The study focused on women's education in eight health professions: medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, podiatry, pharmacy, and public health. Its central tasks were to identify and explore the barriers to success that women face as school applicants and students. Almost 600 interviews were conducted with administrators, faculty members, and students in 27 schools, and were supplemented by over 60 student group interviews. In the final report are included: a detailed description of the study design; its findings and conclusions concerning the relationships of women with the professions and the schools, seven key resources for increased access to this education, and barriers faced by women in the professional training sequence; conceptual models for success in recruitment, admissions, and professional education, and strategies for testing the models; and recommendations for affirmative action enforcement, health manpower legislation, student financial aid, future research, policy, and future program efforts. Extensive data tables and measurement instruments are included. (MSE)