Open AccessDetours on the Road to Equality: Women, Work and Higher Education
Author(s) -
Jerry A. Jacobs
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
contexts
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1537-6052
pISSN - 1536-5042
DOI - 10.1525/ctx.2003.2.1.32
Subject(s) - pace , work (physics) , higher education , gender studies , gender equality , demographic economics , sociology , economic growth , geography , engineering , economics , mechanical engineering , geodesy
Women are earning college degrees in increasing numbers, but entering male-dominated occupations at a decreasing pace. These two developments are linked. Work barriers may be leading women to take a detour to college.
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