Why Are Men Failing Behind? Gender Gaps in College Performance and Persistence
Why Are Men Failing Behind? Gender Gaps in College Performance and Persistence
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DOI：
10.1177/0002716209348751
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发表时间：
2010-01-01
影响因子：
2.8
通讯作者：
Long, Mark C.
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作者：
Conger, Dylan;Long, Mark C.
本文探讨了男性在平均绩点、学分和大学坚持性方面的劣势。利用佛罗里达和得克萨斯四年制大学入学者的数据来分解第一学期的性别差异、学期间差异的变化以及大学期间的持续性，我们发现男性在大学第一学期获得较低的GPA和学分，主要是因为他们的高中成绩较低。第一学期后，男生在成绩和学分上进一步落后于女生。女性在高中的成绩更好，这在一定程度上解释了男女成绩差距的扩大，但大学课程和专业的差异也解释了学分、成绩、坚持和毕业方面的性别差距。
This article examines the male disadvantage in grade point average, credits earned, and persistence in college. Using data on enrollees in Florida and Texas four-year colleges to decompose gender differentials in the first semester, changes in the differentials between semesters, and persistence through college, we find that males earn lower GPAs and credits in their first semester of college largely because they arrive with lower high school grades. After the First semester, males fall further behind their female counterparts in grades and credits. Females' better high school grades explain some of the widened gender disparity in performance but differences in college course-taking and majors also explain gender gaps in credits, grades, persistence, and graduation.