Women's colleges in the 1970s and 1980s faced highly uncertain futures. Soaring popularity of coeducation left them with serious enrollment downturns, and challenges from proposed equal rights legislation threatened to render illegal their single-sex admissions policies. These perilous external conditions drew together the presidents of U.S.…

This document presents the hearings before the subcommittee on equal opportunities of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Ninety-Third Congress. Hearings concern the Women's Educational Equity Act. It is the purpose of this Act, in order to provide educational equity for women in this country, to encourage the…

This document presents the hearings before the Subcommittee on Education of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, United States Senate, Ninety-third Congress. Hearings concern the Women's Educational Equity Act of 1973. The Act enables the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to conduct special educational programs and…

This is the 1980 annual report of the Women's Educational Equity Act Program. The report's introduction outlines the history of the Women's Educational Equity Act (WEEA) and describes the program's goals. A statistical summary of the distribution of financial grants is presented, with grants listed by geographical region, type of applicant, and…

As the second phase of a two phase assessment, this report presents the results of a rapid feedback evaluation of the extent to which the Women's Educational Equity Act Program (WEEAP) is making progress toward its objectives. Two different kinds of management-oriented information gathering activities were involved: "evaluability…

Examines key findings on gender equity in education from a 1998 report by the Women's Educational Equity Act Equity Resource Center, which notes that while there are signs of tremendous progress, girls and women still have not achieved full equity in any arena. Discusses and responds to what equity opponents are saying about gender fairness in the…

This paper assesses the positive and negative impacts of the Women's Educational Equity Act of 1974 and discusses the potential of the act for promoting access and entry for prospective women administrators. It briefly reviews the purpose and intent of the women's equity legislation and offers a summary of projects funded to promote the…

This digest addresses the issue of sex differences in mathematics achievement in K-12 students. The problem is discussed in three sections. The first section examines the progress that has been made in narrowing the gap between girls' and boys' achievement in mathematics and the numbers of women and men who enter mathematics-related careers.…

A wide variety of questionnaires, rating scales, inventories, interviews, checklists, and guidelines suitable for use in examining procedures, progress, and outcomes of educational equity programs and projects are presented for use by project directors, educators, and researchers. The Sourcebook may also be used as a reference for: (1) locating…

The decade of the 1980's has seen the beginning of a great debate over the federal government's involvement in the nation's schools. The history of one program, the Women's Educational Equity Act (WEEA), sheds light on how the Reagan Administration has entered that debate. Congress created WEEA to help schools and colleges educate females for full…

This guide offers activities for teachers as well as community program planners that enhance the awareness of women's history and women's contributions to history. Although National Women's History Month is celebrated in March, programs need not be limited to that time period. The programs have been organized into three sections. The first section…

Revisions made in the 1981 Women's Educational Equity Act when it was extended in 1984 are outlined in this report. An introduction provides background on the 1981 and 1984 acts and briefly recounts the Reagan administration's opposition to the law. Various aspects of the 1984 law are outlined in separate sections. A description of authority and…

This report contains the following information in regard to the Women's Educational Equity Act: a brief description of the original legislation and the pending legislation; comments on program development; analysis of applications received and funded in the 1978 fiscal year; analysis of three years of funding; identification of products to be…

The direct impact of proposed federal budget cuts on women faculty and students, and the disparate impact of some of these cuts are described. Some of these cuts are reviewed in reference to the national goal of providing equal opportunity and equal access to education. (MLW)

Describes efforts of the Women's Educational Equity Act Equity Resource Center, which (1) provides technical assistance and support to grantees who receive funds to develop curricula and training models to alleviate sex bias in education and (2) publishes and disseminates project results. Discusses support for ongoing equity efforts, noting sample…