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Do we need to provide more academic assistance for male students?
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May 21st, 2012
Why is there still so much academic support, scholarships, and benefits for co-eds attending colleges when they are already doing much better than men? Girls mature better than boys and are more suited to the school environment. Yet, people are still thinking that they are the ones who need help.
“COLUMBUS , Ohio –- Girls have long gotten better grades than boys in all levels of school. But while at one time few women used those academic skills to get degrees, new research suggests that growing incentives are helping draw women to college in record numbers.
That helps explain why, since 1982, women have outpaced men in college graduation rates. In 2004, women received 58 percent of all bachelor’s degrees in the United States, compared to only 35 percent in 1960.
“What has changed is that more women are now using their longstanding academic advantages and translating them into college degrees,” said Claudia Buchmann, co-author of the studies and associate professor of sociology at Ohio State University. ”
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