The Disproportionate Number of Advanced and Professional Degrees Awarded to Men

question 32

Multiple Choice

The disproportionate number of advanced and professional degrees awarded to men

• A) has remained the same for the past 30 years.
• B) has decreased in recent years, and now women receive almost half of such degrees.
• C) has changed in education and social science but not in medicine and law.
• D) has changed to the point that women and men receive an equal proportion of such degrees.

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