Why aren’t more girls choosing maths and science at university?

By Dirk Van Damme Head of the Innovation and Measuring Progress division, Directorate for Education and Skills. But on an aggregate level, have OECD countries been successful in attracting more girls and women into STEM studies? The most recent Education Indicators in Focus issue No. 30 provides some interesting recent data on gender gaps in education and employment. In recent decades, significant progress has been made in raising women’s educational attainment, so that, on average, women now have higher attainment rates than men. Read more...