Gender and Higher Education: An Analysis of Women's Attainment at the Doctoral Level

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  In Roundtable Session: (De)Constructing: An Exploration of Gender Issues in Education

Abstract

This study examines women’s attainment at the doctoral level in American higher education institutions in the years of 2004 and 2014. This research was motivated by a need for further examination of graduate degree enrollment and attainment, particularly at the doctorate level; to understand what, if any, needs to be done to improve the status of women at the PhD level. Because of the historically low attainment figures in engineering programs, even attainment rates continue to increase, women in engineering will continue to be underrepresented following the already existing trend.

Authors

• Ezgi Ozyonum, Concordia University - Montreal

• Marlon Sanches, Concordia University - Montreal

• Dalia Elsayed, Concordia University