Failing boys put university drive in doubt

[Strick11]

<p>[Failing</a> boys put university drive in doubt](<a href=“http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/08/27/neduc27.xml]Failing”>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/08/27/neduc27.xml)</p>

<p>Only this time it’s in Britain:</p>

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Data published last week by the University and Colleges Admission Service show that 30,000 more girls than boys have gained places at university so far this year. On some degree courses, such as psychology, girls outnumber boys by more than four to one and almost twice as many have been accepted onto law courses.</p>

<p>The gap between the number of British male and female undergraduates studying at universities has increased from 170,510 in 2000 to 295,575 in 2005. The difference is such that the proportion of women aged 18 to 30 attending university, which currently stands at 47 per cent, is likely to hit the Government’s target of 50 per cent by the end of the decade. Boys, however, languish at 37 per cent and show little sign of improving.

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<p>Surely something is going on.</p>

[ABCB7099]

<p>I’d love to see the data with the lower class and minorities removed.</p>

[Northstarmom]

<p>In the U.S., males lag behind females in terms of h.s. and college graduation. It’s more extreme when it comes to minorities, but the disparity is true even when it comes to white males.</p>

[Enn]

<p>Same goes for here. </p>

<p>Boys generally have far lower grades than girls and a lot more are accepted to college also.</p>

[Father_of_the_Boarder]

<p>Boys generally have far lower grades [THIS IS STRONG – BY MODIFYING WITH THE CONCEPT OF GRADES BEING LOWER AS “FAR LOWER” YOU ARE MAKING A DRASTIC STATEMENT] than girls and a lot more are accepted [THIS TOO REFLECTS OVERSTATEMENT – FOR THE NUMBERS SHOW MORE GIRLS ARE ENROLLED THAN BOYS AND SO IT IS HARD TO UNDERSTAND HOW THAT RESULT COMES AFTER YOUR STATEMENT THAT “LOT MORE (BOYS) ARE ACCEPTED” THAN ARE GIRLS]to college also.</p>

<p>Probably girls have better grades – but boys’s grades are not “far lower.”</p>

<p>And probably the acceptance percentage for boys is higher than girls at some schools (LAC’s that try to be 50/50) but that does not mean “far more are accepted.” </p>

<p>And the percentages issue actually favors girls in some arenas – e.g. tech schools.</p>

[Enn]

<p>I’m talking about Kuwait, boarder. </p>

<p>And it’s true. We have the highest rate of failure internationally because boys here don’t take school seriously. This is a fact. I know my country.</p>