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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED099689 AUTHOR: Steele, Marilyn
TITLE: Women in Vocational Education. Project Baseline
Supplemental Report.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1974
NOTE: 154 p.; For related Project Baseline documents, see
CE
003 446-455 and ED 095 309 and 310
ABSTRACT: Reviewing the current status of women in
vocational education, the study determines whether there is
a cause-effect relationship between school practices and
limited job options for women in the world of work.
According to a review and analysis of available data,
schools at all levels are operating separate vocational
education programs for women. Limiting girls to
traditional,
female-intensive offerings perpetuates and contributes to
restricted job opportunities and lower earnings for women
graduates. Although women comprise 55.5 percent of total
vocational education enrollments and two-thirds of all
secondary vocational enrollments, they are concentrated in
non-wage-earning home economics and in health and office
occupations, fields in which they are most prevalent in the
world of work. Findings related to current status of women
in the world of work, of vocational-technical education for
females, sexism in society and education, and staff related
problems for women in education are tabulated and
discussed.
Affirmative Action for women in education is reviewed in
the
light of Federal legislation. Implications for change and
recommendations are presented, and an appendix lists
availability of regulations and guidelines for Affirmative
Action. (MW)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Civil-Rights-Legislation; Data-Analysis;
Educational-Assessment; Employed-Women; Employment
Opportunities; Equal-Education; Sex-Stereotypes;
Socioeconomic-Status; Tables-Data; Technical-Education;
Womens-Education
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Educational-Discrimination; *Equal
Opportunities-Jobs; *Females-; *Sex-Discrimination;
*Vocational-Education
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