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Peer reviewedRoemer, Robert E. – Research in Higher Education, 1983
Patterns of degree selection in 1970-71 and 1978-79 are compared with each other and with that of men. The rate at which women's representation in a field changes is judged by an index of rate of change, and the redistribution of women among fields is analyzed. Possible explanations are offered. (MSE)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Degrees (Academic), Educational Trends, Females
