Breaking out of the pink-collar ghetto : policy solutions for non-college women / Sharon H. Mastracci ; foreword by Ray Marshall.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed September 9, 2016).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-218) and index.

1. Pathways out of the pink-collar ghetto -- The non-college population -- The failure of market forces and the need for policy intervention -- Overview of the book -- 2. Training policy and alternative career paths -- Non-college women at work -- The college bias -- 3. A pattern of decline and its ramifications -- Vanishing post-secondary options -- The outlook for post-secondary education and training alternatives -- Summary and implications for policy -- 4. Past and current alternative programs : evidence of promise in nontraditional occupations -- Job counseling and sex-role socialization in the workplace -- Programs often do not incorporate these activities -- To train for nontraditional occupations is to train for career opportunities -- Women in apprenticeships and nontraditional occupations and nontraditional employment for women as alternative paths to career preparation -- Conclusions and implications -- 5. A little goes a long way : statistical evidence of small program effectiveness -- Nontraditional employment for women and women in apprenticeships and nontraditional occupations work -- Measuring the effects of policy intervention : difference-in-differences methodology -- Basic results -- These grant programs should not work -- 6. Nuts and bolts I : how states' programs worked -- Criteria defining "success" -- Case study methodology -- Nontraditional employment for women demonstration grants -- The Texas State Technical College at Waco -- Conclusions and evidence from states and the nontraditional employment for women program overall -- 7. Nuts and bolts II : how nonprofits' programs worked -- Political advocacy and government grant programs -- Women in apprenticeships and nontraditional occupations technical assistance grants -- Chicago women in trades -- Summary of findings from nonprofit grantees and women in apprenticeships and nontraditional occupations overall -- Case study implications for policy -- 8. A call for action -- Implications and contributions of results -- Policymaking by women, for women -- Crucial role of government -- Future directions -- A call for action.

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