Universities, specifically their colleges of business, stress within courses, through events, and across their public persona the significance of gender diversity practices as a means to treat women fairly, provide them with equal opportunities, and to create an even playing field. The emphasis of this topic stresses that gender diversity is of…

FWEP studied sexual inequity among farmworkers, staff, and board members of eight farmworker organizations. It found that inequities and limited opportunities did exist and a major impediment was women's lack of perception of the present inequities facing them. Journal availability: see RC 503 518. (DS)

This testimony, before a public hearing of the New York City Commission on Human Rights in May 1974, focuses on the National Civil Service League: essential elements of the League's program for achieving equal employment opportunity include outreach recruitment, accurate job descriptions, valid job-related examinations, and aggressive…

The annotated bibliography was prepared to alert educators to literature discussing women in the world of work. It contains 32 documents, announced in Research in Education (RIE), selected by means of a computer search using one of the descriptors Females, Housewives, Mothers, Working Parents or Working Women plus a second major descriptor from a…

The Committee on the Status of Professional Women at Yale was charged by the University's President "to review the present participation of women in teaching and administration at Yale, to explore ways of increasing the participation of women under existing policies, and to suggest revisions in existing policies and procedures in order to…

This is a letter to Chancellor Irving Anker of the Board of Education of The City of New York from the Office for Civil Rights, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. The letter concerns the results of an investigation of complaints filed with the Office for Civil Rights alleging employment discrimination by the New York City School System.…

Discusses a study that analyzed responses to fictitious position-wanted ads of female and minority candidates for administrative positions. (JT)

The purpose of this report was to determine if sex discrimination exists at the University of Washington, to identify the problems in this area and to facilitate change. This report examines: (1) the numbers and location in the academic ranks and departments of faculty women; (2) their availability for hiring, meaning the presence of trained women…

This testimony, before a public hearing of the New York City Commission on Human Rights in May 1974, expressly focuses on discrimination in employment, asserting that this has had the most direct effect on minorities and women in the country; while legal protections have grown stronger, they have not been used effectively. (Author/JM)

The focal points of this study are the role perceptions and the environments of women's page editors from daily and weekly newspapers across the United States. In the role perception areas, equal rights, discrimination, and the role of women in journalism are examined. Salaries, education, college major and minor, and years in the profession are…

Previous work on job availability according to Holland's classification is examined in terms of the following variables: (1) the number of jobs in the U.S. in 1970 by prestige level as well as type of work, (2) the distribution of types of jobs in and out of government service, (3) race and sex differences in type and level of work, and (4)…

This article is intended to familiarize Missouri lawyers with the advantages, limitations, and important procedural aspects of four remedies that can supplement or offer alternatives to Title VII litigation in appropriate situations: The Equal Pay Act; section 1983 of the Civil Rights Act of 1871, Executive Order No. 11,246, and the Missouri Fair…

Results of survey by Macalester College revealed limited job opportunities for college-educated women. Indicates need for changing attitudes, among business community, college and professional personnel, and women themselves. Part three of three-part article. Other parts included same issue. (CJ)

This handbook presents findings of a survey that asked human-resources managers to identify current barriers preventing women and people of color from reaching senior management. The survey was sent to 902 human-resources managers at various organizations. A total of 304 surveys were returned, a 34 percent response rate. The managers gave support…

This paper reviews the literature on the psychological and social processes involved in the integration of women into management positions. The author concentrates on two areas. First is the entry of women into management (including women's career choices, choice of organization, and the effects of these choices on the organization. These effects…