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Sells, Lucy W., Comp. – 1972
Focusing on women, this annotated bibliography reviews recent research-oriented literature that investigates sex roles. The main concern is the role and place of women in present-day United States society. The literature areas which the bibliography covers are bibliographies and sources, action organizations, media, women's movement, affirmative…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Bibliographies, Educational Media, Employed Women
Shifron, Gad – 1974
This paper examined the case for public subsidization of child care services from the point of view of an economics theory. It was suggested that public subsidization could be justified either as a way to correct a distortion in resource allocation or as a way to change inappropriate income distribution. The allocative argument consisted of three…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Economic Change
Learning Inst. of North Carolina, Durham. – 1974
This report represents a statewide survey of child care services in North Carolina, including day care centers, family day care homes, nursery schools, and kindergartens. Interviews were conducted to ascertain the extent to which North Carolinian children were receiving adequate health care, adequate nutrition, and other basic care. Data on family…
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Welfare, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
Leone, Richard D.; Burke, Donald R. – 1976
Statistical analysis of the process of labor market reentry through a Temporary Help Service (THS) can provide a better understanding of the dynamics of female labor market accommodation and an insight into the role played by a THS as a labor market institution, especially as it facilitates the successful reentrance of women into the work force.…
Descriptors: Employed Parents, Employed Women, Employment Services, Employment Statistics
Franchak, Stephen J., Ed. – 1975
The document contains the proceedings of a conference on manpower research at the Federal, State, and local levels. Two papers from the opening general session focus on the interrelationship of economic, demographic, and educational changes based on its effects on occupational education. J. C. Pettinger's keynote speech presented issues regarding…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Data Analysis, Educational Change, Educational Planning
Steele, Marilyn – 1974
Reviewing the current status of women in vocational education, the study determines whether there is a cause-effect relationship between school practices and limited job options for women in the world of work. According to a review and analysis of available data, schools at all levels are operating separate vocational education programs for women.…
Descriptors: Civil Rights Legislation, Data Analysis, Educational Assessment, Educational Discrimination
Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor. Center for Continuing Education for Women. – 1968
The conference on New Careers in Community Service was concerned with voluntary service as well as employment opportunities for women. Opportunities for community service exist in education, health, home economics, welfare, recreation, employment counseling services, and public housing. Supporting services necessary to enable the women to work…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Bibliographies, Career Opportunities, Community Services
Thomas, Katheryn Ann – 1971
The paper reported findings from a 2-year (1966-68) panel study of status projection development during late adolescence. The analysis, which focused on black and white girls from rural East Texas, is sequential to previous studies (RC 007 777 and RC 007 842). The paper specifically examined the integration of girls' occupational and educational…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Anglo Americans, Blacks, Change Agents
Friedman, Sande; Schwartz, Lois C. – 1971
A guide for beginning employment for female liberal arts graduates (referred to as FLAGs), this book describes 14 fields found to be presently most accessible to FLAGs without advanced degrees: advertising, the art world, banking and finance, book publishing, computer programing, fashion (and beauty), films, Government, magazine and newspaper…
Descriptors: Art, Banking, Employed Women, Employment Opportunities
Emlen, Arthur C.; Watson, Eunice L. – 1970
The results of a more than two-year operation of a new kind of day care service known as the Day Care Neighbor Service are presented and evaluated. This service makes it possible to intervene at the neighborhood level where families privately and without benefit of a social agency make day care arrangements with neighborhood "sitters" or…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Child Care, Children, Community Involvement
Barabas, Jean – 1972
This annotated bibliography has been prepared to deal with the issue of women as a group whose realistic and creative contributions have often been hindered by traditional employment patterns and social institutions. The listing encompasses document citations in "Research in Education" from November 1966 through December of 1971, and journal…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Attitude Change
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McEaddy, Beverly Johnson – Monthly Labor Review, 1976
This report describes the socioeconomic conditions of women who are heads of families noting that the accelerated growth of families headed by women in recent years, especially since 1970, has been of concern in part because one out of every three, as compared to one of every eighteen of the families headed by men, is living at or below what is…
Descriptors: Age, Economic Research, Employed Women, Employment
Kane, Roslyn D. – 1976
The current status of women employed in professional positions in educational institutions from preschool through the universities is reviewed to determine their relative employment status in comparison to men, and to identify discriminatory employment practices that have limited women's opportunities. Material for the study was gathered from a…
Descriptors: Administrators, Bibliographies, Comparative Analysis, Court Litigation
Friedman, Barbara, Ed.; And Others – 1975
The bibliography lists almost 4,000 books, articles, pamphlets, and research papers about women and feminism. All items in this third volume were published or in progress in 1973-1974. The items are classified by the topics of abortion, arts and media, contemporary women's movement, cultural studies, education, employment, family organization,…
Descriptors: Abortions, Bibliographies, Cross Cultural Studies, Employed Women
Cartmel, Fred; Furlong, Andy – 2000
This study investigated factors leading to employment and unemployment for young people living in urban and rural areas in Scotland. Surveys and interviews were conducted with 817 youths, 40 rural employers, and 25 professionals from across Scotland. Findings include: (1) long-term youth unemployment was less common in rural than in urban areas,…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Employed Women, Employment Patterns, Foreign Countries
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