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Lankard, Bettina A. – 1993
Economic pressures, work force diversity, and advances in technology are changing the nature of work and organizational policy and management. A predicted decline in the annual growth in gross national product is expected to trigger a slowdown in the labor force, especially in occupations that employ workers with only a high school education.…
Descriptors: Adults, Blacks, Employed Women, Employment Patterns
Onibokun, Yemi – 1992
Using data extracted from an international study, the 1988 IEA Preprimary Study Phase I, this study examined the number of hours a Nigerian child and an American child each spends with different caregiving adults on a typical day. The focus of the study was on the parents' commitment of time to child care. Results show that out of the 16 hours an…
Descriptors: Blacks, Child Caregivers, Child Rearing, Comparative Analysis
Gould, Sara K., Ed.; Parzen, Julia, Ed. – 1990
This collection of papers stresses the need to expand female entrepreneurship by encouraging women to set up new businesses, making it easier for them to become self-employed, and being more considerate of women's wishes and potential. This report contains two parts: "Setting the Scene" and "Local Responses: What Is and What Could Be." Part 1…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Business Administration Education, Business Cycles, Business Skills
Herz, Barbara K., Ed.; Khandker, Shahidur R., Ed. – 1991
This report examines ways of improving women's productivity and education and the consequences for development in Peru. The research finds that women account for about 39 percent of family income in Peru. They carry the main responsibility for child care and heavily influence family decisions on children's education and family size. Improving…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Economic Development, Economic Factors, Economic Research
Jump, Teresa Layne – 1981
This extensive discussion provides an examination of issues concerning dual-career families in the United States. Section I explores changes in the paid labor force and factors contributing to such changes. Section II discusses sex stratification in the family and briefly points out changes needed to strengthen the interface between work and…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Coping, Day Care, Decision Making
Hall, Colette, Ed. – 1989
The conference proceedings contains 27 papers or summaries concerned with integration of gender, race, and class in the college curriculum. After an introductory paper on the Ursinus model (Colette Hall), remarks concerning New Jersey projects (Connie Murray and Verdelle Freeman) and the keynote address (Margaret Andersen), the first set of…
Descriptors: Blacks, Civil Rights, College Curriculum, Curriculum Development
Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park. – 1987
The document presents partial recommendations of a Pennsylvania State University Study Group on the Status of Women at the University. Recommendations concern "chilly" classroom climate, dual career recruitment and retention, and employee relations and representation. Among specific recommendations are the following: (1) study the…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Dual Career Family, Employed Women, Faculty College Relationship
International Council for Adult Education, Toronto (Ontario). – 1989
This booklet is a collection of analyses and reflections by women who have worked with the Women's Secretariat of the Nicaraguan Association of Rural Workers (ATC) at the different stages of conception and implementation. "Ending the Myth of the Weaker Sex" (Ana Criquillon) provides the history of the women's program within the ATC. It…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agricultural Laborers, Collective Bargaining, Consciousness Raising
American Association of School Administrators, Arlington, VA. Office of Minority Affairs. – 1983
This report provides results from a survey of school districts headed by racial/ethnic minority and by women superintendents. The document contains three sections. Section 1, "Profiles of School Districts Headed by Women and Racial-Ethnic Minority Superintendents," outlines survey methods and identification of respondents. Characteristics of…
Descriptors: Administrators, Civil Rights, Elementary Secondary Education, Employed Women
Hornbostel, Julia – 1986
An interesting approach to the topic of women and literature is to see if the real working roles of women have been reflected in fiction. As delineated in novels, women are seen engaged in: (l) farm labor; (2) jobs that are extensions of their nurturing roles; (3) factory work--especially in the early textile and clothing mills; and (4) housework…
Descriptors: Authors, Characterization, Content Analysis, Employed Women
Ellis, Michael O. – 1986
This publication for Indiana vocational education personnel is intended to raise some sex equity issues. In its best use, it provides educators with a bibliography of resources available from the Library Services and Consultation and Field Services units of Vocational Education Services (VES). Section 1 on the problem of equity discusses the…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Employed Women
Reed, Beth, Ed.; And Others – 1982
Ten selected papers and a panel discussion are included in these conference proceedings. The first paper is entitled "The Emergence of Women in Twentieth-Century Chilean History and Literature" (Caroline Richards). The second paper is "Attitudes Toward Gender in Two Cultures: Puerto Rico and the United States" (Margaret Berrio,…
Descriptors: Abortions, Annotated Bibliographies, Authors, Birth
Mondschein, Eric S.; Greene, Loel L. – 1986
This chapter examines statutory and case law concerning sexual harassment in employment and education practices, recommends policies for prevention, and suggests strategies to resolve complaints. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is the principal federal legislation granting protection from employment discrimination; it is enforced by the…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Civil Rights, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education
Eberts, Randall W.; Stone, Joe A. – 1984
This report investigates six differences in promotions to administrative positions in elementary and secondary education and assesses the influence of affirmative action and equal employment opportunity enforcement. Conclusions are based on longitudinal data from Oregon and New York for thousands of individual educators employed during the 1970's…
Descriptors: Administrator Selection, Affirmative Action, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Whitaker, Colbert; Hales, William – 1984
That women hold less than 3 percent of secondary school principalships underscores society's contuinuing use of sexual stereotypes. Among the misguided assumptions hindering women's professional aspirations are beliefs about their lack of interest in promotions and their ineffectiveness as authority models. There is also the behavioral…
Descriptors: Administrators, Elementary Secondary Education, Employed Women, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
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