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September 19, 2006
Better grades and greater incentives help explain why women outpace men in college degrees

From EurekAlert! - Breaking News:

Girls have long gotten better grades than boys in all levels of school. But while at one time few women used those academic skills to get degrees, new research suggests that growing incentives are helping draw women to college in record numbers. That helps explain why, since 1982, women have outpaced men in college graduation rates. Read more from this post.
Posted on September 19, 2006 08:07 PM



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