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In 2007, women who were full-time wage and salary workers
had median weekly earnings of $614, or about 80 percent of
the $766 median for their male counterparts. This ratio has
grown since 1979 (the fi rst year for which comparable earnings
data are available), when women earned about 62 percent as much
as men. (See chart 1 and tables 1 and 12.)

This report presents earnings data from the Current Population
Survey (CPS), a national monthly survey of approximately 60,000
households conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the U.S.
Bureau of Labor Statistics. Information on earnings is collected
from one-fourth of the CPS sample each month. Readers should
note that the comparisons of earnings in this report are on a broad
level and do not control for many factors that can be signifi cant
in explaining earnings differences. For a detailed description of
the source of the data and an explanation of the concepts and
definitions used, see the accompanying technical note.

http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpswom2007.pdf

The Career Technical Education Equity Council (CTEEC) is seeking your help in recognizing individuals for their contributions to equity, to a more equitable career and technical education system, and to CTEEC. The CTEEC awards committee is accepting nominations for the following awards: Friends of CTEEC, Outstanding CTEEC Member, "Breaking Tradition" Achievement Award, "Breaking Tradition" Student Achievement Award, CTEEC Life Membership and the Myra P. Sadker Award. Nominations for each of the awards are being accepted.  For more information, click on the following link: http://02b47b1.netsolhost.com/page.php?164

NCRC will host a Fall Reunion for 2008 Career Summer Institute participants on November 8, 2008.  Please contact Glenda at 732-932-0054 for more information.

 IN her 19 years as a corrections officer on Rikers Island, Barbara Williams has been trapped in a mess hall with rioting inmates and thrown against an iron gate by a man twice her size who left her with a fractured shoulder. Read more of this fascinating article about women corrections officiers from the New York Times here.