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.…

Describes a program designed to step up activities that can help women and girls achieve equal educational opportunity. (Author/RK)

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…

The National Advisory Council on Women's Educational Programs was established in 1974 according to one of the provisions of the Women's Educational Equity Act, Public Law 93-380. The Council is charged with overseeing the administration of the program created by the act, making recommendations regarding funding of projects under the act,…

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…

Model programs funded under the Women's Educational Equity Act (WEEA) and administered by the Office of Education Women's Program staff are intended to reach girls and women from low-income and middle-age groups those from American-Indian, Asian- and Pacific-American, black, and Spanish-speaking backgrounds, and those from rural, urban, and…

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…

The federally funded Women's Educational Equity Act Program (WEEAP) authorizes the support of a broad range of activities promoting educational equity for women. Some of these are materials development, inservice training, research and development, and educational programs. WEEAP also awards small grants to agencies, nonprofit organizations and…

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…

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…

This is one of five papers the National Advisory Council on Women's Educational Programs has commissioned to identify key problems, describe exemplary efforts to promote sex fairness, and recommend practical changes in Education Division policy and practice that would improve equity for women. This report focuses on seven major programs--each…

This report reviews the U.S. Department of Education's Women's Educational Equity Act (WEEA) Program. First authorized by Public Law 93-380, the Education Amendments of 1974, this program awards grants and contracts to eligible recipients for interventions to: (1) provide educational equity for women; (2) help educational institutions meet the…

A training manual for state education agency (SEA) staff dealing with issues of sex bias and discrimination in the educational system is presented. The manual is designed to achieve the following primary objectives: (1) provide a status report on federal and state roles in promoting educational equity; (2) provide an overview of inequities based…