ERIC Number: ED149027
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Publication Date: 1977-Sep
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The Impact of Federally-Funded Vocational Education Programs on Women: Present Patterns and Future Implications.
MacManus, Susan A.; Van Hightower, Nikki R.
A study was conducted to examine the impact of the vocational education related portions of the Comprehensive Employment Training Act (CETA) on occupational segregation by sex. Some of the specific questions considered follow: Is there sex segregation in vocational education programs? Do enrollment patterns show that females are concentrated in "female-stereotyped" vocational training programs? Has the pattern of enrollment changed in recent years? and Have governmental occupational information publications eliminated sex-role stereotyping? Vocational education expenditure and enrollment data for 1972 and 1975 in eight broad program areas were collected from publications of Health, Education and Welfare. Income data was also collected from the U.S. Department of Labor's"Occupational Outlook Handbook." Correlations analyses produced findings that women's progress toward equal opportunity in the job market has been minimal. Federally-sponsored training programs and the federal laws outlawing discrimination on the basis of sex have been particularly disappointing in the changes they have been able to induce. Conclusions were that change will come about, but it will be closely linked to political change, and the key is getting more women into decision-making and administrative positions who have a philosophical and moral commitment to the need for change. (Half of the report is devoted to comparison tables compiled during the study.) (BL)
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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Comprehensive Employment and Training Act
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