Tackling Workforce Gender Issues: Community Colleges Bring Skilled Training Apprenticeships and Support to Female Students

Autor/in	Guth, Douglas J.
Titel	Tackling Workforce Gender Issues: Community Colleges Bring Skilled Training Apprenticeships and Support to Female Students
Quelle	In: Community College Journal, 92 (2021) 1, S.24-30 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1067-1803
Schlagwörter	Apprenticeships; Females; Gender Bias; Equal Opportunities (Jobs); Skilled Workers; Job Skills; Job Training; Sex Stereotypes; Community Colleges; College Students; Womens Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Apprenticeship; Lehre; Weibliches Geschlecht; Geschlechterstereotyp; Equal opportunity; Equal opportunities; Job; Jobs; Chancengleichheit; Beruf; Facharbeiter; Produktive Fertigkeit; Berufsqualifizierender Bildungsgang; Community college; Community College; Collegestudent; 'Women''s education'; Frauenbildung
Abstract	Apprenticing in a skilled trade is an opportunity that has not been fully accessed by women. Per 2019 figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, women make up only about 12% of the nation's apprenticeships, despite comprising half the U.S. workforce. Additionally, female apprentices are concentrated mostly in social service occupations, as compared to male peers who gravitate more toward construction and other skilled labor. Two-year institutions are still challenged to bridge post-pandemic labor force gaps while overcoming dug-in attitudes about a woman's place in the working world. The Expanding Community College Apprenticeships (ECCA) initiative is one facet of this ongoing effort. Led by the American Association of Community Colleges, with funding from the U.S. Department of Labor, the program aims to increase apprentice programs and services among member institutions. Over the next three years, the project will infuse 16,000 new apprentices into the U.S. workforce. This article discusses skilled trade apprenticeship programs at two-year institutions and how they can support female students. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	American Association of Community Colleges. One Dupont Circle NW Suite 410, Washington, DC 20036. Tel: 202-728-0200; Fax: 202-833-2467; Web site: https://www.aacc.nche.edu/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01