Posts published on November 24, 2009

Male/ Female Gap In College Completion Still A Mystery

Last year females were  58% of college graduates at four year institutions. The ratio has been rising steadily, and is much worse for Latinos and African Americans. I read with anticipation the review of six new books on the cause for this in the November 23 edition of the Chronicle of Higher Education on line daily-htlm@chronicle.com. But there was nothing new in any of the books except more speculation and no hard data. Various causes are argued , but no strong empirical evidence to support the assertions. At least the title is correct for the book reviews-The Puzzle of Boys