This article examines the role of the part-time degree course in higher education as it affects womens empowerment and motivation for participation in educational programmes. It examines motives behind Nigerian womens educational participation in part-time degree courses in two of Nigerias south-western universities. A sample of 200 women randomly drawn from all women enrolled in part-time degree courses in higher education was used for the study. The results from the data established that part-time degree programmes in higher education offered Nigerian women the opportunity to bridge the gender gap and achieve their potentials.
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