Despite Education Gains, Women Still Face Pay Gap

USA Today (10/25, Dugas) reports that according to a new study from the American Association of University Women based on 2009 ED data, "women have made tremendous gains in education, employment and earnings in the past 50 years, but there is still a persistent gender pay gap. Even young working women continue to lag behind men," making some 82% of what their male peers make. "The result is similar to a broader study by the Institute for Women's Policy Research, which said that in 2011, the gender wage gap for working women of all ages was 82.2%."