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Direct linkBielby, Rob; Posselt, Julie Renee; Jaquette, Ozan; Bastedo, Michael N. – Research in Higher Education, 2014
The emerging female advantage in education has received considerable attention in the popular media and recent research. We examine a persistent exception to this trend: women's underrepresentation in America's most competitive colleges and universities. Using nationally generalizable data spanning four decades, we evaluate evidence for…
Descriptors: Females, Disproportionate Representation, Selective Admission, Gender Differences
