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Women in Higher Education in Sri Lanka.
Gunawardena, Chandra
Higher Education Review, v19 n3 p8-23 Sum 1987
Patterns of college admission, attendance, fields of study, student background, and employment for women in Sri Lanka are examined. Sex stereotypes and lifelong sex-based socialization there are found to account for the lack of progress in women's employment and participation in higher education. (MSE)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Employment Patterns, Equal Education, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Ethnic Groups, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Intellectual Disciplines, Majors (Students), Parent Background, Sex Bias, Sex Differences, Sex Role, Social Change, Trend Analysis, Women Faculty, Womens Education
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