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Download full textKerka, Sandra – 2001
The Perkins Act and the Workforce Development Act (WIA) brought major changes to the arena of nontraditional employment and training. Perkins eliminated set-asides for displaced homemakers, single parents, and single pregnant women but mandated increased enrollment in high-wage nontraditional training. With the WIA, the Nontraditional Employment…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Career Choice, Career Education
PDF pending restorationAustralian National Training Authority, Brisbane. – 1998
This paper is one of five supporting papers to "A Bridge to the Future: Australia's National Strategy for VET 1998-2003" (ED 420 764). Although some equity client groups in Australia are now relatively well represented in vocational education and training (VET), patterns of enrollment and achievement are not uniform. To respond to this…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cultural Differences, Educational Change, Educational Discrimination
