Autos

US-Colleges: Kluft zwischen den Geschlechtern wird breiter

Until the 1980s, more men than women attended and graduated from college. But by the 1990s, women had caught up, and soon they overtook men.

Despite increasing concern, the gap has widened steadily this decade. By 2007, according to the National Center for Education Statistics, a third of women ages 25 to 29 had bachelor's degrees, the highest proportion ever. For men, it was just over one-quarter, lower than it was in 2000. (…)

The trend is playing out in the gender ratios at many colleges. To maintain a balance between the sexes, some schools have worked hard to attract young men.

Seton Hill University in Greensburg is about two-thirds female. Though the former women's college began admitting men in 2001 and added a football team in 2004 to attract male students, it has yet to reach a gender balance.

While the athletic program has been a draw, admissions director Sherri Bett said, almost all the men who choose Seton Hill are athletes. Bett said the university was struggling to come up with ways to attract a larger and more diverse pool of men.

"We're always brainstorming ideas," she said. "One idea is scholarships (for men), but we don't want to be unfair." (…)

Dickinson College in Carlisle was two-thirds female in the early 2000s. Gradually, by reaching out to male high school students and, controversially, favoring male applicants, the college came closer to a balance. It now is 55 percent female.

"Gender ratio is so important," said Stephanie Balmer, the college's dean of admissions. "When you're building a class, you're building a community, and you want it to reflect the world in which they'll work and live." (…)

While the college does not actively pursue men, Daniel Obara, vice president for academic affairs, said the gender imbalance is a concern. He could only speculate as to its cause.

"There may be more incentives for women in education, in terms of job opportunities," he said.

Obara's theory is backed up by income statistics from the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry. A degree has a greater impact on salaries in fields that are dominated by women, such as health and education, than in fields dominated by men, such as construction and manufacturing.

Hier findet man den vollständigen Artikel.

Veja Também:

- Männer Als Minderheit An Universitäten Werden Zum Problem – Für Frauen
“Hey, where are all the college guys?” inquired USA Today in 2001; “Gender imbalance in college applications: Does it lead to a preference for men in the admissions process?” asked the Economics of Education Review journal in 2005; and Shirley...

- Großbritannien: Die Zukunft Der Arbeitswelt Ist Weiblich
Statistics compiled by The Sunday Telegraph reveal that women now provide half of recruits and trainees for what were once the traditionally male bastions of medicine, law and the church, while the proportion of women in professions like architecture...

- Usa Today: Sind Männerzentren An Unseren Unis Notwendig Geworden?
Die kanadische Debatte über die Einrichtung von Männerzentren an Universitäten hat es in die "USA Today", nach dem "Wall Street Journal" die auflagenstärkste Tageszeitung der Vereinigten Staaten, geschafft: Currently, more women than men attend college...

- Usa: Alarmierender Anstieg Der Selbstmordraten Bei Jungen Männern
Und natürlich sind die "Experten" völlig ratlos, was dafür nur der Grund sein könnte: The suicide rate among college-age men is increasing at an alarming rate, officials say, but even as schools work to head off the problem, counselors are baffled...

- Erste Universität Bietet "feministische Biologie" An
Suggesting science research is too male dominated, this fall the University of Wisconsin-Madison will roll out a post-doctorate “feminist biology” program to counter the alleged sexism and get out from under “male, white, straight” viewpoints,...

Veja mais em: Autos