Women outnumbering men at universities: StatsCan

[CBC News]

Young men are less likely to attend university than young women in part because of lower grades, performance in standardized tests, study habits and different parental expectations, according to a new Statistics Canada study.
About 26 per cent of 19-year-old men attended university in 2003 as compared with 39 per cent of women, according to the federal agency.
The study, authored by Marc Frenette and Klarka Zeman, said the statistics reflect a significant reversal that's taken place over the past 30 years.
Statistics Canada also surveyed 15-year-old teens and found that boys had lower marks on standardized reading tests. Twenty per cent of boys scored in the top 25 per cent of those who took the tests, while girls scored better, with 30 per cent registering in the top 25 per cent.
Ability to focus
Boys also scored lower than girls in overall marks, with 69 per cent of boys reporting they received grades of less than 80 per cent as compared with 53.7 per cent of girls.

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[Tonington]

Perhaps it's the boom in trades? I wonder what the stats say about that.

 

[Twila]

Maybe they're training or getting edumicated to break into the world of Sumo Wrestling?

 

[I think not]

Time to go back to school.

 

[Tonington]

Time to go back to school.

Lol. Campus is a great place to be right now

 

[lone wolf]

Anything to boost enrollments....

Seriously ... now could be a good time to go back. Then I can talk about beaver and have the piece of paper that says I know....

Wolf

 

[Zzarchov]

Well, thats not traditionally new, but When I was going through elementary their was a change to address the "imbalance' of women scoring lower on math scores, often by just topping up their grades.

Im not sure if they still do that, or if it was ever wide spread... but is it any real wonder that women will get better marks if you just 'top up' any marks they are worse at?

Add to that the vast number of grants, bursaries and scholarships only available to women (Im not complaining too much, thats how my wife could afford school), which are all designed to fight the non-existant stereotype (among the younger generation at least) that men look down on women as inferior.

In contrast, this younger generation is the Homer Simpson generation, shown at every opportunity that men simply aren't as intelligent as women.

Think about, when was the last time on a commercial you saw a man outsmart a woman? or correct her when she was doing something stupid...now think the other way around? Just an extension of the fact that women are the majority of shopppers so commercials are targetted to them.

But it extends in other places too, cheaper insurance etc

 

[Kreskin]

I think we need a new equal opportunities program. Boys first.

 

[lone wolf]

...or advertize. Need nummies? Back to school....

Wolf