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Oztunc, Hakan; Oo, Zar Chi; Serin, Zehra Vildan – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2015
This study examines the extent to which women's education affects long-term economic growth in the Asia Pacific region. It focuses on the time period between 1990 and 2010, using data collected in randomly selected Asia Pacific countries: Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam.…
Descriptors: Womens Education, Economic Development, Correlation, Foreign Countries
McAuliffe, Anne, Ed. – 1993
This digest contains the following two articles on mentoring: "Mentoring in Educational Settings: Unresolved Issues and Unanswered Questions" (Olga M. Welch); and "Learning from the Field: Mentoring Projects in Field-based Settings" (Heidi Lynch). The first article describes mentoring in general and mentoring in the schools, examines some studies…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Development, Educational Policy, Educational Resources
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Bach, Rebecca; And Others – Comparative Education Review, 1985
Analysis of interview data from approximately 800 middle-class and working-class Egyptian girls, aged 12-18, and their mothers supports a model in which mother's educational attainment is related to her age at marriage, husband's occupational status, her own employment status, her daughters' self-confidence, and her daughters' educational goals.…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Daughters, Educational Attainment, Educational Attitudes
Ward, Kathryn B.; Weiss, Jane A. – 1982
An examination was made of what determined women's opportunities to participate in the United States labor force from 1940 to 1978. Using a model drawn from ecological and competition theory, the data examined suggest that the expansion of the economy, the relative proportion of women in the population, female tertiary education, and governmental…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adults, Age Differences, Age Groups
Association of American Colleges, Washington, DC. Project on the Status and Education of Women. – 1980
This issue of the "On Campus With Women" newsletter includes the following topics: a federal court case decision that student aid constitutes federal assistance, but that the Department of Health, Education and Welfare cannot compel Grove City College to sign a legally defective Title IX compliance form; a Department of Justice move to…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Athletic Coaches, Blacks, Civil Rights
Poole, Millicent E.; Langan-Fox, Janice – 1997
A study examined psychological and contextual influences on the courses of Australian women's lives and careers. Data were obtained from two sources: (1) the Career Development Project (CDP), a longitudinal study of 3,000 Australian men and women who were selected from an initial sample of 17-year-olds in 1973 and whose educational and career…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Career Choice, Career Development, Career Education
Australian Vocational Education and Training Research Association, Alexandria. – 2001
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…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adoption (Ideas), Adult Education, Case Studies