Women's Colleges and Women's Career Attainments Revisited.

Stoecker, Judith L.; Pascarella, Ernest T.

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ERIC Number: EJ430118

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1991

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Women's Colleges and Women's Career Attainments Revisited.

Stoecker, Judith L.; Pascarella, Ernest T.

Journal of Higher Education, v62 n4 p394-406 Jul-Aug 1991

The influence of attending a women's college on early career attainments was assessed through a national sample of college students. When controlled for individual background and aspirations and for college selectivity and size, the net impact of attending a women's college on five measures of attainment was reduced to nonsignificance. (Author/MSE)

Descriptors: Careers, College Graduates, Education Work Relationship, Females, Higher Education, National Surveys, Single Sex Colleges, Success, Womens Education

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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