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ERIC Number: EJ1316932
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 7
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1067-1803
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Tackling Workforce Gender Issues: Community Colleges Bring Skilled Training Apprenticeships and Support to Female Students
Guth, Douglas J.
Community College Journal, v92 n1 p24-30 Aug-Sep 2021
Apprenticing in a skilled trade is an opportunity that has not been fully accessed by women. Per 2019 figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, women make up only about 12% of the nation's apprenticeships, despite comprising half the U.S. workforce. Additionally, female apprentices are concentrated mostly in social service occupations, as compared to male peers who gravitate more toward construction and other skilled labor. Two-year institutions are still challenged to bridge post-pandemic labor force gaps while overcoming dug-in attitudes about a woman's place in the working world. The Expanding Community College Apprenticeships (ECCA) initiative is one facet of this ongoing effort. Led by the American Association of Community Colleges, with funding from the U.S. Department of Labor, the program aims to increase apprentice programs and services among member institutions. Over the next three years, the project will infuse 16,000 new apprentices into the U.S. workforce. This article discusses skilled trade apprenticeship programs at two-year institutions and how they can support female students.
American Association of Community Colleges. One Dupont Circle NW Suite 410, Washington, DC 20036. Tel: 202-728-0200; Fax: 202-833-2467; Web site: https://www.aacc.nche.edu/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Two Year Colleges
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Language: English
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