Despite legislation, the chances of girls competing on equal terms for "male" jobs remain slim. Reviews employment opportunities for women two and a half years after the passage of the Sex Discrimination Act. (Editor/RK)

Affirmative action programs notwithstanding, the number of women in authority positions in public education is declining. (MJB)

Describes a study in which 512 college seniors were surveyed to see if members of one sex would implicitly stereotype by sex to a greater degree than the other. Questions concerned job/home conflicts and selection and promotion. Results indicated that men and women are equally guilty of sex stereotyping, which works against women in the workplace.…

Discusses the concept of power in the context of women and the library profession, citing views of power by Max Weber, John Kenneth Galbraith, Letty Cottin Pogrebin, and Rosabeth Moss Kantor. Male power and female submission, defining power, organizing for power, and sharing power are highlighted. A 12-item bibliography is included. (EJS)

Aspects of women's employment and status, as well as equality of opportunity and wages, in various countries are examined. (SK)

An issue of present personal and political concern in education is the under-representation of women in administrative positions within the public and separate school systems. Two usual explanations for this problem--discrimination against female applicants and failure of women to apply for such positions--are discussed. (Editor)

Use of an experiential learning approach in which participants learn from data generated in exercises, cases, and role-playing has a lasting impact when participants return to their jobs. (Author)

Statements by women who have taken management and supervisory courses reveal varying degrees of acceptance of women in those roles. Those who have been accepted enjoy their work; those who have not been accepted admit to frustration or resignation. (AG)

The author presents a chronology of Federal legislation dealing with women's rights beginning with the opening of the U.S. Office of Education in 1867 and ending with the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972. Their effects and implications are discussed. (RP)

Summarizes the status of three federal laws and a Presidential order directed toward equal treatment of the sexes in jobs. (Author/DN)

Jacquelyn Mattfeld, Associate Provost and Dean of Academic Affairs at Brown University has a dual role to play, that of Provost and Dean, and that of the university conscience involving women. (Author/PG)

Considered the plight of women, a disadvantaged group along with other minority groups, who have suffered inequities in their educational and occupational pursuits. (RK)

Article considered the reasons why so few women are employed as superintendents, high school principals, and in other administrative and supervisory positions within the educational community. (Author/RK)

Examines the extent of gender differences in the incidence of and returns to promotions. Concludes that the returns to promotion are comparable for men and women, but that women are held to higher promotion standards than men and therefore receive fewer promotions than men with equal measured abilities. (NRJ)

Posits that work done by women in providing services for their families and society is not economically rewarded, is a distortion of reality, and one of the main causes of discrimination against women. Discusses the role of women in the economic growth of United States, United Kingdom, Hungary, Mauritius, USSR, and Egypt. (JOW)