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Appendix GOVERNOR'S IV COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS changing student self-concepts might be effected through re-education of parents, policy development of Boards of Educat10n, and altering practices of faculty in the public school system. suggested It was that . ' Training institutions do have an obligation to change attitudes of employers towards hiring women, and by implication all institutions have A a responsibility in changing specialist dealing with women's problems placed should be Women will need not totally in the Employment special concern research and for be women. to employment systems of higher education are student. compilation of data, and questionnaires are valid ascertaining the needs upon which programs and curriculum developed to serve the needs of women. Seminars, endeavors can relevant Security Office. until oriented to the male toward attitudes Higher education is losing a valuable resource in women through policy of avoiding nepotism. Study is needed in this area. the Presidents of our Universities should be encouraged to authorize the establishment of Committees on the Status of Women on their campuses, utilizing the office of the It is in public schools be spared irrelevant allowing them to do the job for which they trained--personal and career counseling. Dean of Students to implement the Cottee. essential that counselors administrative details thus have been The outreach of the university and college services should be extended the community. An example of a desirable practice for all institutions of higher learning was that of having various agen­ cies--Family Services, Employment Security, Public Health, etc.--meet together at a central location accessible to the whole community. Many people are hesitant to come onto college campuses. into and centered in Minority groups would be better served if our counseling services recog­ nized that individual concerns come first, and group concerns, second. Group priorities are not necessarily the same for individuals nor identical for different minority groups. Sack-lunch seminars, Resource Center sponsored by the University and successful other educational institutions on that and at campus, of Utah's Women's should also be held at locations off campus.