabilities. This publication contains information on government-wide benefits and services for which individuals with disabilities may be eligible. Information is organized into sections on programs for specific disability groups, vocational rehabilitation, education, employment, financial assistance, medical assistance, civil rights, housing, tax benefits, and transportation. Contact information is provided for governmental offices involved in service provision. A separate section describes the Americans with Disabilities Act and key offices to contact regarding its requirements in the areas of employment, public services, public accommodations, and telecommunications. (PB)… [PDF]

Mac Donald, W. Scott; Oden, Chester W., Jr. (1978). Human Relations in School Settings. One of 52 theoretical papers on school crime and its relation to poverty, this chapter discusses experiences in the Human Relations Program at the University of Minnesota. The program has developed from one that offers undergraduate and graduate courses in human relations to one that also responds to requests from community agencies other than the schools for service, consultation, and evaluation. The broad range of concerns in the program includes examination of discrimination in laws, traditions, and practices of institutional racism, and how discriminatory attitudes affect both victims and members of the dominant group. The concern in this paper is focused on the attitudes and biases of teachers and how they influence current practices in the classroom and elsewhere in the school. (Author/MLF)…

(1976). A Quick Quiz on School Quality. Journal of Educational Communication, 1, 4, 9-11, Jan-Feb 76. Extracts of a quiz that can uncover major strengths or weaknesses of a school. (Available from Educational Communication Center, P.O. Box 657, Camp Hill, PA 17011; $12.00, annually.) (Author/MLF)…