Desegregation stalled: The changing gender composition of college majors, 1971-2002

Gender and Society

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 657-677

  England, Paula ^a   Li, Su ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Gender segregation; Higher education; Segregation; Sex segregation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747871464     PISSN: 08912432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891243206290753     Document Type: Article

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