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Lovelace, Bill E.; And Others – 1988
This manual was developed to assist postsecondary administrators, faculty, staff, and students by providing materials specifically designed to eliminate sex bias and stereotyping of students and to recruit students into nontraditional careers and vocational-technical programs. The manual is organized in six sections. The first section introduces…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Occupations, Nontraditional Students, Postsecondary Education, Program Development
Bird, Patrick J. – 1978
Title IX legislation has had a widespread impact on institutions of higher education. Similar laws and regulations preceding Title IX include Executive Order 11246, the Comprehensive Health Manpower and Nurse Training Act, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Act. The pervasive influence of Title IX is indicated in its provisions concerning…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Educational Policy, Federal Legislation, Political Influences
Smith, Amanda J.; Farris, Charlotte J. – 1980
Background information and suggested activities or classroom strategies on sex equity are presented for use by teachers in various settings. Suggested applications include use by vocational or academic teachers, counselors, and teacher educators with students, parents, and advisory or community groups. Adaptation to a district plan or staff…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Career Education, Equal Education, Instructional Materials
Kouzekanani, Kamiar; Knight, James A. – 1983
This study was conducted to identify and document the most widely used strategies for the recruitment, retention, and placement of students in vocational education programs not traditional for their sex. Nearly 100 pieces of literature related to sex equity in vocational education found in the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC)…
Descriptors: Job Placement, Literature Reviews, Nontraditional Occupations, Nontraditional Students
Matthews, Martha; McCune, Shirley – 1978
This workshop session is designed to assist educators responsible for the implementation of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and the attainment of sex equity in postsecondary settings. Topics addressed by these materials include the following: (1) assessing the extent of sexism; (2) the legal context of Title IX; and (3) the…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Faculty, Educational Legislation, Educational Practices
Women's Bureau (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1985
Based on a project carried out by the Women's Bureau of the U.S. Department of Labor, this program guide provides a plan for helping women gain entrance into nontraditional industries. The guide uses as background and examples in the planning process the coal employment project that began in 1977 to make intensive efforts to help women get jobs in…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Coal, Employed Women, Employment Potential
Conger, D. Stuart – 1994
This book is the first in a series aiming to promote international exchange of ideas, experiences, and studies relating to technical and vocational education. Recommendations for educational and vocational guidance policies and programs are given. Part 1 lists the goals of guidance: for students to know and appreciate themselves, to relate…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Guidance, Counselor Qualifications, Counselor Training
Kimmel, Ellen – 1983
In order to promote the goal of increasing the number of women holding the nontraditional role of formal leadership in the Florida system of vocational education, a 2-week training institute for women teachers was conducted at the University of South Florida, Sarasota campus. Selected to participate in the institute were 24 women from eight…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Educational Administration, Females, Inservice Teacher Education
Shiver, Thrisha G. – 1987
The purpose of a project was to work toward the reduction of sex bias and sex-role stereotyping in vocational education programs in the technical and skill centers in Dade County, Florida. To accomplish this goal, vocational teachers, counselors, and students attended inservice workshops focusing on equity issues. The project provided resources…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Career Choice, Nontraditional Occupations, Postsecondary Education
Associated Educational Consultants, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA. – 1982
A project was undertaken to identify a set of validated, nondiscriminatory admissions criteria for all vocational programs in Missouri's area vocational schools, junior colleges, and comprehensive high schools. Specifically, the criteria were to ensure admissions to a program to all persons without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, or…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Admission (School), College Entrance Examinations
Reid, Susan K. – 1989
This guide was designed to help educators expand the delivery of vocational education programs, services, and activities to single parents, homemakers, displaced homemakers, and young women. The guide promotes the development of a comprehensive program of vocational education services that is based on a model with six components: outreach;…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, Counseling, Displaced Homemakers
Georgia Univ., Athens. Div. of Vocational Education. – 1990
This publication provides program standards for diploma and degree instrumentation technology programs. Fifteen categories of standards are presented. Each category is divided into one or more subcategories, and each subcategory has the following components: standard statement, explanatory comment, evaluative criteria, exhibits. Standards in the…
Descriptors: Admission (School), Advisory Committees, Curriculum, Curriculum Design
Hubek, June, Comp. – 1980
Materials in this handbook of procedures for implementing a sex equity workshop consist of six steps intended for adaptation in educational meetings, classrooms, and community gatherings. Outlined in the first section on the need for eliminating sex role stereotyping are legislative and economic mandates for sex equity and goals for inservice…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Attitude Measures, Career Choice, Change Strategies
Leigh-Doyle, Sue – 1992
In 1988, the Commonwealth Association of Polytechnics in Africa (CAPA) in collaboration with the International Labour Organization established a pilot project to address the issue of underrepresentation of women in technical education and training. The Women in Technical Education and Training Project (WITED) was based on six key strategic…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment Influences, Enrollment Rate
Baldus, Lorayne; And Others – 1991
Sex equity priorities of the University of Wisconsin-Stout Center for Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education (VTAE) were addressed through the design and implementation of a statewide model addressing nontraditional enrollments. The program area of electronics was recommended for the following reasons: (1) market data indicate a shortage of…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Career Guidance, Career Planning, Continuing Education
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