Year and Award
1998 Honorable Mention

Institution
College of New Jersey

Program Title
Achieving Sex Equity Through Students (ASETS)

Program Director
Mary Sweitzer
Career Equity Assistance Center for Training
College of New Jersey
Ewing , NJ 08628
609/771-2714
sweitzer@tcnj.edu

Program Description
Since 1987, ASETS has engaged over 5,000 New Jersey high school students in sex equity training and education. ASETS is a student leadership program in which students participate in a two-day workshop focusing on sex role stereotyping and its negative effects on career choice.

Update
The program was shut down when the Department of Education cut its funding in August 2003.

Status
Program is not active

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