Females account for 71 percent of student body at NSU.

From: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL) | Date: May 20, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Douane D. James

May 20--For five years, Aubrey Giraldez of Hollywood worked as a billing clerk in a law office.

In another five years, the second-year law student at Nova Southeastern University may have her own law office.

"It's important for the world to see that it's not always going to be like it was," said Giraldez, 27. "We're all climbing the ladder."

In three decades, women have gone from being a minority in higher education to a majority, also advancing in traditionally male-dominated fields such as law and medicine.

Women make up about 58 ...

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