Student Loan Consolidation Assistance

Reducing Barriers for Women to High-Paying Careers

The federal government has been focused on repairing the economy, as well as the student loan industry. In a similar thread, Linda Sanchez introduced a program that would replace the programs that are no longer available through the Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act. The Pathways to Advancing Career Training, or PACT Act would be funded by an act of legislation, and would work to match women in low-income careers with training and job placement for higher-skilled positions that are traditionally filled by men.

There are more women in the work force than ever before, and they often do not have sufficient training or education to continue to climb the ladder of success. Single mothers, more often than single women, become stuck in a cycle of poverty that is passed on to their children. They are limited in their job options, and therefore they are unable to pay for college on behalf of their children.

The PACT Act will focus on these families, as well as divorced and widowed women, in order to give them a much needed leg-up of sorts into a higher earning potential. This will propel their families into a new socioeconomic class, and provide a way for women to increase their wages in proportion to the men of our country.

Glass-ceiling analogies may very well become a thing of the past. Barriers to women entering some non-traditional roles in technical education programs will be reduced, and the underrepresentation of women in these areas will as well.

Beliefs of the American Association of University Women will be put into the forefront. Women lacking in self-sufficiency and women not having representation in our competitive market are issues worthy of Congressional attention. Closing the distance between the incomes of men and women has an opportunity to happen if the career training programs are given government legislation to promote women into high-wage jobs.

This program has the potential to give women a boost, and can represent women from all racial, ethnic, ability, and socioeconomic backgrounds. The male dominated professions may no longer be the “boys clubs” they once were. It is important to have a say in where the funding from the Education Department is allocated, and this is one place that seems to deserve attention.

If you personally feel the desire to support this type of legislation, contact your representative. If you feel there is no need for this program, or it is inappropriate, do the same. Our wonderful country of democracy allows us to let our opinions be known. Do your part to promote your views through appropriate venues.