| Akvod said:
You may try to bring up individual instances and examples, but the numbers and general facts don't lie. One thing to look for though is what the background of most students are who do get Bachelor, Masters, etc degrees are like. An interesting study I think would be to compare and contrast people from similar socioeconomic backgrounds who did and didn't go to college. But then there's also the individual level. Perhaps people who do go to college, to get "useless" degrees already have a high work ethic and qualities that allow them to get a higher income. |
While some women might take offence to this, the pay difference between women and men who have degrees can (in part) be explained because women are more likely to get "worthless degrees" ...
While women represent (roughly) 60% of all university graduates, they represent less than 20% of graduates of fields like Engineering and Computer Science; and women tend to be in the minority in most fields that have a clear career path (with the prime exceptions being Nursing and Pharmacy). In fields where there is no career path without further education (English, History, Sociology, etc.) women often represent 80% to 90% of all graduates.
