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Donaldson, Vernisa M.; Viera, Christopher – John Jay College Institute for Justice and Opportunity, 2021
The white paper synthesizes existing literature around higher education for formerly incarcerated individuals and describes the need for more work in this area. More than 650,000 individuals are released from state and federal prisons and return to the community each year. However, most programming and research have been concentrated on…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Reentry Students
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Wagner, Christine – Feminist Teacher, 1991
Examines the literature on women's experiences in the military and the Veterans Administration. Places special emphasis on women who served in Vietnam. Finds the amount of literature minimal compared to information available about male experiences. Argues that the available literature is a useful teaching tool that illustrates discrimination…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Blacks, Females, Feminism
Polit, Denise; And Others – 1979
To expand the use of women in nontraditional industrial careers, the U.S. Air Force examined the questions of recruiting, selecting, and training women for traditionally male blue collar work. An extensive review of the literature revealed that little empirical data on the effectiveness of various administrative policies had been collected. The…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Annotated Bibliographies, Blue Collar Occupations, Change Strategies
Sommers, Marc – International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) UNESCO, 2005
Victims of warfare, famine, slavery, and isolation, the Southern Sudanese are one of the most undereducated populations in the world. Since the inception of formal education in southern Sudan a century ago, schooling has largely consisted of island-like entities surrounded by oceans of educational emptiness. Islands of Education is the first book…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Quality, War, Slavery