A‐level Expectancies and University Aspirations of Males and Females

S ummary . This study, utilising both an examination of the national statistics and a detailed survey of a smaller group of sixth form students, draws attention to the sex differences still found in expected and actual examination results. In gross numbers of students and passes, girls are likely to reach equality with boys up to A‐level in the fairly near future. However, two areas of sex differences, the sex stereotyping of subject choices and the grade attainments of males and females, still represent sources of grave concern for anyone worried about inequality. In the future the real test will be whether the boundaries break down around the courses that are now still predominantly male or female in recruitment, and whether the more general sex‐typing of higher education as masculine subsides sufficiently for females to both want, and expect, to equal the performance of their male peers

Developmental psychology · Inequality · Sociology · Test (biology) · Demography · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Higher Education Research Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology

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