The causes of gender inequality in college education in Turkey

DOĞAN M. K., Yuret T.

3rd World Conference on Educational Sciences, WCES-2011, İstanbul, Türkiye, 3 - 07 Şubat 2011, cilt.15, ss.691-695 identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
  • Cilt numarası: 15
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.03.166
  • Basıldığı Şehir: İstanbul
  • Basıldığı Ülke: Türkiye
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.691-695
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: College education, Gender inequaltiy, ÖSYS, Turkey
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Participation in college education is lower for women than men in many developing countries including Turkey. This paper investigates the causes of this fact by using the student selection and placement system (ÖSYS) data for the year 2005. We show that seven factors are effective in unequal participation in college education. We point out the issues that policies should focus on in order to increase the participation of women in college education. © 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd.