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>the norm is for colleges to apply a lower admission standard for boys than they do for girls. Where are you getting this from? The data and all incentives goi
by BlargMcLarg 4y ago
>the norm is for colleges to apply a lower admission standard for boys than they do for girls.
Where are you getting this from? The data and all incentives going female>either>male would suggest otherwise, if it would suggest anything at all.
- thaumasiotes 4y agoIt's well known. Colleges will admit to it in public, often saying things like "we need to have a lower standard for boys, or else no girls will want to attend our school". (The ideas being that (1) the goal of running a college is to admit more girls; and (2) girls don't want to attend all-girl schools, so you can get higher overall female admissions by admitting some unqualified boys.) If you think the data suggest that colleges are overall giving admissions preferences to females in favor of males, you haven't looked at the data.
- Gareth321 4y agoI am yet to see a single university admit to biasing males in admission. Most of them admit to biasing by race, so it shouldn't be hard to find an example.
- BlargMcLarg 4y agoIf this is public, surely you have some actual sources to verify this? >girls don't want to attend all-girl schools, so you can get higher overall female admissions by admitting some unqualified boys This implies either unqualified boys are better attractors, or there not being enough qualified boys. I doubt either of those being true given tournament selection being omnipresent. >you haven't looked at the data The data most available shows admission rates to be fairly equal, with far more scholarships for girls in areas they lack presence than the other way around. The data on standards is practically invisible, and I'd be very skeptical of colleges publically admitting to sexism in today's age, let alone sexism in favor of boys. Openly doing so and not trying to change this is asking for a massive boycott.
- thaumasiotes 4y ago>>you haven't looked at the data > The data most available shows admission rates to be fairly equal, with far more scholarships for girls in areas they lack presence than the other way around. The data on standards is practically invisible So you're saying... you haven't looked at the data, and that's why you're comfortable interpreting what it says. Solid intellectual effort there. > If this is public, surely you have some actual sources to verify this? Indeed! You can find them yourself too, just look for any coverage of the issue over the last 20 years. I can't be responsible for everyone who wants to contradict stuff that's been known for decades. Get your own house in order.
- rowanG077 4y agoI'm not the person you are arguing with. I'm only dropping in to say it's extremely frustrating seeing you claim data this, data that, without ever providing that data. The crux of the issue you are debating is the data you claim to have. Please either provide it or stop going in circles.
- MengerSponge 4y agoSchools that deliberately don't go out of their way to select for gender parity wind up with far more girls than boys. UNC Chapel Hill, for example, is 60% female. From what I understand, this does interesting things to their social dynamics. Highly selective colleges that strive for parity must accomplish that by rejecting a few girls who would have gotten in on merit alone, and admitting a few boys who should have been the first ones out. What incentives are you thinking of? What's the source of your data?
- giantg2 4y agoPlease cite a source for gender discrimination in admissions. Seems like this would be a textbook Title IX violation.
- MengerSponge 4y agoLook at the incoming class numbers. Harvard/MIT/Princeton/Yale are all within 2% of 50/50. I don't know how they do it legally, but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- giantg2 4y agoAh, that makes sense. Since those are private schools they don't need to comply with Title IX.