An Assessment of a Community College Reentry Program for Women.

Autor/in	Forrest, Joy Davis
Titel	An Assessment of a Community College Reentry Program for Women.
Quelle	(1981), (81 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Adult Development; Community Colleges; Continuing Education; Educational Benefits; Employed Women; Employment Patterns; Females; Followup Studies; Individual Characteristics; Outcomes of Education; Participant Satisfaction; Questionnaires; Reentry Students; Student Educational Objectives; Two Year Colleges; Womens Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Erwachsenwerden; Community college; Community College; Weiterbildung; Bildungsertrag; 'Female employment; Women''s employment'; Frauenbeschäftigung; Beschäftigungsstruktur; Weibliches Geschlecht; Follow-up studies; Kontaktstudium; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Fragebogen; Zweiter Bildungsweg; 'Women''s education'; Frauenbildung
Abstract	In 1980, a study was conducted to determine the characteristics, attitudes, and subsequent experiences of women who had completed the Women's Education Development Incentive (WENDI) re-entry program at Brevard Community College, Florida, in 1977. From the original mailing of 79 questionnaires, 33 usable responses were returned. Two-thirds of the respondents were between the ages of 40 and 60; 40% were unmarried; 27% were divorced; and nearly half were high school graduates. Of the respondents, 82% were working, with 51.8% of these women employed in clerical occupations. As had been hypothesized, women who completed the program reported increased self-confidence, improved family and co-worker relationships, and greater ability to be assertive and make decisions. Unexpectedly, only 39.4% of the respondents had returned to school after completing WENDI. Single heads of households supporting children (27.3% of the respondents) tended to be younger, have less education, and have lower family incomes than the 30.3% of the respondents who were married working women with children. The study revealed needs for: (1) further study of single women heading households; (2) strong encouragement for re-entry women to enter non-traditional occupations which offer higher wages and better benefits; (3) increased efforts to place women in well paying positions offering on-the-job training; and (4) the provision of role models. A review of relevant literature and the questionnaire are included. (Author/HB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC