Gender Gaps in College Enrollment: The Role of Gender Sorting Across Public High Schools

Educational Researcher

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 371-380

  Conger, Dylan ^a   Long, Mark C ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

achievement gap; college enrollment; educational policy; gender disparities; postsecondary education; regression analyses; school choice; school effects; secondary data analysis; segregation gender studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884800564     PISSN: 0013189X     EISSN: 1935102X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0013189X13503983     Document Type: Article

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