Discretionary equality
Subtitle: equal opportunity, 1954-1982
By: by Joseph King Jr
Publisher: Trafford Pub.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: [Bloomington, Ind.?]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 147
ISBN-13: 9781426956201
Subjects: Educational equalization; Segregation in education; Law and legislation; Affirmative action programs in education; United States; United States. Dept. of Education. Office for Civil Rights; History
Other titles: Discretionary equality :
Notes: Revised version of author's thesis (Ed. D.)--University of Cincinnati, 1982, under title: Discretionary equality: equal educational opportunity from 1954 to 1981.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-147).
Table of contents: title: Introduction: politics of equal educational opportunity; title: The federal government enforcement effort and the Adams litigation; title: The administrative function of the Department of Education; title: Policy enforcement and affirmative action; title: The Congress and school desegregation; title: Politics of federal policy; title: Political interest groups; title: Discretionary equality; title: Concluding comments.