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Direct linkMontgomery, Laura M. – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 2004
College students often use the rhetoric of individualism to explain their choice of major. Ethnographic interviews of male and female students reveal that students' choices are gendered. Men's decisions focus more on future earning potential and less on personal interest. Most women believe they can choose their major without concern for future…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Sex Stereotypes, College Students, Gender Differences
Haleman, Diana L. – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 2004
This ethnographic study examines the educational experiences of 10 women who are both social service recipients and higher education students. Study participants view higher education in a variety of ways that include both instrumental and transformational purposes. By situating participants' experiences in the larger economic and social context…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Student Attitudes, Sex Stereotypes, Females
