College Gender Gap Evens Out
The gender gap for college education favoring females has stopped growing, according to a recent report done by the American Council of Education.
In the US, men make up 43 percent of college enrollment-a statistic that has stayed the same since the year 2000. Following the women’s right movement in the 1970s, women made up the majority of enrollments at colleges.
In order for women to remain competitive in the labor market they need to have a college degree to even obtain some entry level jobs. In spite of the stabilization in the gender gap, more men may be enrolling in college due to the poor economic times.
The current recession could see more adult men returning to college in order to increase the amount of money they bring into their households as more men than women have lost their jobs during these rough times.
As more people, both men and women, realize the many benefits of obtaining a college education, we should see increases in the number of new students who attend college for the first time-both men and women.
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