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It was found that graders who are neat writers are biased by the neatness of an essay, and graders who are messy writers are not influenced by this factor of essay neatness." (Authors)

This paper examines the assumption often made in the sociology literature that stereotypy and prejudice are equivalent phenomena through study of the variation of both dimensions of ethnic attitudes by education. (Editor)

This paper discusses schools as a precipitating factor in the lowering of academic potential and self-esteem in female students. Several aspects of the schools are considered, including curriculum, staffing patterns, and nonverbal cues. (RP)

A paper presented at annual convention of National Council of Teachers of English (Atlanta, November 27, 1970). (Editor/RD)

Paper deals with two general issues, concerning teacher opinions and grading, that grow out of the increased emphasis on due process in grading. (Author/RK)

Revision of paper presented at the 1972 annual meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society. (NQ)

Author summarizes the various papers in this theme issue of College English as illustrative of the discrimination which women experience in the profession, the extent to which women writers have been neglected or distorted and the impetus that interdisciplinary courses can be given by a Women's Studies program. (NL)

It is the purpose of this paper to identify the values and beliefs about fairness which are the bases for several definitions of bias and to provide actual procedures for the practitioner to follow to alleviate bias according to the definition he chooses. (Author)

The purpose of this paper is to examine the optimality of the formation of biases and their effect on the optimality of subsequent information processing. (Author/RK)