03 June 2005

Degrees and feminisation of the workplace

As 'luck' would have it I ran into this straight after writing the last entry: "The study found that female graduates, who on average earn �158,000 more than non-graduates during their working lifetime, benefit more than university-educated men, who on average earn �142,000 more than non-graduates. Male arts graduates came out bottom in the study, earning less in their careers than those who started work without a degree."
Now I realise that some of this represents women playing catch up with men, but I also wonder whether it may not be an illustration that men are in a failing position in terms of worldly 'success'
EducationGuardian.co.uk | higher news | Worth of degree fallen to �150,000, research shows:

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