This paper reports on a case study that explores how the integrative model of program planning can be applied to better understand the process of mobile learning efforts in diverse African contexts. The authors discuss how, Scientific Animations Without Borders (SAWBO), a Purdue University-based program, creates educational videos accessible in…

This paper concerns a virtual exchange project between the University of Virginia (UVa), United States, and an upper-secondary school in Pavia, Italy. Centred on the question of gender equality, the project has been designed to take place over three years (2018-2021) with a direct reference to Robert O'Dowd's transnational model of virtual…

Reviews progress made since the adoption of formal policies in support of women in the profession by the American Dental Education Association (ADEA). Provides an overview of current ADEA programs designed to increase the number of women in academic dentistry and sustain an environment in which they can contribute. (EV)

This publication discusses federal funds which are available for research and development in sex equity in education. A major objective is to identify specific Federal funding opportunities for projects focusing on sex equity. Another objective is to help individuals understand the overall Federal pattern of support for activities to promote sex…

This report explains the Title IX regulations mandating coeducational physical education and describes the resulting successful "new P.E." programs. According to the publication, the "new P.E." is aimed at fulfilling the growth, development, behavior, health-related fitness, and athletic fitness needs of every student. The…

This paper is one in a series of four describing a boy-oriented program for elementary school children. It describes a "boy-oriented" classroom, playground, and extracurricular activities; a staff-development program; and development of a "boy-oriented" program package for dissemination purposes. It presents an evaluation of the program showing…

This manual, one of four related documents, is an overview of a program in the Tredyffrin/Easttown School District (Pennsylvania) to remove sex bias from the curriculum, from extracurricular activities, from guidance materials and practices, and from personnel practices. The first part of the manual describes the model in terms of its rationale,…

In light of the underrepresentation of women in higher education administration, suggests ways for community colleges to provide an environment and support system to promote and guide the advancement of women. Describes policies and activities of Montgomery College dealing with administrator training, management development, sexism awareness, and…

Describes a Norwegian government program to improve the status of women throughout the educational system. A quota system has been established to increase female student participation in school and university training programs, where women have historically been underrepresented. The number of female elementary and secondary teachers and…

The 1982-83 Team Building/Building Teams Project, developed by the Washington State Sex Equity in Education Program staff, is described in this report. The focus of the project is described as district team-building with building level implementation of the district's identified needs in attaining sex equity in education. Project summaries are…

Selected materials from two projects designed to engage college faculty and administrators in examining and addressing problems of gender bias in curricula and scholarship are presented. Following a description of the Women in the Curriculum Project (WIC) and the Leadership in Educational Equity Project (LEEP), this document presents a brief…

This paper is the result of a symposium called to discuss a two-year, multiuniversity development project which attempted to assist in advancing the role of women in education. The purpose of the project, commissioned by the University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA), was to design, develop, validate, and disseminate instructional…

This manual, one of four related documents, is the first stage in a sex fairness program implemented in the Tredyffrin/Easttown School District (Pennsylvania). Section 1 helps a school district's coordinating committee study district needs for sex fairness. It illustrates how to define needs by gathering pertinent information and how to establish…

Project BORN FREE (acronym for build options, reasess norms, and free roles through educational equity) was developed at the University of Minnesota to help educators and parents reduce career-related sex-role stereotyping from elementary to higher education. The authors describe program components and the multimedia training materials developed.…

Results of five demonstration programs funded by the Women's Educational Equity Act in school districts throughout the United States are described. Demonstration sites were the Reidsville (North Carolina) City School System, Quincy (Massachusetts) Public Schools, Lincoln County (Oregon) School System, Tucson (Arizona) Unified School District, and…