On the State of Education:
The New York Times ran an insightful article on the state of higher education in yesterday's issue. It's worth the time. Take a look: At Colleges, Women Are Leaving Men in the Dust by Tamar Lewin.
One interesting aspect of the story is the report that while a small percentage of males perform at the top levels, most males perform below women. Many theories are proposed for this; however, the truth is that this situation has existed for years. There's nothing really new about it. Test results back in the 1950s bore out the same results. The difference really has to do with the numbers of female students now in college. In order to adequately test for these differences, you need to examine how students performed in the lower grades where both sexes were more evenly represented.
The New York Times ran an insightful article on the state of higher education in yesterday's issue. It's worth the time. Take a look: At Colleges, Women Are Leaving Men in the Dust by Tamar Lewin.
One interesting aspect of the story is the report that while a small percentage of males perform at the top levels, most males perform below women. Many theories are proposed for this; however, the truth is that this situation has existed for years. There's nothing really new about it. Test results back in the 1950s bore out the same results. The difference really has to do with the numbers of female students now in college. In order to adequately test for these differences, you need to examine how students performed in the lower grades where both sexes were more evenly represented.
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