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Postsecondary Participation Rates by Sex and Race/Ethnicity: 1974-2003. Issue Brief. NCES 2005-028.

The educational progress of women and minority groups has long been an important policy concern. Research indicates that both women and minorities have made significant gains in postsecondary educational enrollment and attainment over the past 20 years (Freeman 2004; Llagas 2003; National Center for Education Statistics 2000; Koretz 1990). But there has been some debate about the size of the gender gap in postsecondary enrollment (which now favors females) relative to the size of racial/ethnic gaps (King 2000; Mortensen 1999). To address this debate, this Issue Brief uses nearly 30 years of data from the Current Population Survey (CPS) School Enrollment Supplement (October 1974 to October 2003) to examine participation in postsecondary education among women and men and among different racial/ethnic groups.1