Discusses the role of computers in today's world and the construction of computer use attitudes, such as gender gaps. Suggests how schools might close the gaps. Includes a brief explanation about how facility with computers is important for women in their efforts to gain equitable treatment in all aspects of their lives. (PA)

Describes the Women Scientists in Academe pilot program that aims at achieving significant and lasting improvements for women in scientific disciplines. Focuses on the issue of dual careers and shared positions and adjusting university policy to accommodate academic couples. (JRH)

Describes a three-year study of home information systems in the United Kingdom being conducted by Queen Margaret College (Scotland). Topics include development of an interview protocol; interactive multimedia; perceptions of technology; use of technology; work versus entertainment; gender issues; and time factors. (Author/LRW)

Measures of emotional intelligence, vocational exploration, and career decision-making self-efficacy (CDMSE) were completed by 288 college students. Emotional intelligence was positively related to CDMSE. Utilization of feelings and self-control factors were inversely related to vocational exploration and commitment. Gender was not a moderator of…

Considers issues related to computer hardware, aesthetics, and gender. Explores how gender has influenced the design of computer hardware and how these gender-driven aesthetics may have worked to maintain, extend, or alter gender distinctions, roles, and stereotypes; discusses masculine media representations; and presents an alternative model.…

Examined the relationship of gender to adolescents' educational and childbearing plans, interdependence of plans, and differential effects of gender and social context. Data from the High School and Beyond Sophomore Cohort Study indicated that girls, but not boys, expected the timing of childbearing to affect educational attainment. Educational…

Discusses gender-related differences in performance and interaction styles in computer-supported learning (CSL) environments. Presents a summary of gender-related issues identified by international research and academic practice together with opinions expressed in an online discussion forum, and offers suggestions to increase the flexibility of…

The cultural and gender issues raised by a Maori adult educator (Nora Rameka) are framed by the interviewer (Joyce Stalker) who comments on methodological difficulties and compromises that were necessary in order to have Maori perspectives represented in this issue. (SK)

Explores gender issues that contributed to the differential attrition rate of men and women graduate students in two science departments (biology and chemistry) at a large research university. Analysis indicated a significantly larger student attrition rate in chemistry than in biology. In each department the attrition rate for women was…

Introduces a special issue that is positioned against the backdrop of the current "boys in crisis" debate. It focuses on how the articles address embodied identities and material inequalities; social mobility and working class femininities; resisting individualism and rationality; power and responsibility; masculinity and the middle class; and…

Explored how dominance in the competitive MovieViewer (MV) task related to peer preference and assertive behavior, and whether relations differed for boys and girls. Found that sex interacted with dominance rank to explain peer acceptance but not rejection. High ranked boys were accepted more by peers than low ranked boys, while low ranked girls…

Examines teachers' roles in addressing gender equity in mathematics as a factor in the disproportionate participation of males in mathematics after high school. (Author/YDS)

Includes 14 articles that explore school library programs based on quantifiable data and serious investigation. Topics include libraries and student success; accountability; political issues; principals' attitudes; gender; and motivation. (LRW)

Explored men's and women's perceptions of workplace equity in public parks and recreation. Surveys of American Parks and Recreation Society members highlighted significant differences between men and women in their perceptions of equity and in levels of organizational citizenship. Perceptions of inequity appeared to be precursors to lower levels…

Notes that an unusually large number of Chinese nursery rhymes provide realistic depictions of women's life experiences over the long history of China. Describes how they tell about women's fears and concerns as well as hopes and dreams and even sufferings. Divides those rhymes into three categories that represent three stages of a woman's life.…