This virtual conference was the tenth in a series of moderated discussions on the UNEVOC e-Forum--a global online community of over 4000 members. Guided by an expert in the field, these discussions provide a platform for sharing of experiences, expertise and feedback and wish to inspire people to take further action. Between 29 September and 10…

This keynote address was delivered by Dr. Cary A. Supalo at the 2015 Training Workforce and Development and diversity conference which is one of the divisions that is part of NIH's general medical sciences. This conference was attended by over 500 program directors from all of the T32 sponsored projects in 2015. This presentation discussed the…

This study's purpose was to understand STEM education in inclusive STEM high schools (ISHSs) and traditional comprehensive high schools through" Day in the Life" narratives of four African American or Latino high school students. Researchers shadowed focal students in matched pairs of schools, and analyzed student, parent and educator…

This paper presents a critical analysis of literature relating to why males choose to become primary school teachers. Discussion within the paper concentrates on identifying and exploring connections between what is currently known about being a male primary school teacher and what motivates these men as they both pursue and practice within the…

Edited versions of speeches presented at the conference are presented in the document. Section 1, Women in the Fields of Government, Education, Trade Unions, Business and Industry, presents personal accounts of women in nontraditional occupations. Speakers include Betty Southard Murphy, Lucille Maurer, Barbara G. Kilberg, Ruth Weyand, Julia M.…

The complex problems confronting English and foreign language departments involve, among other things, student enrollments, budgetary shortfalls, lessened job opportunities for graduates, increased cries for accountability, and external intrusions into intradepartmental business. One area over which we have considerable control in the preparation…

Viable employment options for persons entering the field of behavioral research are examined, and the need for such research in the field of health services is discussed. The following statistics are presented in tabular form: (1) number of doctorates awarded annually in psychology with five year intervals, 1920-1974; (2) age of psychology…

Because there are too few minority mass media personnel and minority media owners of newspapers, magazines, and radio stations today, large segments of our nations's minority populations are not kept adequately informed about their respective communities. A corollary of this situation is that the White-majority mass media audience is prevented…

Engineering as a profession for women is examined. Although 1.0% of the engineering population is presently female, undergraduate enrollment has been increasing steadily since 1970. Some universities today have women representing 10-15% of their engineering enrollment. Beginning salaries are higher for female engineers than for male engineers, but…

Almost twenty years after the Kerner Commission reported that fewer than 5% of employees in the news business were black and that fewer than 1 percent of those were editors or employed in management jobs, the percentage of blacks and other minorities in those professions is only slightly higher. A l987 survey by the American Society of Newspaper…

The purposes of this exploratory field study were to discover the utility of career-oriented skills and competencies in speech communication as perceived by representatives from employment agencies, to discover current perceptions of the field by representatives from employment agencies, and to discover the bases for these perceptions. The target…

The purpose of this research was to relate perceptions of occupational discrimination to the actual occupational opportunity structure in American society. The latter refers to the relative openness of various occupations to individuals possessing certain characteristics that are, in fact, differentially distributed among occupations. Both cohorts…

Traditional female status, roles, and aspirations and changes that have occurred in American society are traced. While women were barred from colleges and universities in the 1800's, they now account for more than 50 percent of college students. It is projected that by the year 2000, women will represent an even larger percentage of the college…

This study examined Mexican American college students' perceptions of career-related barriers and the relationship between perceptions and the students' sense of control over and responsibility for career decision making. Mexican American students (57 men and 68 women) at a state-supported university in the Southwest completed a demographic…

While it is not clear how much responsibility vocational education bears for the inequities in employment and earning patterns in Georgia, it is clear that men and women do not make vocational choices unencumbered by sex influences. Federal legislation provides mandates to reduce sex stereotyping and discrimination in vocational education. Sex…