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May 4, 2007

Gender Gap in Pay Widens Over Time

By PAULA WASLEY

The salary gap between men and women emerges immediately after college and continues to widen throughout their careers, says a report released in late April by the American Association of University Women Educational Foundation.

The report, based on new research, says that women now make up the majority of college students. And women's GPA's are on average higher than men's across all majors, including those in mathematics and the sciences. But women's salaries still lag behind men's,

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