The author explains that by recruiting and training females for nontraditional occupations, we can double the skilled workforce in worker-short occupations. She discusses recruitment techniques, teacher liaison with employers, workshops, support group meetings, and contacts with role models. Action needed at the federal, state, and school levels…

Identifies some of the obstacles in the nontraditional career choice and implementations process of women. Counselor bias and client attitudes are crucial factors, as are physical strength, co-worker relations, and mathematical ability. Suggests ideas for neutralizing these obstacles and maximizing the chances for success. (Author)

The paper presents the policy of the Canada Employment and Immigration Commission to actively promote equal employment opportunities for women, discusses the author's role as women's employment coordinator in the Ontario region, and provides information about industrial and institutional programs to train women for nontraditional jobs through…

A study of 118 adult women students, with children, in 3 Australian universities found 3 major factors in withdrawal: socioeconomic class (lack of family support for mother's study, lack of money, domestic responsibilities, lack of needed skills); nontraditional major (economics, business, law); and age (younger students because of family or…

Investigated socioeconomic status (SES) background and gender of 334 Grade 12 adolescents in relation to prestige level and gender composition of occupations. Results indicated significant relationship between SES background and occupational prestige level for males and females, with high SES females more likely than low SES females to choose…

Investigated mediating effect of sex role typing on relationship between gender and work preferences among 192 male and 292 female eleventh graders. Results showed that sex role typing mediated the relationship between gender and preference for socially oriented work values. (TE)

Includes "Filling in the Cracks" (Flores) about an intarsia class for at-risk students; "Closing the Gap--Women in Technology" (Husher) about summer camps for junior high girls; "Work Force of the Future--Multi-Ethnic, Multicultural" (Hall) about vocational education for culturally diverse students;…

Uses career history data from 15 women in professional engineering careers to examine some educational concomitants of nontraditional career choices. The focus, from an interactionist theoretical perspective, is on how women actually experienced becoming an engineer. The educational influences identified are those perceived by women themselves to…

Despite numerous studies examining nursing wages, very little attention has focused on nursing wage differentials. We build on previous research by modeling nursing wages and examining male-female wage differences within the context of the current nursing shortage. Our results show that male nurses do earn a wage premium, largely explained by…

Surveys access and opportunity issues for women in higher education and presents data and research examples that reveal concerns that span national boundaries. Topics include distribution of women students and faculty in various countries, the careers of women faculty and researchers, and women academics as leaders and policymakers. (JHZ)

Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972, this article identifies similarities and differences in social background characteristics, academic ability, and work values among men and women in sex-typical and sex-atypical curricula. Results show that men and women in sex-atypical majors are more like their sex…

Argues that comparable worth is a necessary and feasible remedy for the systematic, sex-related pay inequities found in contemporary work situations. Discusses equal opportunity legislation and its effects on conventional compensation practices. Discusses the simplicity of implementing comparable worth. Refutes arguments against its necessity and…

Over the past 15 years, the level of initial training among French youth has shown a rapid rise, with one of the highest rates of full-time school attendance in Europe. This sharp increase in school attendance clearly improves the training capital. In their hiring policies, employers have become more and more selective, with the result that…

In six articles presents research reflective of the diversity and commonalities of the Black female experience. Deals with educational, career, and psychological issues surrounding Black adolescents, working and professional women, college students, and employed mothers. Discusses militancy, fear of success, coping, nontraditional careers, and…

Describes a Vocational Exploration Program at the military base, Fort Lewis, in Tacoma, Washington, which provided opportunities for 20 young women to sample jobs formerly reserved for men. This program is sponsored jointly by the National Alliance of Business and the AFL-CIO and funded under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act. (MF)