Affirmative Action…For Men?
Posted on March 27th, 2006
(Source: Kenyon College)
Meet the new minority group on campus: men.
Women now constitute 56 percent of college enrollments nationwide, causing admissions officials angst. What to do? According to a New York Times editorial, some colleges-particularly those where the gender balance isn't quite 50/50-give preferential treatment, however slight, to men. Call it a tiebreaker.
Read the editorial here, and then see Inside Higher Ed's take on the issue here.
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