Approximately 650,000 individuals will be released from incarceration in state and federal prisons this year. However, little is known about the challenges ex-offenders face when they endeavor to reenter the workforce. The authors used consensual qualitative research methods to analyze data from 2 focus groups: one for male (n=6) and another for…

This is a congressional hearing to acquire testimony and information about women in business or about unusual problems that have been found. Testimony includes statements from individuals representing Big Bear Shopper, Inc.; United States Business and Professional Women (BPW/USA); Rural Small Business Programs, Lane Community College;…

Suggests that an atmosphere of full employment, of expansiveness, of opportunity, would be a favorable atmosphere for the achievement of many other issues that women consider essential such as day care and health care. (Author/AM)

The roles of women as teachers and as educational administrators are compared to those of their male counterparts. Women are beginning to establish their own "old boys" networks as one of several strategies for change. Resources about professional advancement opportunities for women in education are listed. (JMF)

Suggests that no issue on the domestic scene has greater importance for women than full employment because the potential gains for women are immense when the economy moves into high gear and there are jobs enough for all who are willing able and seeking work. (Author/AM)

The conference proceedings relating to employment status and employment-related problems of women in general, and Montgomery County, Maryland, specifically, are highlighted in this report. The purpose of the conference was to establish a solid base for an on-going dialogue with educators, personnel experts, and affirmative action officers in the…

A review on both a state-by-state basis and on the national level of developments pertaining to school integration, racial discrimination and sex discrimination, including unemployment of minority group teenagers, textbook bias, Black freshmen enrollment trends, sex discrimination in hiring of women with doctorates, federal court litigation and…

Youth unemployment in Sweden and its repercussions on upper secondary education are analyzed. To allow theoretical education in the upper secondary school to be available to everyone is to educate for unemployment and ignore the problems. (RM)

PURPOSES OF THE CONFERENCE ON EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR CAREER WOMEN WERE TO EXPLORE MEANS BY WHICH OPPORTUNITIES CAN BE EXPANDED FOR THE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN IN PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL JOBS, TO STIMULATE THE EXPANSION OF CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMS SO THAT EVERY WOMAN CAN FIND THE TRAINING SHE MAY WANT AND NEED IN ORDER TO…

To test the economic theory of job search and the rationality of job search behavior by unemployed married women, the importance of reservation wages (or wages requested for employment) was studied for its effect on the duration of unemployment and its relationship to the subsequent rate of pay upon reemployment. Models were established to explain…

It appears that there is nothing inherently associated with femaleness which should preclude the ascendence of women into management positions. However, barriers do exist and they stem from such factors as societal sex-role stereotypes, attitudes toward women in management, attitudes toward female competence, and the prevalence of the male…

One-hundred five citations are presented in this selected annotated bibliography about the interchange between American women and the American economy. Readings were selected to dispute the presumptions that women's natural place is in the home and that women were not integral parts of the growth of America and its history. Instead, research shows…

Based on meetings held by the Women's Bureau in Baltimore, Boston, and Miami to explore the employment-related problems of women offenders and to propose solutions, this report in Part I describes the development and conduct of these three seminars, in Part II gives instructions for the organization of future such community programs, and in Part…

In response to the large quantity of material recently produced relating to the situation of the modern woman, the Federation Employment and Guidance Service has evaluated relevant and mainly free and inexpensive material to produce the annotated bibliography, which it is hoped will prove useful to mature women and those serving them. About 100…

Today there is no more critical manpower management issue for employers than adequate staffing practices with regard to three large, and sometimes overlapping, groups: minorities, the disadvantaged, and females. The amount of material dealing with this topic is staggering. Within the personnel field itself, the issues change when questions about…