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Education Trust, 2023
When Black and Latino students are given advanced opportunities, they thrive alongside their peers. However, only a fraction of eligible students is enrolled in Advanced Placement (AP) Biology, Chemistry, and Physics courses, which means that most Black and Latino students are being denied vital learning opportunities that can set them up for…
Descriptors: STEM Education, High School Students, Disproportionate Representation, Equal Education
White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans, Washington, DC. – 2002
This brochure presents 10 reasons for becoming a teacher: (1) to ignite the spark of curiosity in children; (2) to practice three of life's valuable virtues: kindness, patience, and understanding; (3) to experience the joy of seeing children learn to read, write, and do arithmetic and set them on a path to success in school and in life; (4) to…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Elementary Secondary Education, Hispanic American Students, Teaching (Occupation)
European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, Berlin (West Germany). – 1983
This booklet outlines existing and emerging career selection, reentry, and advancement opportunities for females throughout the European community. Existing educational and employment opportunities for males and females in various Western European nations are compared. New opportunities for girls and new occupations for women who are unemployed or…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Development, Comparative Analysis, Differences
Women's Bureau (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1980
This booklet is intended to provide guidance to women who are making decisions about their lives and work and to help them take advantage of the opportunities that are now open to them. Part I gives an overview of the status of women in the work force and some of the factors that affect women's employment. Alternative work patterns are a special…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Education, Career Choice, Career Counseling
Sikula, Lola – 1994
This book is intended to assist adults who are contemplating changing careers or actually doing so. The information, exercises, questionnaires, guides, and bibliographies included in it are designed to give adults the coping skills to adapt to and work through the personal, financial, and other changes that accompany the career change process. The…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Change, Career Choice, Career Education
Wagner, Judith O. – 1989
How to locate information that can be used in career decision making is the subject of this digest. The first section lists the career/occupational information collections generally found in public libraries, including printed resources, information about associations, information about local sources of job information, information on specific…
Descriptors: Career Change, Career Choice, Career Education, Career Exploration