While powerful gender inequalities remain in American society, women have made substantial gains and now largely surpass men in one crucial arena: education. Wo

This fascinating compilation of the recent data on gender differences in education presents a wealth of data, analysed from a multitude of angles in a clear and

The Handbook of Gender and Education brings together leading scholars on gender and education to provide an up-to-date and broad-ranging guide to the field. It

First Published in 1992. This book grew out of a special issue of the journal Sociology of Education. There is no simple relation between education and gender e

Encyclopedic review about gender and its impact on American higher education across historical and cultural contexts. The contributors describe the ways in whic