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Lakin, Joni M.; Wittig, Ashley H.; Davis, Edward W.; Davis, Virginia A. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2020
Development of a professional identity may contribute to persistence in an engineering major. Further, perceiving alignment of one's career values to engineering as well as believing that one is enacting engineering during coursework are expected to support identity formation. Using mixed methods approaches, we explored data provided by 186…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, College Freshmen, Professional Identity, Introductory Courses
Minnesota State Commission on the Economic Status of Women, St. Paul. – 1983
In 1982, females constituted 51.1 percent of those students enrolled in secondary vocational education courses in Minnesota; however, they accounted for only 40 percent of those enrolled in area vocational-technical institutes. If vocational programs are defined as being either segregated or integrated on the basis of whether fewer or more than 80…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Comparative Analysis, Definitions
Minnesota State Commission on the Economic Status of Women, St. Paul. – 1983
In 1982, females constituted 41.1 percent of those students enrolled in postsecondary area vocational-technical institutions (AVTIs) in Minnesota; thus, the AVTI system has a lower percentage of female students than all other public postsecondary systems in the state. If vocational programs are defined as being either segregated or integrated on…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Comparative Analysis, Definitions
Minnesota State Commission on the Economic Status of Women, St. Paul. – 1984
In 1982-1983, females constituted 40.5 percent of those students enrolled in postsecondary area vocational-technical institutions (AVTIs) in Minnesota. If vocational programs are defined as being either segregated or integrated on the basis of whether fewer or more than 80 percent of the students enrolled in them belong to one sex, then, in…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Comparative Analysis, Definitions
Miller, Susan W. – 1980
An in-service training module is presented that is designed to assist community college vocational instructors in recruiting and retaining students in courses that are non-traditional for their sex. The workbook first presents a rationale for the implementation of sex affirmative programs in vocational education, discussing gender stereotypes and…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Community Colleges, Compliance (Legal), Curriculum Problems
Goggans, E. Patricia; Lawrence, Dorothy – 1980
This document is one of three publications designed to establish guidelines for the elimination of sex bias and sex stereotyping and the establishment of sex fairness in vocational education programs in Colorado. Intended as a general reference, it provides background information about the problem and supplies a rationale for the institution of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Affirmative Action, Definitions, Employed Women
2002
This document contains three papers from a symposium titled "Competence: Fuzzy Concepts to Context.""Sales Superstars: Defining Competencies Needed for Sales Performance" (Darlene Russ-Eft, Edward Del Gaizo, Jeannie Moulton, Ruth Pangilinan) discusses a study in which an analysis of 1,688 critical incidents revealed 16…
Descriptors: Administration, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Competence