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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED087512 AUTHOR: Taines, Beatrice
TITLE: First Semester of the Diablo Valley College Women's
Re-Entry Program, Fall 1972, and a Program for Women at
Diablo Valley College.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1973
NOTE: 35 p.
AVAILABILITY: Beatrice Taines, Diablo Valley College,
Pleasant Hill, California 94523
ABSTRACT: In the fall semester, 1972, a Women's Re-entry
Program was initiated at Diablo Valley College. The program
a supportive and encouraging
atmosphere and convenient physical arrangements so that
women could return to the classroom. All classes were
scheduled during elementary school hours, and child care was
preschool children. The program consisted of two blocks of b
courses in which a total of 79 students enrolled. At the end
students wrote informal essays evaluating their experiences.
approval, usually enthusiasm, and no one stated that she reg
program or
totally disliked any single course. Three colloquies and a
lecture series and seminar were available as special
electives. At the end of the semester a statistical analysis
backgrounds, reasons for
enrolling, scholastic achievement at Diablo, and retention
rate. The Women's Studies Committee proposes new courses of
and equalizing participation in
programs and activities for both sexes. Specifically, it
proposes a combined course block plus optional colloquies, a
women's education center, affirmative
action hiring for women faculty, women's studies programs, a
programs, and steps to provide equal
athletic programs for men and women. (KM)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Community-Colleges; Curriculum-Development;
Centers; Employment-Practices; Equal-Education;
Feminism-; Mothers-; Program-Evaluation; Seminars-; Women
Faculty; Womens-Athletics
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Adult-Education; *Adult-Programs; *Equal
Opportunities-Jobs; *Sex-Discrimination; *Womens-Education;
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