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"Significantly" is an exaggeration. The numbers i found (http://www.acenet.edu/AM/Template.cfm?Section=News_Room&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&CONTENTID=38683
by robertpateii 14y ago
"Significantly" is an exaggeration. The numbers i found (http://www.acenet.edu/AM/Template.cfm?Section=News_Room&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&CONTENTID=38683 http://www.acenet.edu/AM/Template.cfm?Section=News_Room&...) said that women earn 57% of all BS degrees.
I imagine it'd have to get closer to 75% before people actually started worrying about men's graduation rates.
- Retric 14y ago57:43 = ~33% more women get a BS degree than men which is a fairly large gap IMO. As to the gender gap in the hard sciences 52% of undergraduate Chemistry degrees go to women which arguably makes them under represented, but only relative to their overall dominance. Chemistry is often looked at as a gateway to Medicine so it's arguably a great choice for an undergraduate degree. However, I would argue getting a PHD in Astronomy or Physics is a poor economic choice which is one of the reasons why so few women do so. PS: Any argument that women can't hack / are unprepared for the hard sciences falls apart based on chemistry numbers.
- realitygrill 14y agoPeople will only start worrying when the ratio is closer to 3 women graduating per male?
- robertpateii 14y agoLet me rephrase. Using 75% implies a certain level of authority I don't have. "I think it will take a bigger imbalance before people start worrying about a gender imbalance in favor of men."