Overview

This comprehensive review of the public system of occupational education and job training for women in the United States is the first book of its kind. Placing the treatment of women in an historical and political context, these original essays focus on education and training for occupations that require less than a four-year college degree. These include clerical, service, and blue-collar occupations where the overwhelming majority of today's working women earn their living. The contributors examine the major public training programs that are aimed at people who are entering the labor market for the first time as well as those offered to workers of all ages who need employment assistance. Sharon L. Harlan directs the research program at the Center for Women in Government, State University of New York at Albany. She has been funded by the U.S. Department of Labor and the National Science Foundation to study federal job training policy. Ronnie J. Steinberg teaches Sociology at Temple University and is the editor of Equal Employment Policy for Women (Temple).

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Author:   Sharon L. Harlan
Publisher:   Temple University Press,U.S.
Imprint:   Temple University Press,U.S.
Weight:   0.771kg
ISBN:  

9780877227625

ISBN 10:   0877227624
Pages:   572
Publication Date:   04 May 1990
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Job Training for Women: The Problem in a Policy Context - Sharon L. Harlan and Ronnie J. Steinberg Part I: Federal Training Initiatives - Sharon L. Harlan 2. Women and Federal Job Training Policy - Sharon L. Harlan 3. The Vocational Education Option for Women - Louise Vetter 4. Job Training Opportunities for Women in the U.S. Armed Forces - M.C. Devilbiss Part II: Targeted Groups and Program Experiences - Sharon L. Harlan 5. Displaced Homemakers in the Employment and Training System - Jill Miller 6. Employment Services for Teenage Mothers - Denise F. Polit 7. Women and Public Service Employment: A Case Study in Connecticut - Elizabeth Durbin and Roger J. O'Brien 8. Office Automation Training: An Empowerment Approach - Joan Greenbaum and Sandra Watson 9. Supporting Women's Self-Employment: A New Training Option - Sara K. Gould, Deborah Stern, and Jing Lyman 10. Training Women for Jobs in Rural Economies: A Southern Experience - Leslie Lilly Part III: Training for Nontraditional Jobs - Sharon L. Harlan 11. Apprenticeship: A Route to the High Paying Skilled Trades for Women? - Robert W. Glover 12. Physical Training as a Strategy for Integrating Municipal Uniformed Services - Cynthia H. Chertos and Sarah C. Phillips 13. Expanding Occupational Choices in Michigan's Secondary Vocational Education - Elizabeth H. Giese 14. Nontraditional Training for Women: Effective Programs, Structural Barriers, and Political Hurdles - Lois Haignere and Ronnie J. Steinberg Part IV: Welfare, Workfare, and Training - Sharon L. Harlan 15. Work Programs for Welfare Recipients - Judith M. Gueron 16. Job Search Strategies for Women on Welfare - Barbara Goldman 17. Work, Training, and Welfare Reform in Massachusetts: The ET Choices Program - Alan Werner 18. Denying Independence: Barriers to the Education of Women on AFDC - Marilyn Gittell and Janice Moore Part V: Public Training for the Private Sector - Sharon L. Harlan 19. Management Training Strategies in High Tech Electronics - Nance Goldstein 20. New Directions for Employment Policy - Paul Osterman About the Contributors Index

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A gold mine of comprehensive information about government-sponsored vocational job training for women, authored by experts. --Choice

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