Females Increase Percentage of College Completion Compared To Males To Historic Levels
Women Continue to Outpace Men in College Completion
In the 2008-09 school year, 58% of four-year degrees were awarded to women and 42% to men. Sixty-two percent of the degrees awarded by two-year institutions went to women; 38% were awarded to men.
Source: Knapp, L.G., Kelly-Reid, J.E., and Ginder, S.A. (2010). Postsecondary Institutions and Price of Attendance in the United States: Fall 2009, Degrees and Other Awards Conferred: 2008-09, and 12-Month Enrollment: 2008-09 (NCES 2010-161). U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved September 25, 2010 from http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch
Despite this trend there is little progress on understanding and changing this trend. The prior post has some insights to part of the issue.
An interesting collection of articles on college gender gaps at http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/whyboysfail/. It would be nice to see educators discussing this issue rather than having reporters and parents chase their own favored solutions.