Gender and College Opportunities
Changes Over Time in the United States and Japan
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2274191 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elizabeth Monk-Turner (0000-0003-1882-6946, Dominion University College), Elizabeth Monk‐turner, Yoko Baba (0009-0001-3370-0893, University of Oklahoma) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 292-303 |
| Publication date | 1987-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Inquiry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0245 • E-ISSN: 1475-682X |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1475-682x.1987.tb01047.x |
| OpenAlex | W2022211403 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 13 |
The authors examine the rise of the two-year college and changes in enrollment patterns between two-year and four-year colleges by sex in the United States and Japan since 1960. Notably, the chances of a woman who attended college of entering a four-year college were less in 1980, in both the U. S. and Japan, than they were in 1960. Channeling large numbers of women into two-year colleges perpetuates occupational sex segregation. Further, it alleviates pressure for competition for professional jobs. The desire to reduce the number of individuals competing for professional jobs was a factor in the build-up of the two-year college. Problems associated with overeducation are evident in both the U. S. and Japan. The authors argue that the function of the community college is to prepare students to enter the kinds of jobs that are available in highly industrialized societies
Community college · Competition (biology) · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Function (biology) · Medical education · Political science · Sociology · Higher Education Research Studies · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies · Medicine · School Choice and Performance
The economics of sex differentials
Community Colleges and Social Stratification
Society, Schools and Progress in Japan
Overeducation in the U.S. Labor Market
Financing Community Colleges
Sex, Educational Differentiation, and Occupational Status
This is the Community College
The Over-Educated American
The Hidden Sun. Women of Modern Japan
The 'Cooling-Out' Function in Higher Education
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |