An examination of the effects of economic crisis on women in higher education in Europe, Australia, the United States, and Japan looked at women's access to higher education as students, choice of subjects, employment prospects, and employment as faculty, finding that recent trends toward equalization are in jeopardy. (MSE)

The high level of college admission of women in Japan is analyzed relative to changes in social and educational values, continuing evidence of gender tracking, persistent doubts regarding "appropriateness" of higher education for women, employment opportunities and related national legislation, and values held by Japanese women…