The rise of women : : the growing gender gap in education and what it means for American schools / / Thomas A. DiPrete and Claudia Buchmann.
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York : : Russell Sage Foundation,, [2013] 2013 |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (296 pages) :; illustrations, map |
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Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Introduction
- Trends and the macro environment
- What has happened?
- Changing incentives and opportunities
- Academic performance, engagement, and family influence
- The gender gap in academic performance
- Social and behavioral skills
- The family and the gender gap
- The role of schools
- Schools, classrooms and peers
- Gender and college major segregation
- Enhancing educational attainment
- A appendix figures and tables
- Notes
- References
- Index.