From analysis of this case study of woman's role in Indonesia over the last three generations, the author concludes that significant liberalization has occurred in the areas of education, employment, and civil rights for women. (DB)

This publication contains highlights from a report on the participation of women in scientific research which was prepared by the Office of Opportunities in Science (OOS), American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) with the support of the National Science Foundation (NSF). The report, issued March 1978, includes both the findings…

Four alumni programs are described including: an old timers' game which brings back former athletes, alumni association tours, workshops especially for women, and a phonathon for an institution's annual fund campaign. (MLW)

Those science, mathematics, and engineering faculty who are serious about making the education they offer as available to their daughters as to their sons are, we posit, facing the prospect of dismantling a large part of its traditional pedagogical structure, along with the assumptions and practice which support it. [Seymour and Hewett 1997].Prior…

A study documented the expectations, experiences, and needs of eight women who entered education via Fresh Start/Return to Study courses and followed them as they moved on to further study/training. (Fresh Start was a project of the Inner London Education Authority.) A series of interviews was conducted between June 1985 and October 1986 in an…

The educational needs of working women and the educational programs which are open to them are discussed in this report. The conference focused on working women as a new student group. Conference participants from higher education, labor unions, and industry exchanged ideas. Topics discussed include outreach on the part of educational institutions…

A study was undertaken of the employment and enrollment patterns of women scientists/engineers and graduate students in eight major scientific fields: engineering, physical sciences, environmental sciences, mathematical sciences, agricultural and biological sciences, medical sciences, psychology, and social sciences. The first part of the study…

Despite the continuing expansion of high-tech job opportunities, the literature indicates that many women are still socialized away from technology careers. The experiences of 12 women who have taken technological career paths and excelled in their fields were examined to identify factors that might have contributed to their excellence. The 12…

The role of the social sciences and the humanities in a knowledge-based economy was examined in a comparative study of the income and employment outcomes of secondary-, postsecondary-, and graduate-level study programs in technical fields, the social sciences, and the humanities in 1991-1996. Special attention was paid to the following areas: the…

This document contains 95 papers and summaries of 5 poster sessions from an Australian conference on putting vocational education and training (VET) research to work. The following are among the areas covered in the papers: factors affecting VET graduates' employability over time; technical and further education (TAFE) institutes as models of…