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Download full textGrant, Dale F.; And Others – 1995
Gifted females have less frequently sought high-prestige and high-income careers due to a number of barriers. Some barriers are related to society's expectations of women, and others are related to the workplace itself. The most limiting and pervasive barrier is "sex role socialization's impact on the child's developing self-belief system"…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Academically Gifted, Adolescents
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. – 1998
A House subcommittee hearing held in DeKalb, Illinois, received testimony on drug abuse problems among young people in small towns and rural areas. Personal experiences of drugs and their effects on young people were described in statements from the mother of a victim of drug-related violence, a former drug dealer, a former drug user and gang…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Change Strategies, College Students, Community Action
