A Clash of Ideologies: The Reagan Administration Versus the Women's Educational Equity Act.

Autor/in	Cusick, Theresa
Institution	National Organization for Women, Washington, DC. Project on Equal Education Rights.
Titel	A Clash of Ideologies: The Reagan Administration Versus the Women's Educational Equity Act.
Quelle	(1983), (5 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Educational Legislation; Elementary Secondary Education; Females; Government Role; Policy Formation; Postsecondary Education; Public Policy; Sex Fairness; Womens Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Weibliches Geschlecht; Politische Betätigung; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Öffentliche Ordnung; Sexualaufklärung; 'Women''s education'; Frauenbildung
Abstract	The decade of the 1980's has seen the beginning of a great debate over the federal government's involvement in the nation's schools. The history of one program, the Women's Educational Equity Act (WEEA), sheds light on how the Reagan Administration has entered that debate. Congress created WEEA to help schools and colleges educate females for full participation in modern life. In 1981 the Reagan administration indicated that it was opposed to federal money being used to bring about social change. This shift in philosophy became particularly evident in Department of Education policies. In March 1981 Reagan asked Congress to eliminate the WEEA program. Bipartisan support for the program in Congress prevented this action. In 1982 the Department of Education's "Field Reader Outreach Program" became a primary vehicle for shifting the emphasis of federal funding away from equity efforts. This program proposed to select grant proposal readers from among non-experts. Also in 1982 the WEEA program director was temporarily removed and an advisory council director was fired. What has happened and will happen to WEEA is a microcosm of what is happening to women's rights in general and in education specifically under the Reagan administration. (LP)
Anmerkungen	PEER, 1413 K St., N.W., 9th Floor, Washington, DC 20005 ($2.00).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC