The Rise of Women: The Growing Gender Gap in Education and What it Means for American Schools

Contents

v contents list of Tables and Figures vii about the authors xiii preface xv chapter 1 introduction 1 part i Trends and the Macro environment 25 chapter 2 what has happened? describing the Reversal of the Gender Gap in college completion 27 chapter 3 changing incentives and opportunities for higher education 53 part ii academic performance, engagement, and Family influence 77 chapter 4 The Gender Gap in academic performance 79 chapter 5 Social and Behavioral Skills and School-Related attitudes 101 chapter 6 The Family and the Gender Gap 116 part iii The Role of Schools 155 chapter 7 Schools, classrooms, and peers 157 vi contents chapter 8 Gender, college Major, and postgraduate education 180 chapter 9 enhancing educational attainment 200 appendix a: Figures and Tables 213 Notes 225 References 239 index 271 ...