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You may not be aware, but these days there is basically affirmative action for male college students, at least at elite colleges - they are even exempt from Tit
by hypatiadotca 9y ago
You may not be aware, but these days there is basically affirmative action for male college students, at least at elite colleges - they are even exempt from Title IX gender discrimination wrt to admissions. Basically so many women were applying - and qualifying over men - that universities have lowered the bar for men to get in, lest they become even more female than the 50+% women they sometimes are. Cite: https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/07/30/achieving-perfect-gender-balance-on-campus-isnt-that-important-ending-private-colleges-affirmative-action-for-men-is/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/07/30/...
One key quote: “Were Brown to accept women and men at the same rate, its undergraduate population would be almost 60 percent women instead of 52 percent—three women for every two men.”
- hueving 9y agoInteresting stat. Does that same thing apply to STEM schools? Or is it just liberal arts colleges?