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Severiens, Sabine; ten Dam, Geert – Research in Higher Education, 2012
Women, on average, outnumber men and are more successful in higher education. A literature overview showed that these differences may be explained by gender differences in learner characteristics, by external factors and by institutional factors. This study aims to explain gender differences in higher education in more detail by focusing on one of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Gender Differences, Role
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Severiens, Sabine; ten Dam, Geert; Blom, Sarah – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2006
Study careers of minority students in Dutch higher education are still less successful compared with the careers of majority students. Minority students still seem to experience more difficulties than majority students. Vincent Tinto's twin concepts of academic and social integration are used here to explore the experiences of minority and…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Higher Education, Social Integration, Engineering