Breaking with Tradition: Women and Nontraditional Training in the JTPA System. Final Report.

Autor/in	Pearce, Diana M.
Institution	Wider Opportunities for Women, Inc., Washington, DC.
Titel	Breaking with Tradition: Women and Nontraditional Training in the JTPA System. Final Report.
Quelle	(1993), (99 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adult Vocational Education; Demonstration Programs; Federal Programs; Females; Job Training; Nontraditional Occupations; Program Effectiveness; Program Evaluation; Sex Fairness; Student Attrition; Success; Womens Education; Work Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Berufsqualifizierender Bildungsgang; Non-traditional occupations; Alternatives Berufsfeld; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Sexualaufklärung; Schülerbeurlaubung; Erfolg; 'Women''s education'; Frauenbildung; Work attitude; Arbeitshaltung
Abstract	A study analyzed the effects of Wider Opportunities for Women's (WOW) Nontraditional Employment Training (NET) Project. NET was designed to identify and demonstrate strategies to increase the number of women entering and succeeding at nontraditional training in the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) system. Three sites reflected differences in the JTPA system so that lessons learned in the demonstration would have wide application: Hartford, Connecticut; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and the state of Montana. Four types of data were used: JTPA-mandated data, questionnaires filled by samples of trainees, eligibility data, and focus groups. In comparing the sites pre-NET with mid-NET, the study found that the number of women in nontraditional training increased, with this increase overwhelmingly concentrated in Milwaukee (Wisconsin). Comparisons of women on a variety of characteristics did not result in a distinctive profile of the "nontraditional woman." The Milwaukee site gave prospective trainees direct and positive exposure to nontraditional jobs, support services, and retention efforts. Other factors and issues, across all three sites, that contributed to success in nontraditional training for women were as follows: intake workers brought their own attitudes and experiences into the process; women needed the support of other women; JTPA structures and practices restricted programs' ability to respond to changing circumstances; and programming in each site had to be customized. (Appendixes include a list of suggestions from focus groups and 10 data tables.) (YLB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC