Implementing Equal Educa tion Opportunity Policy: A Comparison of the Outcomes of HEW and Justice Department Efforts

In: Administration & society, Band 12, Heft 4, S. 427-446

Abstract

This research examines the differential impact of HEW and Justice Department enforcement efforts to implement equal educational opportunity policy in four Southern states between 1968 and 1974. The evidence indicates that equal education opportunity remains an unfulfilled goal and that the patterns of deviation from the ideal are at least partially attributable to the enforcement agency. Reasons are suggested for the patterns found. Policy analysts will find clear examples of the impact of both problem definition and implementation on policy outcomes.