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Download full textClaudia Buchmann; Rachel E. Dwyer; Man Yao – RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, 2025
In the United States, women have earned more bachelor's degrees than men since the mid-1980s. We examine the historical continuities in this trend and its sources, as well as changes since 2000 in gender gaps in advanced credentials, fields of study, types of institutions attended, and financing for higher education. The gender gap in bachelor's…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Credentials, Educational Trends, Time Perspective
