The Reasons for Raising Rate of Women Entrance to University (A Case Study of Ahwaz University Students)

During last two decades, the girls’ entrance rate to university has been raised substantially. There are various viewpoints about causes and consequences of this observable fact. The present study seeks to investigate the reasons for proportional increasing rate of girls’ entrance to university. In this paper we addresses following question; “Regarding the knowledge-based development discourse, what is the critical approach through which the reasons of increasing rate of girls’ entrance to university can be analyzed?” To answer this question, seven hypotheses were examined. The analysis of a survey data, which collected a set of likert scale items among a group of 364 students of Ahwaz University in the academic year of 2006/2007confirmed all the seven hypotheses of the research. In brief, findings showed that the reasons of the increasing rate of girls’ entrance to university must be scrutinized on the basis of an eclectic approach in the form of a complex set of multiple reasons. These multiple reasons, which are in fact summarize the research hypothesis as well, are the change in the attitude of the society concerning participation of women, increasing knowledge of women in regard to their rights, job accessibility, achieving social status, development of the scope of spouse choosing, university attractions and growth of womens’ expectations as well.