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The 2012 NAPE Professional
Development Institute is scheduled for April 16-19,
2012, at the Doubletree Crystal City, Arlington, VA.
Stay tuned for more details!
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NAPE and Career
Communications are accepting orders
for the 2011/12 American Careers Magazine, parent edition. Order
deadline is September 16th. Copies will be available in late
September.
Order Now!
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NAPE Welcomes
New Affiliate Members!
Acadiana Technical College,
Baton Rouge Community College,
Bossier Parish Community College,
Capital Area Technical College,
Central LA Technical College,
Delgado Community College,
L E Fletcher Technical Community College, LA Delta Community College,
Louisiana State University-Alexandria,
Louisiana State University-Eunice,
Louisiana Technical College,
Nicholls University,
Northeast LA Technical College,
Northshore Technical College,
Northwest LA Technical College,
Northwestern State University,
Nunez Community College,
River Parishes Community College,
South Central LA Technical College,
South LA Community College,
SOWELA Technical Community College
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Resources
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This week is National
Workforce Action Week.
The National
Organization for Men Against Sexism is an activist
organization of men and women supporting positive changes for
men.
The Tinkering
Studio website includes activities to try at home
and allows users to discuss the activities online.
Yesterday's
Nontraditional Student Is Today's Traditional Student:
According to a chart from CLASP, today's typical college student is
no longer an 18-year-old recent high-school graduate who enrolls
full-time and has limited work and family obligations.
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Save the Date
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Education
Week Webinar: Closing the Academic Achievement Gap
for African-American Boys, August 23, 2011, 2 p.m. EDT
CTEEC
National Conference:
Equity Works,
September 15-16, 2011,Tulsa, OK
NGCP
Webcast: Making Programs More Inclusive and
Accessible for Youth with Disabilities,
September 28, 2011, 10:00 AM Pacific
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Disclaimer
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Any opinions,
findings, and conclusions, or recommendations expressed in the
material published in the NAPE Update are those of the author(s) and
do not necessarily reflect the views of NAPE.
Furthermore, inclusion of a product, program, or
practice in the NAPE Update does not imply its endorsement
by NAPE.
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Materials Use Policy
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Please note that
material found on NAPE's website or distributed via any other means
and created by the National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity
(NAPE) and/or the National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity
Education Foundation (NAPEEF) is copyrighted.
Learn
more about the materials use policy.
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National Alliance for
Partnerships
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PO Box 369
Cochranville, PA 19330
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Dear NAPE Members,
All of us at the national office hope you are having a wonderful
summer. I'd like to inform you of two changes we are making to the
NAPE Update. Going forward we will issue the Update only once a
month, and we will include a "Happenings at NAPE" section
to keep you informed of what is happening with NAPE and the NAPE
Education Foundation and to provide opportunities for you to become
involved. This month, I have some very exciting news to report:
Other happenings:
- Mimi
Lufkin will be the keynote speaker at this year's Rockwell
Collins Engineering Experiences 2011 Kick-Off Breakfast
in Cedar Rapids, IA, August 19, 2011. Mimi's remarks will focus
on the lessons learned through NAPE's work on the STEM Equity
Pipeline and the research-based strategies that have proven to
engage girls, and boys, in STEM education.
- In
July, NAPE staff and STEM Equity Pipeline consultants gathered
for a retreat to update the "Program Improvement Process
for Equity" (PIPE) curriculum (aka, the Five Step Process)
that is used in our NSF-funded STEM
Equity Pipeline Project and to finalize plans
for working with the 11 participating states during the last
year of the grant. We plan to submit a proposal to NSF in
October to continue the STEM Equity Pipeline project with some
new twists. If your state is interested in being involved let us
know!!!
- The
NAPE Executive Committee's Program of Work meeting will be held
on September 13-14, 2011, in Tulsa, OK, prior to CTEEC's
annual conference. At this meeting your
elected leaders will set NAPE's program of work for 2011-12.
Please email your great ideas and suggestions to Joyce
Ayers, who will include them in the meeting's
agenda.
As always, please email or call the
national office if you have any questions, comments, or suggestions
about our work.
Mimi
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Secretary Duncan Announces ESEA Waivers
On August 8, the White House and Education Secretary Arne Duncan
announced that the Administration would move forward with plans to
issue waivers to states seeking relief from certain ESEA provisions. Learn
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DOL Announces $1.6 Million for "Add Us In"
Initiative
This initiative is designed to increase the ability of companies to
employ individuals with disabilities, particularly businesses owned
and operated by African Americans, Asian Americans and Pacific
Islanders; Latinos; members of federally recognized tribes and Native
Americans; lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals; and
women. Learn
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Commerce Department Report Finds Greater Wage Parity,
Premium for Women in STEM Jobs
Women in STEM: A
Gender Gap to Innovation finds there are fewer women than
men in STEM jobs and attaining degrees in STEM fields. But
interestingly, that's true despite the fact that the wage premium for
women in STEM jobs is higher than that for men and that there's
greater income parity between genders in STEM fields than there is in
the employment market as a whole. Learn
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First to Fall, Last to Climb: Black Workers in the New
Economy Women
of Color Policy Network
This policy brief reports that Black unemployment rates have
consistently climbed over the past 2 years, peaking at 16.5 percent
in early 2010, and remain the highest of all documented racial and
ethnic groups at 15.9 percent-nearly twice as high as the white
unemployment rate of 8.1 percent. Read
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Employment Crisis Worsens for Black Women During the
Recovery
The National Women's Law Center reports that Black women have
disproportionately suffered job losses during the first 2 years
of the economic recovery. The unemployment rate for black females in
2010 was 12.8 percent compared to an unemployment rate of 7.2 percent
for white women. Learn
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College Grads' Earnings Vary by Gender, Race, Field
People with bachelor's degrees earn an average of 84 percent more
across their lifetimes than those without them, according to a new
report from Georgetown University. However, at every degree level
people of color earn less than whites, and women earn less than men.
Learn
More from Insider Higher Ed
Read
Report
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Education Data Systems: Moving from Data Systems to Data
Use
The Institute for Competitive Workforce July/August newsletter
discusses how, despite 2 years of remarkable progress toward full
implementation of state data systems, we are still data rich but information
poor. Articles include Background to State Data Systems, Data versus
Action, Barriers to Progress, The Policy Enviroment, and Promising
Policy Proposals. Read
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How to Close the Skills Gap
Mary L. Lanrieu and Patty Murray, Wall Street Journal
According to the BLS, the U.S. has 3 million job
openings. With so many Americans out of work, what is the delay?
Workers want to work, and so many businesses want to hire--but there
is a widening "skills gap" that prevents many Americans
from filling the jobs of the 21st century economy. Read
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How
Business and Community Colleges Can Collaborate to Fill Skills Gap
Tami Luhby, CNN
There are plenty of job openings out there, but there
aren't enough Americans trained to do them. Community colleges and
companies are hoping to change that. The two groups, with
encouragement from the Obama administration, are deepening their
alliances to better prepare students for jobs ranging from health
care to manufacturing to retail. Read
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A Green Career Pathways Framework: Postsecondary and
Employment Success for Low-Income, Disconnected Youth The Corps
Network et al.
This handbook offers guidance to youth programs and those who work
with and support those programs, about accessing industry-recognized
credentials and green job opportunities within local communities or
regions. Read
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The Hot Thing in High School Education? Careers Joe Roberson,
The Kansas City Star
As students begin heading back to school this month, 14.5 million of
them nationwide will participate in CTE programs. And that doesn't
count the millions more entering general high school programs that
organize their curriculum by career and industry themes. Read
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Health IT Trainees Begin Hitting Job Market
Pamela Lewis Dolan, amednews
Physicians looking for help preparing for meaningful use
are getting some good news. There are thousands of newly certified
health IT professionals looking for work. Read
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How Do Stereotype Threats Affect Retention? Better
Approaches to Well-Intentioned, but Harmful Messages
NCWIT shows how instructors and advisors can minimize stereotype
threat by creating an accepting environment where students feel at
ease and are recognized for their achievements. Read
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Confronting Gender Anxiety Caryl Rivers
and Rosalind C. Barnett
Gender stereotypes can stifle children cognitively and emotionally,
but raising a gender-neutral child is not the answer. Read
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