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| Titre : | Gender imbalance in college applications: Does it lead to a preference for men in the admissions process? (2005) |
| Auteurs : | Sandy Baum ; Eban Goodstein |
| Type de document : | Article : texte imprimé |
| Dans : | Economics of Education Review (Vol. 24, n° 6, December 2005) |
| Article en page(s) : | pp. 665-675 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Catégories : |
Thésaurus CEREQ ACCES A L'EDUCATION ; DIVISION SEXUELLE DE LA FORMATION ; THEORIE DU CAPITAL HUMAIN ; ECONOMETRIE ; ETATS UNIS |
| Résumé : | Using data from 13 liberal arts colleges, we test for a preference for men in the college admissions process. We find that gender does matter, but in a complex way. Men do appear to be given preference as college applicant pools become more female. Consistent with this pattern, we find clear evidence of a preference for men in historically female colleges—which have the highest percent female applicant pools. Being a male applicant raises the probability of acceptance at these schools by between 6.5 and 9 percentage points. We find no significant male preference in historically co-educational or historically male colleges despite the fact that their applicant pools are more than 50% female. We also find that the bottom quartile of both the applicant and acceptance pools, as measured by high school academic record, is disproportionately male. As a result, even with a gender-blind admissions policy, the lower tail of college classrooms is likely to be dominated by men. |
| Document Céreq : | Non |
| En ligne : | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2004.09.008 |
