#RFB-11000699Reading: Fill in the BlanksAcademic,CoreHard
Higher Education Shift
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After centuries of inequality in UK higher education benefiting men, there has been a [blank] over the past three decades. A lower proportion of entrants to UK higher education institutions are male than ever before and they make up less than one-half of the total. Other developed countries have [blank] a similar shift. Male [blank] is not seen only in the figures for entry but also in non-continuation (drop-out) rates and degree performance statistics.
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After centuries of inequality in UK higher education benefiting men, there has been a reversal over the past three decades. A lower proportion of entrants to UK higher education institutions are male than ever before and they make up less than one-half of the total. Other developed countries have undergone a similar shift. Male underachievement is not seen only in the figures for entry but also in non-continuation (drop-out) rates and degree performance statistics.
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