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Unit 9 SAQ 9.8 AMSCO AP European History - Withrow

Use the passage below to answer all parts of the question that follows.

Source 1

"Around 1950, participation in higher education worldwide was still very low for both sexes but, still, enrollment rates for men were more than double those for women. From the 1960s onwards, participation in tertiary Ipost-secondary] education rapidly expanded. Initially, this expansion disproportionately involved men, leading to a widening of the gender gap in higher education. However, from the 1970s onwards, the gap began to shrink."

Jan Van Bavel, "The Mid-Twentieth Century Baby Boom and the Changing Educational Gradient in Belgian Cohort Fertility, Demographic Research, March 2014.

Question 1

Short answer

Describe ONE cause for low female participation in post-secondary education in Europe prior to 1950.

Question 2

Short answer

Describe ONE cause for the increase in female participation in post-secondary education in Europe after 1950.

Question 3

Short answer

Explain ONE political, social, or economic factor that contributed to the cause you identified in part b.

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