Contents
Tables and Figures
About the Authors
Preface
1. Introduction
I. Trends and the Macro Environment
2. What Has Happened? Describing the Reversal of the Gender Gap in College Completion
3. Changing Incentives and Opportunities for Higher Education
II. Academic Performance, Engagement, and Family Influence
4. The Gender Gap in Academic Performance
5. Social and Behavioral Skills and School-Related Attitudes
6. The Family and the Gender Gap
III. The Role of Schools
7. Schools, Classrooms, and Peers
8. Gender, College Major, and Postgraduate Education
9. Enhancing Educational Attainment
Appendix A: Figures and Tables
Notes
References
Index