Affirmative Action Review
Report to the President
Outline of the Report
- Letter to the President
- 1. INTRODUCTION
- 1.1 Purposes of the Review
- 1.2. Analytical Framework
- 1.3 The Adarand Review
- 2. AFFIRMATIVE ACTION: HISTORY AND RATIONALE
- 2.1 Background
- 2.2 Fair Employment — The Executive Order
- 2.3 Fair Employment — The Enforcement of Title VII
- 2.4 Education
- 3. EMPIRICAL RESEARCH ON AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AND ANTI-DISCRIMINATION
- 3.1 Review of the Empirical Literature, in Summary
- 3.2 Effect on Earnings
- 3.3 Effect on Employment
- 4. THE JUSTIFICATION FOR AFFIRMATIVE ACTION:
THE CONTINUING NEED TO COMBAT DISCRIMINATION AND PROMOTE INCLUSION - 4.1 Evidence of Continuing Discrimination
- 4.2 Results from Random Testing
- 4.3 Continuing Disparities in Economic Status
- 5. REVIEW OF THE PROGRAMS
- 6. OFFICE OF FEDERAL CONTRACT COMPLIANCE PROGRAMS
- 6.1 Concepts & Principles
- 6.2 Policies & Practices
- 6.3 Performance & Effects
- 6.4 A Note on OFCCP Law Enforcement Functions
- 6.5 Conclusions and Recommendations
- 7. AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IN THE MILITARY
- 7.1 Concepts & Principles
- 7.2 Policies & Practices
- 7.3 performance & effects
- 7.4 Implications
- 7.5 Conclusions and Recommendations
- 8. FEDERAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
- 8.1 History and Results
- 8.2 Summary Profiles for Selected Agencies
- 8.3 Affirmative Action for a Shrinking Federal Workforce
- 8.4 Conclusions and Recommendations
- 9. FEDERAL PROCUREMENT POLICIES & PRACTICES
- 9.1 Overview
- 9.2 Policies & Practices
- 9.3 Performance & Effects
- 9.4 Evaluations & Proposed Reforms
- 9.5 Conclusions and Recommendations
- 10. EDUCATION AND HHS POLICIES & PRACTICES
- 10.1 Overview
- 10.2 Policies & Practices
- 10.3 Performance & Effects
- 10.4 Concerns & Complaints
- 10.5 A Note on Minority-Targeted Scholarships
- 10.6 Conclusions and Recommendations
- 11. SELECTED OTHER FEDERAL POLICIES:
THE FCC AND THE DEPARTMENTS OF TREASURY AND AGRICULTURE - 11.1 FCC Preferences and Targeting
- 11.2 The Treasury: Minority Bank Deposits
- 11.3 Agriculture Programs
- 11.4 Conclusions and Recommendations
- Footnotes
- APPENDIX A: Presidential Directive of July 19, 1995
- APPENDIX B: Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel Memorandum
