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On Campus with Women, 1990
Four issues of the newsletter, "On Campus with Women," present information on the status and education of women. The newsletters offer brief news items on the following topics: women and the law; discrimination and the law; employment; legal actions; child care; campus issues; sexual harassment and rape; campus crime; sports; women's studies;…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, College Athletics, Court Litigation, Crime
Lawton, Marcy F. – 1990
An 18-month demonstration program was conducted by the Northern Virginia Cooperative Vocational Education Department of the Fairfax County Public Schools, in partnership with the Virginia Merit Shop Foundation, to recruit and train apprentices for eight construction trades. Emphasis was placed on recruiting women, members of minority groups, and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Apprenticeships, Building Trades, Cooperative Programs
Lawton, Marcy F. – 1990
This inservice training guide, developed as part of a cooperative project conducted by the Fairfax County, Virginia, Public Schools in conjunction with the Virginia Merit Shop Education Foundation, is intended to assist administrators and planners of apprenticeship training programs. (The apprenticeship program was developed to recruit women,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Apprenticeships, Building Trades, Cooperative Programs
Johnson, David M.; Burns, J. Patout – 1986
Information on enrollment, finances, and student financial aid at Catholic colleges during 1982-1984 is presented, based on the Higher Education General Information Surveys and the Student Aid Recipient Data Bank. Narrative summaries and statistical data include: total headcount enrollments from 1978 to 1984 at other private colleges and at five…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Church Related Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Educational Finance
Fullilove, Robert E., III – 1987
Many feel that the number of high school students electing to enter careers in science and engineering is shrinking and that the United States needs to improve the potential pool in order to remain competitive in the international technology and research areas. This report attempts to describe the dimensions of the problem this nation faces in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitude Measures, Career Awareness, Career Choice
Johnson, Davis G. – 1983
A companion volume to "Physicians in the Making: Personal, Academic, and Socioeconomic Characteristics of Medical Students from 1950 to 2000" is presented. Five major types of information are presented: backup, year-by-year statistics for the 46 tables and 16 figures in "Physicians in the Making," including data from 1950 through 1982 and…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Admission Criteria, Ancillary School Services, College Applicants
National Commission for Employment Policy (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1979
In its fifth annual report for 1979, the National Commission for Employment Policy recommended that the nation make a new commitment to improving the employment prospects of disadvantaged youth. In preparing its findings and recommendations on youth unemployment, the commission received information from the Youth Task Force; academic consultants;…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged
Uyeki, Eugene S. – 1988
A 20-year retrospective study indicates that the Cleveland Scholarship Program (CSP) has been significant in enabling lower income students to complete a college education at rates higher than those reported for the United States as a whole. CSP provides advisors who work individually with financially disadvantaged seniors in all Cleveland (Ohio)…
Descriptors: Admissions Counseling, Black Students, College Admission, College Graduates
Markley, O. W., Ed. – 1988
This volume is the second of three reporting research that is intended to help postsecondary occupational education deans and directors become able to plan more strategically for using new instructional technologies to meet emerging needs. The document contains the findings from three background studies in three chapters. "Emerging…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Coordination, Dislocated Workers, Economic Development
Johnston, William B.; And Others – 1987
Four key trends will shape the American labor force in the final years of the 20th century. The American economy should grow at a relatively healthy pace. Despite its international comeback, however, U.S. manufacturing constitutes a much smaller share of the economy in the year 2000 than it does today. The work force will grow slowly, becoming…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Demography, Economic Climate, Economic Factors
Cardenas, Gilbert – 1981
Although the distribution of income has become more equitable for some groups, inequitable distribution has affected the poor, minorities, and women most adversely. Income inequality and poverty may be attributed to ability differences, education and training, job tastes, property ownership, market power, and discrimination. In economics, the…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Disadvantaged, Economic Development, Economic Opportunities
Weseman, Marcus – 1980
The United States Departments of Energy (DOE) and Labor (DOL) have cosponsored a number of demonstration programs to train economically disadvantaged migrant and seasonal farmworkers for energy-related technical and skilled occupations. A descriptive study of the first DOE/DOL demonstration was made to determine the impact of training on…
Descriptors: Adults, Agricultural Laborers, Demonstration Programs, Employment Programs
Davis, Barbara; And Others – 1982
In an effort to examine the role of international and local nonreferral unions in advancing the job status of minorities and women, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) conducted a national survey of unions and employers and completed a legal analysis of the duty of unions to represent their members fairly. Among the key findings of…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Change Strategies, Civil Rights, Civil Rights Legislation
On Campus with Women, 1982
News concerning developments at colleges and universities that affect women is presented, along with an interview with the Executive Director of the Project on the Status and Education of Women, Bernice R. Sandler, regarding the project's major accomplishments and activities over the past 11 years and insights into the changing status of women at…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Career Choice, Civil Rights Legislation, College Admission
Davis, E. Leta – 1981
An annotated bibliography on the occupational aspirations of minority college students as related to graduate business education is presented with most entries dated 1964 to 1978. Twenty-two selected studies relating to minority aspirations are annotated. In addition, supplementary materials include 51 entries without annotations, 15 nonannotated…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Access to Education, Administrators, Annotated Bibliographies
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