This report provides a review of the literature and secondary data on sex discrimination and stereotyping in vocational education. Chapter 1 provides an executive summary of the findings of the review of secondary data. Chapter 2 presents findings, organized according to eighteen major topics used to guide the search for data. Some of the topics…

This volume describes the methods and results of the congressionally mandated study of the nature and extent of sex discrimination and stereotyping in vocational education, and efforts which are being made to eliminate inequities. Following an introduction to the report, part 2 presents the findings and their interpretations organized into six…

Congress, using Public Law 94-482 entitled Education Amendments of 1976, instructed the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) to develop, implement, and operate the Vocational Education Data System (VEDS). As mandated by legislation, the primary purpose of VEDS is to provide a national reporting system to generate uniform data from the…