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ERIC Number: EJ529557
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0361-0365
The Dynamics of "Tokenism": How College Students Are Affected by the Proportion of Women in Their Major.
Sax, Linda J.
Research in Higher Education, v37 n4 p389-425 Aug 1996
A study examined the relationship between the proportion of women in a college major and students' grades, academic self-concept, mathematical self-concept, social self-concept, satisfaction with the major, and persistence in the major. Subjects were 7,641 women and 5,074 men in 344 4-year colleges. Results suggest no effects on student cognitive and affective development, but reveal other relationships. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Students, Females, Grades (Scholastic), Higher Education, Majors (Students), Mathematics, Participant Satisfaction, Self Concept, Student Attitudes, Tokenism, Womens Education
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Cooperative Institutional Research Program