At Colleges, Women Are Leaving Men In The Dust
By Tamar Lewin, The New York Times, July 9, 2006

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. It is not that Mr. Kohn, 24, is indifferent to education. "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.

A quarter-century after women became the majority on college campuses, men are trailing them in more than just enrollment. Department of Education statistics show that men, whatever their race or socioeconomic group, are less likely than women to get bachelor's degrees — and among those who do, fewer complete their degrees in four or five years. Men also get worse grades than women. And in two national studies, college men reported that they studied less and socialized more than their female classmates.

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