Table of Content
1. Job Training for Women: The Problem in a Policy Context - Sharon L. Harlan and Ronnie J. SteinbergPart I: Federal Training Initiatives - Sharon L. Harlan2. Women and Federal Job Training Policy - Sharon L. Harlan3. The Vocational Education Option for Women - Louise Vetter4. Job Training Opportunities for Women in the U.S. Armed Forces - M.C. DevilbissPart II: Targeted Groups and Program Experiences - Sharon L. Harlan5. Displaced Homemakers in the Employment and Training System - Jill Miller6. Employment Services for Teenage Mothers - Denise F. Polit7. Women and Public Service Employment: A Case Study in Connecticut - Elizabeth Durbin and Roger J. O'Brien8. Office Automation Training: An Empowerment Approach - Joan Greenbaum and Sandra Watson9. Supporting Women's Self-Employment: A New Training Option - Sara K. Gould, Deborah Stern, and Jing Lyman10. Training Women for Jobs in Rural Economies: A Southern Experience - Leslie LillyPart III: Training for Nontraditional Jobs - Sharon L. Harlan11. Apprenticeship: A Route to the High Paying Skilled Trades for Women? - Robert W. Glover12. Physical Training as a Strategy for Integrating Municipal Uniformed Services - Cynthia H. Chertos and Sarah C. Phillips13. Expanding Occupational Choices in Michigan's Secondary Vocational Education - Elizabeth H. Giese14. Nontraditional Training for Women: Effective Programs, Structural Barriers, and Political Hurdles - Lois Haignere and Ronnie J. SteinbergPart IV: Welfare, Workfare, and Training - Sharon L. Harlan15. Work Programs for Welfare Recipients - Judith M. Gueron16. Job Search Strategies for Women on Welfare - Barbara Goldman17. Work, Training, and Welfare Reform in Massachusetts: The ET Choices Program - Alan Werner18. Denying Independence: Barriers to the Education of Women on AFDC - Marilyn Gittell and Janice MoorePart V: Public Training for the Private Sector - Sharon L. Harlan19. Management Training Strategies in High Tech Electronics - Nance Goldstein20. New Directions for Employment Policy - Paul OstermanAbout the ContributorsIndex