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Direct linkShavarini, Mitra K. – International Review of Education, 2005
The number of women attending institutions of higher education in Iran has been steadily increasing since 1989. Growing enrollment rates for women in colleges and universities have sparked wide social and political debates in that country. The basic question of why young Iranian women might even choose to pursue tertiary education, however, has…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Social Status, Muslims
