Working Together for Sex Equity: Nontraditional Programs That Make a Difference.

This issue, the second of a two-part series on gender equity, presents strategies that nontraditional programs around the country have found to be helpful in combating the problems of educational and occupational segregation by sex. Described in detail is the Outreach Equity Non-Traditional Program located at the Florida Advanced Technology Center at Brevard Community College. Strengths of the Florida program include active, personal, direct recruitment, complete support services, interagency collaboration, and job placement and follow-up programs. Four other programs are profiled: the Women in Machining (WIM) Training Program in Massachusetts, the Women in Technology Project at Vermont Technical College, the It's High Time for High Tech Career seminars in Missouri, and the Techno-Fear Fair at Ashland Community College in Kentucky. The key elements of these successful programs include the following: (1) extensive and active recruitment programs; (2) strong intra- and interagency collaboration; (3) a complete range of student support services; (4) an integrated curriculum that includes hands-on training and varied high-tech activities; (5) adequate work experience opportunities, effective job placement services, and a follow-up program; and (6) having nontraditional students meet nontraditional role models. Twelve recruitment strategies and 13 retention strategies for nontraditional students are suggested. (KC)