Examines effects of Title IX and Title II on female enrollment in vocational education. Analyzes enrollment data for occupationally specific programs and discusses implications under five headings: the importance of being prepared to work, the feminization of poverty, types of work for women, the importance of labels, and the importance of career…

This survey examined the attitudes of teachers in southwestern Kentucky toward sex-stereotyping in the classroom. A random sample of 35 teachers of grades kindergarten through adult completed a written survey instrument that asked them to read statements regarding sex-stereotyping and to rate themselves regarding their own classroom practices.…

Examines relationships among gender, subordination, politics, poverty, and illiteracy in developing nations. Links women's illiteracy with uneven power distribution. Suggests that patriarchal ideologies shaping the sexual division of labor affect women's access to education and attainment of literacy. Recommends literacy programs be more relevant…

This report examines the educational status of Minnesota women in all public institutions, with emphasis on the effect of education on women's economic status. It addresses both the amount and kind of education women receive and to what extent educational systems are adapting to the changing needs of women. The book is divided into discussions of…

Tables summarize gender equity data from 542 members of Divisions II and III of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, including institutions with either the smallest or largest disparities between proportion of female undergraduates and female athletes; proportion of salaries spent on coaches of women's teams; operating expense budgets for…

This brief has the following contents: statistics on the number of women in nontraditional occupations, summary of legislation about women and employment, barriers inhibiting the entry of women into nontraditional training and employment, and strategies to overcome barriers to women entering nontraditional work settings. The statistics section…

This report discusses the enrollment of females and males by vocational education program in Texas for fiscal years 1984 through 1987. Figures and tables depict the percentages of females and males enrolled in each of the vocational programs on the secondary and postsecondary levels. Additional tables in the appendixes reveal other status…

The background, study methodology, and findings of HEW's Exploratory Study of Women in the Health Professions Schools are discussed. Some barriers to women include: limited professional aspirations, conflict between family and professional obligations, second priority of women's careers compared to men's, stereotypes, professional network, and…

From the perspective of contemporary human ecology, this paper presents a descriptive analysis of sexual differentiation in professional occupations, using data provided for the large metropolitan labor forces of the United States in 1970. Aggregate profile characteristics of the total metropolitan labor force [the combined professional work…

This report examines the status of women and the laws that have been enacted to protect women from discrimination in employment. Written in lay language, it examines employment and occupational statistics for women in the United States and in Kentucky. Following an introduction in Chapter 1, the report presents four chapters surveying the problem,…

This report presents data on gender equity in Minnesota secondary schools' interscholastic athletics, noting changes following the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX). Previous studies found that most schools did not survey their students' athletic interests, and girls' participation in athletics varied by school. This report used data…

In assessing sex-discrimination suit damages, debate rages over the type and number of variables included in a single-equation model of the salary-determination process. This article considers single- and multiple-equation models, providing 36 different damage calculations. For University of Minnesota data, equalization cost hinges on the…

A study examined occupational education student enrollments and instructional staffing at the secondary and postsecondary levels in Nevada from 1984 to 1991. It focused on gender compositions within general occupational education areas and specifically concentrated on changes over the period for the traditionally underrepresented gender within…

Although occupational sex segregation has decreased over the last 25 years, it is still a major social concern primarily because of the role it plays in perpetuating the gender wage gap. This paper uses data from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study, a study that followed a random sample of 10,317 high school graduates, to assess the determinants of…

More women were elected to the California Legislature in November 1998 than ever before. Twenty-five percent of the 40 state senators who began the two-year legislative session on December 7, 1998 were women. In the 80-seat Assembly, the figure also was 25 percent. Historically, the number of women serving in the California Legislature was…