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12/95/
ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED200110 AUTHOR: Scott, Robert A.
TITLE: The Evolution of Roles and Aspirations: Burgeoning
Choices for Females.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1980
NOTE: 8 p.; Panel presentation at the Annual Forum of
Indiana Health Careers, Inc. (Indianapolis, IN, March 20,
1980).
ABSTRACT: Traditional female status, roles, and aspirations
and changes that have occurred in American society are
traced. While women were barred from colleges and
universities in the 1800's, they now account for more than
50 percent of college students. It is projected that by the
year 2000, women will represent an even larger percentage
of the college population, and that if this change is
accompanied by a rise in aspirations, there will be
consequences for traditional female jobs. It is suggested
that labor participation rates for females will probably
continue to rise since there are more single women, more
working couples, smaller families with fewer demands at
home, inflation, and increased opportunities for women to
use their skills in the work force. Both opportunities and
aspirations will probably increase as equal rights
legislation has its effect, as the predicted decline in
high school graduates affects both college enrollment and
the demand for skilled workers, as female role models
become even more widely visible, and as the collective
consciousness of the nation grows in its acceptance of
women as leaders. The state can play a role in this process
by providing financial aid in the form of grants and can
provide loan forgiveness to those who take employment in
certain fields, in certain settings, for certain periods of
time. (SW)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Affirmative-Action; College-Students;
Employment-Opportunities; Equal-Opportunities-Jobs; Futures
of-Society; Higher-Education; Labor-Force; Occupational
Aspiration; Work-Attitudes
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Career-Choice; *Employed-Women;
*Females-; *Nontraditional-Occupations; *Role-Perception;
*Social Change
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