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)

Staff development should be involved in dealing with the capabilities of the whole institution by nurturing staff. Institutions must deal with attitudes and incorporate equal opportunities within the structure, content, and delivery of all of their activities. (SK)

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)

In the late summer of 1970, an Ad Hoc Committee at the Ohio State University was appointed (1) to review the status of all women at the University; and (2) to submit a report of the findings and recommendations. The Committee consisted of 3 undergraduate students, 1 graduate student, 2 administrative personnel, and 3 faculty members, one of whom…

This paper reports on the results of research on attempts to increase the self-understanding and career choice skills of student wives. An experimental group that underwent a workshop was compared to a control group on a number of personality and career scales. The two groups were not significantly different. (NG)

The author presents an historical and cultural analysis of the place of women in society. It is stated that historically women have had to assume an aggressive role to become educated. In addition, as far back as the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, one finds records which indicate that women had to seek opportunities to study and to learn.…

A study of the Women in Science Program, particularly the Career Facilitation Projects, was conducted through on-site visits to assess initial project functioning to determine whether alterations in the program guidelines should be recommended. Based on the individual on-site reports, findings and conclusions are presented, participants and…

Since 1970, external degree programs (programs for adult students who cannot attend on-campus courses on a regular basis) have become an educational alternative for the adult woman returning to or entering an educational setting. These innovative programs are ideal for the woman who must integrate the roles of worker, mother and student. A pilot…

The purpose of this descriptive study was to gather baseline data on the employment picture of black women who are currently employed or have reentered a training educational program involving direct job opportunities. The study sample was selected from the rolls of nine black professional women's organizations in the state of California, and from…

Proposals regarding education and work include: that education should train for adaptability; that education should create liaisons between industry and academics who can point to issues not being addressed, including women's needs; and that educational institutions must carry their services out into the field where the workers are. (JMD)

Twelve papers address three topics: the middle years--dimensions and dilemmas; the middle years--suggestions and solutions; and the changing university--new audiences for learning. Bruce Dearing examines personal, human questions posed by maturing individuals and indicates how they present challenges for a lifetime learning process. Bentley Glass…

This manual is intended to help organizations design training programs that assist in the achievement of affirmative action. These topics are discussed in section I: the importance of work force diversity; recruiting and training women and minority employees at all levels of the organization; and the costs and benefits of training as an…

About 30 years ago, Betty Friedan published "The Feminine Mystique" and changed the lives of millions of women forever. The education of women, the prime vehicle to bring about change, has passed through many phases. In the late 1960s and the 1970s, many kinds of special programs for women blossomed in colleges and universities, continuing…