Department of Public Administration, Jahanirnagar University, Bangladesh
*Address for correspondence: Sahiba Mahbub: Department of Public Administration, Jahanirnagar University, Bangladesh. E-mail: konaju21249@gmail.com
Online published on 17 November, 2016.
The present research conducted in Jahangirnagar University and Dhaka University of Bangladesh. There were total 174 respondents for the study. 118 respondents were from Dhaka University and 56 respondents were from Jahangirnagar University. General objective of this study was to identify influence of higher education in women empowerment. Research findings showed that there is significant relation between higher education and empowerment level. Actually science faculty students of both universities are empowered then other faculty. In terms of involvement with organization number is high in Jahangirnagar University. In contrary number of respondents are high in Dhaka University in terms of involvement with profession. In terms of decision making the number of Jahangirnagar University respondents are higher than Dhaka University students.
Education, Jahangirnagar university, Dhaka university, higher education, women empowerment, decision making
