Educational choice and persistence in male- and female-dominated fields

Higher Education

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 189-202

  Mastekaasa, Arne ^a,b   Smeby, Jens Christian ^a  

^a Oslo and Akershus University College   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Attrition; Educational choice; Gender segregation; Higher education; Persistence; Student dropout

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849104313     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-006-9042-4     Document Type: Article

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