Gender equality is a major problem that places women at a disadvantage thereby stymieing
economic growth and societal advancement. In the last two decades, extensive research …

This article reviews the existing literature on the economic and other benefits of attending
community college. First, the article reports on the earnings gains across all students and …

For the past 20 years, social scientists have devoted increasing attention to the links
between type of postsecondary education received and socioeconomic inequalities …

Education is thought to be the pathway to success for disadvantaged groups. Given that
young women now match or surpass men's educational achievements on many measures …

The paper examines the hypothesis that the opportunities that the expansion and
diversification of higher education open to members of disadvantaged groups depend on …

Using survey data collected in fall 2000, the authors analyzed four aspects of “horizontal”
variation among Russian university students: field of specialization, cost (paid versus free) …

Much attention has been directed lately at the underrepresentation of wome certain minority
groups in the science and engineering fields. While there ha significant decrease in the …

This article reports an analysis of the relationship between women's increased participation
in higher education and other recent social changes over the last four decades. To date …

This article explores how the structure of higher education in the United States and Israel
mediates the relationship among race/ethnicity, social origins, and postsecondary outcomes …

The persisting gender pay gap favoring men among college graduates is a puzzle given
women's remarkable success in postsecondary education. This article examines income …