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Bookmark or Share- Gender achievement gaps: the role of social costs to trying hard in ...Female students outperform male students in a range of indicators of academic performance. For instance, female students earn higher grades than male students (for a meta-analysis see Voyer and Voyer 2014). The female advantage in grades is particularly pronounced for languages and seems to increase with students’ age.
- By the Numbers: Women in STEM: What do the statistics reveal about ...Nationally, women make up 57.3% of bachelor’s degree recipients but only 38.6% of STEM bachelor’s degree recipients. In math and statistics, 42.4% of undergraduate degrees were awarded to women. In the physical sciences, 39.1% of undergraduate degrees were awarded to women.
- Gender equality through school: providing a safe and inclusive ... - UnescoBoys and girls must feel welcome in a safe and secure learning environment. Governments, schools, teachers and students all have a part to play in ensuring that schools are free of violence and discrimination and provide a gender-sensitive, good-quality education (Figure 16).
- Girls’ and women’s education in science, technology ... - UNESCOThey are particularly under-represented in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education - women make up only 35% of STEM graduates, figure unchanged in ten years - and consequently, in STEM careers. This gender disparity is alarming, especially as STEM careers are often referred to as the jobs of the future, driving ...
- Why the gap between men and women finishing college is growing | Pew ...Young women are more likely to be enrolled in college today than young men, and among those ages 25 and older, women are more likely than men to have a four-year college degree. The gap in college completion is even wider among younger adults ages 25 to 34.
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