At Colleges, Women Are Leaving Men in the Dust

[survivor999]

By TAMAR LEWIN

Nearing graduation, Rick Kohn is not putting much energy into his final courses.

"I take the path of least resistance," said Mr. Kohn, who works 25 hours a week to put himself through the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. "This summer, I looked for the four easiest courses I could take that would let me graduate in August."

It is not that Mr. Kohn, 24, is indifferent to education. He is excited about economics and hopes to get his master's in the field. But the other classes, he said, just do not seem worth the effort.

"What's the difference between an A and a B?" he asks. "Either way, you go on to the next class."

He does not see his female classmates sharing that attitude. Women work harder in school, Mr. Kohn believes. "The girls care more about their G.P.A. and the way they look on paper," he said.

A quarter-century after women became the majority on college campuses, men are trailing them in more than just enrollment.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/09/education/09college.html?ei=5094&en=1788c6468b950bc6&hp=&ex=1152504000&partner=homepage&pagewanted=print

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[acmejack]

1. Gee, the sixth or seventh time you all post this, we'll get the point!

Or does this make twenty or thirty? It has certainly had a "Cats" type run here lately.

[leftyladyfrommo]

2. I read this, too.

The sad part is that those same women will go and find work that pays about 65% of what the lazy male students make.

[Warpy]

4. Then they will have babies

and the corporation will ASSume their brains came out when the baby did and mommy track them away from any possibility of success.

Men with children and poorer academic records will leapfrog ahead of all these brilliant women.

[Toots]

3. One of the few things happening in America that gives me hope

I can't wait for women to take control of Government and Business in America. For the same reason there are virtually no women serial killers. Women would rather use their brains than their brawn and with that I agree. If only America would figure that one out...sigh...