Rapid but incomplete educational expansion has generated serious, second-order policy problems of which this article explores two: persistent gaps in the drive for universal enrollment and provision of job-related training. It examines political issues, differential policy for boys and girls, and implications for women's education and employment.…

Focusing on Third World countries, this book examines the undereducation of women, causes of women's undereducation, changes in female education patterns, and the significance of such changes in society and in women's lives. The book consists of four parts, comprising different chapters written by social scientists, researchers, and educators.…