College gender composition and bachelor's degree completion: the disadvantage of enrolment in a male-dominated institution.
Women are now the majority in undergraduate studies in many higher education systems, yet men and women tend to enrol at different rates in different fields of study and institutions. As a result, gender segregation is a prominent feature of contemporary higher education. Most previous studies have...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Gender Studies Vol. 31; no. 4; pp. 478 - 492 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
May2022
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