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COLLEGE WOMEN’S PROGRAMS COUNCIL. OUR STORY GOALS RANGE OF SERVICES SURVEY STATS LONGTERM IMPACT. Brief Herstory of CWPC. Birth - 1975
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COLLEGE WOMEN’S PROGRAMS COUNCIL OUR STORY GOALS RANGE OF SERVICES SURVEY STATS LONGTERM IMPACT
Brief Herstory of CWPC • Birth - 1975 • Purpose - to foster the development & continuance of WP in the CTC system; to share information about funding for implementation of WP on each campus • Changes - reflect the evolution of women’s programs and the women’s movement in the state; roots in the displaced homemaker network & Perkins Applied Technology ; WorkFirst, Workforce Investment Act & Rural Development • Future - Flexibility, Collaboration, Expansion
GOALS of CWPC • To assure educational settings are free of sex bias and stereotyping • To promote equal access to education without regard to ability, race, gender, or national origin • To assure for each college the effective management & staffing of Women’s Programs commensurate with each college’s population & needs.
MEMBERSHIP of CWPC • Open to any person working to further Women’s Programs at the community and technical colleges in Washington State. • Community-based organizations, four year institutions, public and private. • State agency liaisons - SBCTC, HECB, OSPI, WTECB, ESD, DSHS. • Federal agency liaisons - WB/DOL .
Continuum of Women’s Programs Services • Access • Barrier Removal • Retention • Placement • Student Success • Comprehensive Services
OUTCOMES EXAMPLES • Life Skills/Women’s Programs at the Institute for Extended Learning in Spokane has a 22-year service record where 4,556 women were served intensively, 325 women completed the Women In Non-traditional Settings course, 2,170 women enrolled in credit-generating college classes and 1,145 became employed. • At Skagit Valley College, former displaced homemaker students have enrolled in 938 FTEs since 1993. • At Bellevue Community College, 227 women completed intensive career transition courses through the Women’s Center in 2000-2001. During a telephone survey of a sample of 55 course graduates conducted six months following their completion of a class, 89% of the participants had enrolled in further training or obtained jobs & 98% reported the program was helpful in career and educational goal clarification. • At Pierce College, 126 women enrolled in career transitions program conducted by Women’s Programs in the 1999-2001period; where 90% completed the programs, 54% enrolled in training/education and 35% obtained employment.
LONG TERM IMPACT OF WOMEN’S PROGRAMS • BRIDGE TO ECONOMIC SECURITY • Return on State Investment -HECB- 1994 Research DHP Outcomes 59% employed – of which 54.5% in fulltime employment; top 3 occupations - professional jobs, skilled trades & health careers 34% enrolled in education/training – of which 48% were to receive their associate degrees, 27% voc/tech certificate, 16% baccalaureate & 3.4% master’s degree 7% other – resumed homemaking, looking for employment, resolving chronic health problems or waiting to enter college • ACCESS TO EDUCATION FOR SPECIAL POPULATIONS