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Effects of Gender on Student Response to Course-Based Research
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Henter, Heather J.; Mel, Stephanie F. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2016
There is wide consensus among educators that participation in authentic research is valuable for undergraduate science students, and incorporating research into large-enrollment courses is one way to provide that opportunity to many students. There is substantial variation in the documented impacts, however, particularly between males and females.…
Descriptors: College Science, Undergraduate Students, Focus Groups, Science Education
Composite Profile of a Top-Level California Community College Woman Administrator
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Pfiffner, Virginia T. – Journal of the NAWDAC, 1976
Personal interviews were conducted in 1972 with 22 of the 26 women who were in positions which fall within the first three highest ranking administrative levels of the then 92 community colleges in California. Results of the interviews were combined to provide a profile of the representative top-level women administrator. (Author)
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, College Administration, Community Colleges, Educational Background
Campesinas: Women Farmworkers in the California Agricultural Labor Force. Report of a Study Project by The California Commission on the Status of Women.
Barton, Amy E. – 1978
A one year descriptive study of demographic characteristics, employment situations, and supportive services needs of women farmworkers in the California labor force was conducted in 1977-78. Data were collected in interviews with both employers and 400 women and 200 men engaged in farmwork in Fresno and Imperial Counties. Most of the women were of…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Demography, Employed Women, Employer Attitudes