Does Who You Think You Are Influence What You Want to Do?
Patricia Cohen, The New York Times
Do you have fixed ideas of what "type" of person becomes a nurse? A professor? A farmer, soldier or artist? Two sociologists have been studying the typecasting of professions by factors like gender and political ideology, and they have found that some professions attract people with certain characteristics simply because they are widely seen as being filled by people with those traits. |
Female students earn WIN scholarships to NACE
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For the third year in a row, the Women's Industry Network (WIN) awarded scholarships to attend NACE to the two top-scoring female winners of SkillsUSA. |
 Am I a Ground Breaker?
Mimi Lufkin, CEO artlcle in North Carolina Career Clusters Guide
The biggest argument in favor of working in a nontrditional career is the intrinsic benefit of following your dreams and the satisfaction that comes from a job well done |
Breaking out of the pink-collar ghetto: nontraditional jobs for women
USA Today
By entering - and succeeding - in trades traditionally reserved for men, women not only are lifting their families out of poverty, but also are giving their children wider opportunities |
Quintessential Careers: The Pros and Cons of Non-Traditional Careers: Working in Careers that Defy Gender Stereotypes
by Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D
Job-seekers considering a non-traditional career path should weigh the pros and cons before making a final decision about whether to pursue this path |
Computer Science Continues To See Gender Gap
By David Nagel Campus Technology
If the attitudes of high school students are a good predictor of eventual career choices, the future will continue to see computer science fields dominated by males |
Schools Encounter Shortage of Black Male Teachers
Avis Thomas-Lester, Washington Post, July 4, 2009
Just 2% of U.S. teachers are black men, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a situation that some fear could make school less engaging and relevant for African-American students, particularly boys. "It is critical for all students to see black men in the classrooms involved in trying to make sure they learn and enjoy being in school," said Will Thomas, Maryland's 2009 Teacher of the Year |
Butler Tech Program Nurses Students to Healthy Career
(Lindsey Hilty, Journal News)
After getting laid off from his construction job, Tim Puckett of Monroe decided to make a career change. "I've always had a passion for nursing," he said. "When you're growing up in high school, people kind of look at it as 'Oh, it's a woman thing.'" But in such economic times and in light of the need for baby boomer health care, he said nursing is a wide open field for men and women. |
Early Exposure to Health Careers May Help Attract Students
(Richard Craver, Winston-Salem Journal)
Educators say students as early as kindergarten should begin learning about health care careers, including the idea that girls can by physicians and boys can be nurses. |
Employers: Teens Need Better Career Preparation
ACTE
Amid a push to prepare all high school students for college, some employers say schools aren't encouraging enough students to look into occupations like welding that often pay well but do not require a college degree. Even those students who plan to attend college need to develop better career skills, said Janet B. Bray, ACTE executive director. |
Helping Students Overcome Internal Barriers to Success: We Are What We Think
Attracting students to CTE courses is not always easy, for many reasons. An added challenge is attracting students to courses that are "nontraditional" for their gender (such as technology for girls, health sciences for boys)-and attracting minority students to certain CTE courses typically populated mainly by white students. In each of these cases, students benefit when they explore ALL of their options, even nontraditional ones. |
Hunt is on for More Men to Lead Classrooms
Boston Globe
Dwindling numbers of men are entering the teaching profession in Massachusetts and other states, possibly because of salaries and prestige that are lower than those for other professions requiring the same level of education. |
New Questions on Women, Academe and Careers
Scott Jaschik-Inside Higher Ed
In field after field, women either outperform or equal men - only to lag in key positions in academe (or in other careers that attract the highly educated). Identifying the causes for these gender gaps has become increasingly urgent as colleges find their enrollments increasingly female and some formerly male dominated fields struggle to attract enough talent. |
Nontraditional Careers 101
Women Work!
Non-traditional careers offer women many benefits that traditionally female careers don't |
