High teacher expectations are an essential component of quality education and are known to lead to positive outcomes for students. The authors examined perceived changes in teacher beliefs, expectations, and behaviors that result from the introduction of the Kalamazoo Promise, a universal postsecondary scholarship program. These perceptions were…

Results indicate positive development in attitudes and greater openness to the complications of alcoholism. (Author)

Purposes of this study included constructing a self-administered measure of bias in sex role stereotypes and developing a self-intervention, self-confrontation manual to reduce the impact of these stereotypes on career choices. One hundred six items, representative of thirty-two stereotypes, were administered to 154-item tryout participants. A…

As a result of the concern for minority and disadvantaged students' ability to relate the values and culture promulgated in schools to their own culture, a training program conducted in three school districts attempted to improve the attitudes and behaviors of teachers and counselors toward these students. A research study was conducted to (1)…

The Ames, Iowa, experience in reducing sex-role stereotyping in vocational education is described in this report of a project which involved staff development work with thirty-five teachers and twelve counselors affecting approximately 2,800 students. The report stresses raising teacher and counselor sensitivity to stereotyping and involving them…

This volume contains materials for use in conducting an articulation workshop to train secondary and postsecondary educators to promote equal access to vocational education. Addressed in the individual sections of the guide are the following topics: inequalities in the workplace, the role of articulation in promoting equal access, outreach, career…