Gaining a Foothold: Women's Transitions through Work and College.

This research report by the American Association of University Women's Educational Foundation explores how and why women make educational transitions. It focuses on factors that influence women as they move from high school to work, and then on to college and also from the workforce back to school. Contents include profiles of women in transition, decision making, goals, aspirations and rationales. Obstacles, barriers and solutions are also discussed. There are five goals for the report: 1)looking at institutional factors that affect women's decisions at different transition points; 2) a comparison of men's and women's experiences of transitions; 3) to help readers understand the interaction of variables that influence how, when and why educational transitions occur; 4) how women make decisions about education, and; 5) a clarification of how institutions create obstacles or opportunities for women making education transitions. There is a listing and order form for other books from the AAUW Equity Library and an order form at the end of the report.