The Second Sex in American Higher Education

I just covered gender equality in class today. At least one of my students is well trained in the ideology of "institutional racism and sexism." I normally just nod my head and say, "good point," unless there's an immediate factual issue in dispute. I do often mention that more women attend college and graduate these days than do men. Another student raised the point that on average women make 75 percent of a man's earnings. It's about 80 percent nowadays, so the gap is closing. I expect the gap to close entirely if we see increasing returns to education in the years ahead, and if boys and men continue to fall behind women at all levels of education.

See, Christina Hoff Sommers, "Baseless Bias and the New Second Sex," and Mark Perry, "Women Now Dominate Higher Education at Every Degree Level; The Female-Male Degree Gap Grows."

Hat Tip: RealClearPolitics.