This public relations unit is one of a series of guides developed to aid school administrators and teachers in understanding and creating an environment that will allow students equal educational opportunities. Part of such awareness is knowing about the availability of courses and activities offered, as well as informing parents and potential…

A 1-year project was conducted to explore ways and suggest possible strategies by which Further Education staff in Great Britain can help improve women's participation, progress, and attainment in physical science and technology, particularly at technician and craft levels. Data were collected by a questionnaire survey of heads of science and…

This manual presents strategies that are intended for use by vocational instructors to retain nontraditional male and female students in secondary vocational education programs. They may also be applicable to postsecondary and adult vocational students. Strategies are divided into five major categories: policy, inservice (workshops and training…

Based on the concept that more occupational choices are opening to both men and women and that career development has become more complex, this review considers two questions: (1) Why do gifted and talented men and women limit themselves to traditional career choices? and (2) How can counselors, teachers, and parents help gifted students broaden…

The papers presented at three conferences dealing with nontraditional students at community colleges comprise this report. Papers included are: "Aging in America" by Francis Scott; "Aging in Oregon: A Look at Clackamas Community College" by Larry Forsythe; "Community Needs Assessment: Some Reflections" by Alice Kethley; "Education for Aging: A…

This guide, developed for counselors and job placement coordinators working with nontraditional students who choose to pursue a course of study not traditionally associated with their sex, presents a schematic discussion of components necessary for nontraditional student job placement services. Guidance and counseling areas raised by students…

The major purpose of Project Open Door was to design, develop, test, and disseminate a portable module for vocational educators and others to use with junior high school students in pre-vocational exploration free of sex stereotyping. The module produced contained a slide presentation with accompanying cassette tape and a leader's guide. An…

The session outline and accompanying participant materials in this guide comprise one component of a multicomponent workshop developed to help implement Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, written to attain sex equity in schools. The guide includes an overview of the workshop package which consists of five three-hour sessions: three…

This handbook is part of the New Pioneers training program designed to build trust between the sexes and expand roles for women and men. Based on the premise that barriers to equity often involve personal values, this handbook outlines 14 sessions to help educators explore and broaden their own sex-role perceptions and those of students. The…

Both men and women who engage in non-traditional occupations (occupations in which 80 percent or more of the participants are of the opposite sex) are generally happy with their occupational choice, according to interviews with seventy such women and ten men. The women, however, experienced more discrimination and sexual harassment, while the men…

This book is designed to help teen girls discover what a job is really like from women doing what they love. Part 1 features stories of 22 women. From who they are and how they got there to why they love what they do, the real-life stories are intended to provide girls, age 11 and up, with inside information, inspiration, and goal-tracking tips to…

Issued on the 35th anniversary of the signing of the Equal Pay Act (1963), this report is a historical analysis of the economic trends affecting women workers from the years leading up to passage of the act through the present. It is divided into three time periods to highlight important developments: Part I--The Early Impact of the Equal Pay Act,…

The source of data for analysis of earning differences between men and women was the High School and Beyond (HS&B) study that tracked the 1980 sophomore class from high school to postsecondary education and the labor market. Analyses indicated that in 1992, 10 years after most of the students who were the subjects in the study graduated from…

Since 1993 and 1994, significant changes in legislation and policy allow women to fly combat aircraft, serve on combat ships, and serve in combat-related occupations. As was the case in the early 1990s, a large percentage of military women continue to work in the areas of health care, administration, personnel, and supply occupations. However,…

Reports on surveys of the current status of sex-equity efforts in New York two-year colleges. Identifies institutional and individual factors affecting such efforts. Reveals progress toward sex equity in vocational programs, but recommends additional efforts in the areas of leadership, support services, career information, facilities, placement,…