| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 277 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Trends and the macro environment. What has happened? : Describing the reversal of the gender gap in college completion ; Changing incentives and opportunities for higher education -- Academic performance, engagement, and family influence. The gender gap in academic performance ; Social and behavioral skills and school-related attitudes ; The family and the gender gap -- The role of schools. Schools, classrooms, and peers ; Gender, college major, and postgraduate education ; Enhancing educational attainment -- Appendix A : Figures and tables |
| Summary |
While powerful gender inequalities remain in American society, women have made substantial gains and have largely surpassed men in one crucial arena: education. By the early twenty-first century, women have come to outperform men academically at all levels of school, and are more likely to obtain college degrees and enroll in graduate school. What accounts for this enormous reversal in the gender education gap? In this book, the authors provide a detailed and accessible account of women's educational advantage and suggest strategies to improve schooling outcomes for both boys and girls |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-269) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Sex role -- United States
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Educational equalization -- United States
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Women -- Education (Higher) -- United States
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Women -- United States -- Social conditions
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Men -- Education (Higher) -- United States
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Men -- United States -- Social conditions
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Women in education -- United States
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General.
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Educational equalization
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Men -- Social conditions
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Sex role
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Social conditions
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Women -- Education (Higher)
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Women in education
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Women -- Social conditions
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Social conditions -- 1945- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140518
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| Subject |
United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Buchmann, Claudia, author.
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| LC no. |
2012032507 |
| ISBN |
1610448006 |
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9781610448000 |
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