In the United Kingdom, only 22% of all information technology (IT) workers and only 4% of all IT managers are women. Initiatives to attract females to IT careers include exposure to computer-based activities at an early age through the National Curriculum. (SK)

The New Jersey Occupational Information Coordinating Committee's statistics for average annual predicted job openings for program year 1989 are given in this report, along with the New Jersey Division of Vocational Education completers' statistics for the 1988-89 school year. The numbers of male and female completers of secondary programs for each…

The New Jersey Occupational Information Coordinating Committee's statistics for average annual predicted job openings for 1984-87 are presented, along with the New Jersey Division of Vocational Education's enrollment statistics for the same period. The number of males and females enrolled in secondary programs for each of the 29 job categories…

Comparison of National Longitudinal Study data for 1972 and 1980 high school senior agriculture students showed considerable increases in female and Black enrollment, no change in academic ability as indicated by standardized test scores, and changes in occupational aspiration (a trend toward female-dominant occupations). (SK)

The role of vocational counseling in the career exploration process of young people is examined. It is argued that providing information about abilities and interests via same-sex and opposite-sex norms conveys more information than use of norms based on an overall group and facilitates exploration of nontraditional careers. (SLD)

This paper presents the results of a pilot study which explored the relationship between temperament, interest, and ability and the educational and vocational development of 44 disadvantaged black females. Data used in the study were obtained from the "Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire," the "Occupational Interest Inventory," and the…

A study was conducted at El Paso Community College (EPCC) to assess the relative ease of access of women to postsecondary education curricula and institutions which train individuals for occupations which have traditionally been performed by men. The study focused on evidence of a lack of gender equality in selected occupations; the…

Conducted a follow-up study of (N=391) women six years after they entered college. Results found their attitudes toward women's roles were liberal; since high school, they had considered an average of nine occupations, with traditional choices continuing in popularity but being joined by more nontraditonal choices. (Author)

A sample of 104 graduates of the individualized baccalaureate program at the General College of the University of Minnesota was surveyed to determine graduate attitudes toward the program's usefulness in achieving personal and career goals, strengthening job market position, and entering a graduate school. A 77% response rate was obtained. Of the…

Sociologists have long been interested in the area of status attainment but have begun only recently to specifically focus upon the status attainment of women. New approaches are needed for further research. A review of major occupational choice theories shows that they are constructed for primarily male populations and thus are inadequate in…

A study attempted to discover the significance of the early post-graduate career pattern on later career outcomes for women at varying points in their life course. Data were from a national sample of United States graduates of four-year colleges and universities at five points in time from their graduation in spring, 1961 until 7 years later.…

Data on the characteristics of doctoral degree recipients are charted and graphed, including race, national origin (foreign students), age, program length, sex, citizenship status, planned postdoctoral study and/or employment, primary postdoctoral employment activity, and discipline group. (MSE)

This study analyzed Oklahoma's completion status reports, student follow-up findings, employers' ratings, and wages of secondary and adult traditional and nontraditional students from vocational and technical education programs for fiscal years 1978-79, 1979-80, and 1980-81. (Complete statistical data calculations for each area analyzed are…

A study assessed whether the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) equitably allocates its training, employment, occupational, and wage benefits by sex. To analyze the sex equity of CETA's resource distribution, researchers used data from the Continuous Longitudinal Manpower Survey (CLMS) for fiscal 1976, 1977, and 1978 CETA enrollees.…

The disproportionate focus of sociologists on professional and managerial occupations distorts many generalizations about gender, employment, and family. Concentration on this occupational minority has led to such assumptions as the following: paid employment is the major life priority for men, and family is the major life priority for women;…