November 14, 2007

A Glance at the September Issue of Psychology of Women Quarterly: How Coed High Schools Affect College Majors

By Jason M. Breslow

Attending a single-sex high school can make male and female students more likely to explore a college major not traditionally selected by members of their gender, but in the long term it's unlikely to correct the "marked gender stratification" that persists in many academic disciplines, according to a study by researchers at the University of Scranton.

Although more women than men now enroll in universities, women remain underrepresented in mathematics, engineering, and the