Information technology (IT) is a growing field in India, with many present and future job opportunities. The field offers expanding opportunities for women, especially in the services sector. Case studies of nine companies that employ a fair number of women in IT showed that, in general, women had equal opportunities with men, especially in…

Different and competing theories of the disadvantagement of women in academia are explored through reviews of the literature and an examination of the graduate training experiences of men and women. An explanatory model of graduate training experiences from a human capital theory approach is constructed that considers the human capital accumulated…

There is a need to reduce barriers to women's employment in skilled trades and related blue-collar jobs. Women have been found to perform successfully as machinists, carpenters, welders, or other blue-collar workers. Why are more women working outside the home? Almost three-fourths are working because they need the money. Aware that "men's jobs"…

Equity is a significant area of public administration which is integral to all disciplines that relate to the public interest, including vocational education. Vocational education is designed to achieve equity. The Vocational Education Act of 1963 mandated ready access of all persons of all ages in all communities to vocational education of high…

Reports findings of a content analysis of all letters of recommendation received by a sociology department for a given junior-level faculty position. Differences of contents provided for male and female applicants are identified. Finds that in this sample women were not strongly portrayed as committed intellectuals and colleagues. (RH)

This workbook is the fourth in a series of four student workbooks designed to prepare youth with the employability skills needed for the world of work. The four student workbooks contain all phases of employability skills in seven individual packages. This workbook on overcoming job problems includes two learning packages--one on opening closed…

This publication contains five action papers, as well as reaction to them, from a seminar on women and rehabilitation. The papers consider women both as professionals in the field of rehabilitation and as consumers of rehabilitation services. In the first two papers, Carolyn L. Vash, Martha M. Carrick, and Tamara Bibb explore the employment status…