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Download full textNew Jersey Equity Research Bulletin, 1996
During 1996, a total of 806 New Jersey single parents and displaced homemakers participated in 21 programs that were funded with Perkins Act set-aside funds and designed to provide participants with the educational services and occupational training needed to obtain high-wage, high-skill and nontraditional occupational education training. The…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Displaced Homemakers, Educational Opportunities, Followup Studies
Nevada State Dept. of Education, Carson City. – 1994
In Nevada, equity projects funded through the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Act and administered by the Nevada Department of Education provide program improvement, occupational preparation, training, resources, and activities designed to address the needs of all students. Although the emphasis has been on females, in particular…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Employed Women, Enrollment, Nontraditional Occupations
New Jersey Research Bulletin, 1996
In 1996, the effectiveness of New Jersey's Perkins Act-funded single parent/displaced homemaker and gender equity programs in increasing clients' knowledge of nontraditional careers was evaluated through a 60-question survey that was administered to all clients before each program began and 6 weeks after completion of those portions of the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Comparative Analysis, Displaced Homemakers
Hargroder, Margaret – 1998
Workplace and educational changes related to gender in Louisiana in 1996-97 suggest some progress but a continued need to reduce wide gender gaps in some occupational areas. Workplace data show a closing gender gap, but changes are occurring at different rates for different areas. Women's share of the total labor force continues to rise; wage…
Descriptors: Employment Patterns, Federal Programs, Females, Followup Studies
Burbridge, Lynn C. – 1992
A literature review was conducted to determine the impact of secondary vocational education on females. Literature on the following topics was reviewed: women in the labor market (wages and occupations, the role of women's wages in family income, and the future labor market); the vocational education system (issues and problems in vocational…
Descriptors: Economic Climate, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change, Educational Legislation
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. Div. of Vocational and Adult Education. – 1998
This report documents the work done in Fiscal Year 1998 by the Ohio Department of Education, Division of Vocational and Adult Education, to address two major priorities as authorized by the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act of 1990: (1) single parents, displaced homemakers, and single pregnant women; and (2)…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Displaced Homemakers, Education Work Relationship
Hudson, Lisa – 1994
This document, the fourth of five volumes that comprise the final report of the National Assessment of Vocational Education focuses on programs and services provided for special population groups targeted by the 1990 Perkins Act. Chapter 1 assesses the extent to which states and localities are fulfilling responsibilities concerning special…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, American Indians, Correctional Education
