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Oregon State Dept. of Education, Salem. – 1980
This booklet contains descriptions of 34 sex equity projects in Oregon. Project descriptions contain such information as a contact person and the project's audience, procedures, outcomes, and funding sources. The projects are organized under three headings--displaced homemaker projects, support services/special needs projects, and women in…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Displaced Homemakers, Females, Individual Development
Evaluation and Training Inst., Los Angeles, CA. – 1993
Designed to assist community college administrators and faculty in enhancing vocational education programs and services, this resource package explores gender equity efforts in vocational programs in the California Community Colleges (CCC), describing successful program strategies currently in use in the colleges. The opening section of the report…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Community Colleges, Counseling Services, Displaced Homemakers
Farland, Ronn; Murdoch, Allene – 1981
This report reviews the scope and nature of activities undertaken in California's community colleges to eliminate bias, discrimination, and stereotyping on the basis of sex in vocational education between 1977 and 1981, following the passage of the state's Vocational Education Act of 1976. The historical inequities in education which the act…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Community Colleges, Displaced Homemakers, Equal Education
California Community Colleges, Sacramento. Office of the Chancellor. – 1993
Since 1984, the Gender Equity and Civil Rights specialist of the Chancellor's Office of the California Community Colleges (CCC) has led the colleges in the strategic development of statewide and college-based Gender Equity, Single Parent, Displaced Homemaker, and Single Pregnant Woman programs designed to improve access and eliminate barriers to…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Community Colleges, Displaced Homemakers, Economic Development
Virginia State Dept. of Education, Richmond. – 1987
This document contains 34 abstracts that describe sex equity projects operating in Virginia during fiscal year 1986-87 with federal funding through the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act of 1984. The abstracts are organized in the following eight categories: (1) centers to serve single parents and homemakers; (2) programs to serve teenage…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Counselor Training, Demand Occupations, Displaced Homemakers
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Office of Occupational and Continuing Education. – 1979
Prepared to create awareness of the range of New York State programs, activities, and resources, this directory summarizes VEA (Vocational Education Act)-funded fiscal year 1978-1979 projects that were designed to reduce sex bias, sex stereotyping, and sex discrimination in vocational education. A list of resources developed in New York through…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Directories, Displaced Homemakers, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Virginia State Dept. of Education, Richmond. – 1989
This document contains abstracts of 43 projects conducted through Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act sex equity set-aside grants administered by the Vocational Gender Equity Office, Virginia Department of Education. The projects described are grouped in the following categories: (1) centers to serve single parents and homemakers; (2)…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Development, Career Education, Community Programs
Virginia State Dept. of Education, Richmond. – 1988
This document contains abstracts of 47 projects conducted through Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act sex equity set-aside grants administered by the Vocational Gender Equity Office, Virginia Department of Education. The projects described are grouped in the following categories: (1) centers to serve single parents and homemakers; (2)…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Development, Career Education, Community Programs
Knold, John, Comp. – 1980
This report contains summary descriptions of twenty-nine projects which have been implemented during 1978-80 in the state of Washington. By their design, they address the need for vocational equity. The projects received funding from one of several sources including the Washington State Commission for Vocational Education's Research Coordinating…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Planning
Butler, Matilda; And Others – 1981
This collection of program descriptions consists of case studies of 47 programs that contain promising approaches to sex-fair vocational education. The case studies (which represent programs in 39 states and the District of Columbia) describe programs that address the educational and job-skill training needs of such groups as displaced homemakers,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Disabilities, Displaced Homemakers, Educational Needs
Thomas, Susan; And Others – 1980
This publication contains descriptions of thirty-six successful projects developed in twenty states to identify, overcome, and eliminate sex bias and other discriminatory practices in vocational education. Projects include ongoing programs, policies, and procedures and strategies, such as learning modules, models, surveys, and sourcebooks. The…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Attitude Change, Behavior Change, Change Strategies
Connecticut State Dept. of Education, Hartford. Div. of Vocational and Adult Education. – 1982
This compendium provides information on 39 promising practices in vocational adult education selected during the 1981-82 school year. Criteria for selection are to meet an identified need for a specific problem or target population, measurability of indicators of success, possibility of adaptation by others, and practicality of resources required…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Adults, Career Counseling, Career Education