This study explores gender parity on the basis of distinctive expansion stages in thehigher education system of Taiwan. Gender parity is one of the key components used todetermine equal opportunities for accessing higher education. Therefore, this study evaluatedgender parity and explored the potential gaps at the undergraduate, master and doctoral levelsby using a quantitative longitudinal method to determine the effects of the system expansion.Student enrollment data from 1950 to 2014 were collected from the Ministry of Education inTaiwan and transformed by Becker’s coefficient of discrimination (D) to interpret the signif-icance of the gender parity at various development stages in the system. In addition, this studyapplied an ARIMA (Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average) model to predict the D forthe next decade. Reviewing the D trend from 1950 to 2014, this study found that highereducation expansion has played a crucial role in promoting gender parity. The results of theARIMA model reveal that the numbers of male and female students studying in undergraduateprograms will become more equal in the next decade. Although male students are still favoredfor enrollment at the master and doctoral levels, the disparity is declining according to theresults of this study. The findings in this study can be used to justify a higher educationexpansion policy based on the function of gender paraty

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