administrative data from Ireland, we explore the performance in college of different types of students. We find that post … for their greater prior achievement, and this is true in both non-STEM and STEM fields. Disabled students, students from … disadvantaged schools, and students who qualify for means-tested financial aid are less likely to complete and less likely to obtain …

constructed as 'male'. However, some students, both female and male, actively contest these labels, and school policy and practice … subjects has implications for the skills acquired by students, their engagement in education, and the education, training and …