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? t * Volume LXIXf No. 104 University of South Carolina, Columbia, &a*j.- Jan. 31, 10"70 I TCP , UOVy ! By Tom Travis News Editor A study of goals and guidelines fc the USC system in the area < desegregation is oeing prepared by tti USC Affirmative Action Office i compliance with U.S. Department c Health, Education and Welfare, HEM desegregation regulations, accordin to Victoria Fox, USC affirmative actio officer. Fox said the study will b completed by Feb. 14. HEW will visit USC the latter part c February to determine if the school i meeting desegregation guidelines. Lewis BrysOn, who is handling th investigation for HEW's Atlanta officc said South Carolina had a "due ojroicui ui IUK1IC1 CUUCttllUIl ill U1 past, with schools designated a black" or "white." "We want to lool at the system to determine whethe vestiges m the dual system still exist,1 Bryson said. Fox said the "dual system" in Soutl pJKjSr^E u'\ /:'j-^'^C- \\ '^ B1" O1 ^...^.-^^ir'jl MSs Desegreg preparin Carolina and other states ha< orevented black shiHpnt? from if >r tending the schools they wanted to. >f "I represent the interests o e everyone, regardless of race or sex,' n Fox said. >f Minority enrollment at USC is nearly f9 12percent, according to administrator g officials. There are 24 minority faculty n members on the Columbia campus. According to Fox, an advance HE\rt study group will have an opportunity t< >f review a USC desegregation plar s before HEW approves it. Fox said the desegregation plan is currently being e devised by the S.C. Commission or J, Higher Education, CHE. il A CHE spokesman said the depart e ment has been briefed on the study, but s that HEW will deal directly with USC k concerning specifics of the r desegregation plans. USC's Affirmative Action program is also under investigation by the S.C Human Affairs Commission. Ac ?81111 v.--. i v--. . y'smiSmyS-ti*':... *?& - ' * - n* .* > ?MHMM?|WM fgtion plan gforHEV i cording to Kathy Edwards, public H - information director for Human Af- Sou fairs, the I JSC nrrttfram i? innlnHoH nn a nns! f list of state agencies that have "hiring a ' disparities" in their employment dep practices regarding race ana sex. offi< j The Human Affairs Commission proi 1 monitors state agencies and requests enfi r progress reports on hiring practices stitv from these agencies. Edwards said HE1 j most of the disparenties with USC incl j involved the. hiring of women and be i x minorities in administrative and tion ; faculty positions. stat ! a *71? "fi/i a -? Alai ntcui uiuK uu r ux, Udt IT1USI aiSO gjj ] { comply with employment regulations 71 with regard to race and sex as required veS{ " by the U.S. Department of Labor. A ; "work force array'' of USC hiring Practices and salaries was determined the y the affirmative action office this car( past September, according to Fox. The and { work force was "frozen" Sept. 6, 1978, <3 to be used as a reference point in Mint employment practices, Fox said. reac -vx^'S^'"' *:''&&& ifev' '*&?%:: : ;; ;VVR$?| WMg&^ ?! f; . ...^vAA *ry \J visit EW had been scheduled to visit th Carolina in mid-January, but tponed the investigation because of work backlog, according to a artment spokesman for the Atlanta ce. A 1972 federal court order mpted a study of desegregation orcement in post-secondary inltions in 10 states. According to IV reports, South Carolina was not uded in the group of states, but will studied because of the aforemened "dual system." Among the es includpH in a 1Q7? ctnHv u/oro ?? ? AVIV UVMVAJ TT V/l V jama and Kentucky, according to JEW spokesman. le entire USC system will be intimated. Other South Carolina K)ls involved include Clemson, the lical University of South Carolina, College of Charleston, South )lina State College, Lander College Francis Marion College. larles McMillian, USC director of srity Student Affairs, could not be hea for comment. i t 'H^vy ,-Vi" v v "^v"- pM