Art is an educational activity that can be done in any era or by any generation. Theatre art, which has contributed to the individual and social development of individuals since early times, has had a privileged place in the world of education. New approaches in the science of theatre and pedagogy have emerged in the current age and substantially…

Participatory literacy programmes in developing countries are often seen as an important tool for women's empowerment and equality. This article problematises the way in which evaluation of progress towards these goals is couched in a linear trajectory, and often fails to uncover the messy reality of women's negotiations to achieve their own aims.…

Presents the results of a survey of 262 faculty wives and 20 women faculty at Yale. (HS)

Discusses what the place of women might or should be by 1980. (Editor/HS)

Society discourages women from developing their talents in order to keep them in traditional roles of wife and mother. (HS)

Institute offers flexible opportunities to women for study and development in scholarship, the creative arts, and the professions. (HS)

Reviews the century-long struggle of women for equal rights. (HS)

The authors propose alternative measures to meet the needs of women in universities. Individual efforts by individual women must be facilitated by social innovation brought about by radical experiments with alternative living arrangements and open universities. (BY)

Women with disabilities have limited access to the labor market owing to the double disadvantage of being both disabled and female. The current rehabilitation system is inadequate to meet this population's needs. Further research, broader action programs, changes in vocational rehabilitation, and active measures against discrimination are needed.…

A stimulus film designed for women considering returning to school or work can serve as a catalyst for group experiences. The film focuses on the issues of self-doubts, valid problems and negative reactions. It is available on a rental basis from American Personnel and Guidance Association, Washington D. C. (EA)

This study uncovers a relationship between the way a married woman chooses to style her name and the extent to which she expresses interest in continuing education. The woman who chooses an independent name style is more likely to express interest in further training. (Author)

This workbook is a four-part course designed to be taught by working women to low-income working women to increase their skills at managing money. The course sessions focus on special financial concerns of working women: budgeting, education for career advancement, child care, and retirement planning. The sessions are designed as a series but can…

This article, drawn largely from personal experience, examines the realities of being a woman professor in terms of preparing for the position, being in the role, and finally, the interrelationship of the role with one's personal life. (CT)

More than 53 million women age 16 and over comprise 45 percent of the total labor force. Projections indicate that women's share of the labor force will increase to 47 percent in the year 2000. Greater numbers of minority women will enter the labor force. Furthermore, the labor force will be older by the year 2000. The economy has long been and…