Schools, even major state universities like UGA, are seeing a shift in incoming classes towards more girls. As ratios approach 60% girls and beyond, officials are becoming very concerned, not only about our school systems but about the future of the affluent, college-educated portion of our society.
Of course, it seems some statistics can be misleading.You can do the math -- if we continue this way the white population is headed for extinction."
It seems like this is simple enough to figure out. Show me a stacked graph of all bachelor's degrees awarded each year over time, with separate colors for men and women. If the trend for men is the same as it has been, great. If the trend for men is flat but the trend for women is increasing, is that a problem? Moreover, as college-educated men, how does this trend affect our chances of scoring? And was going to CMU a dumb move, socially?"There has been no decline in bachelor's degrees awarded to men," she writes. "The numbers awarded to women have simply increased."