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BIG MAN ON CAMPUS LIKELY A WOMAN

By Amy Fagan

THE WASHINGTON TIMES

March 27, 2007

Women's share of college enrollment is at an all-time high as education researchers continue to debate what is causing the trend of more women than men going to college, and what the future impact of the trend could be.

"It is a topic of some conversation within the admissions community, and they certainly are looking at it," said Barmak Nassirian, associate executive director of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers. "I don't think we have a proper understanding of what would be at the root."

"It's well-documented that there's a female majority on college campuses," said Jacqueline King, director of the American Council on Education's Center for Policy Analysis and author of a 2006 study on the topic. "I think where there's not a consensus is why this is the case."

Historically, more men than women have graduated college. In 1870, the first year a national survey was conducted, 7,993 men and 1,378 women received bachelor's degrees. But by the 1980s, women were outpacing men and that trend has continued through today.

In the 2003-04 school year, 595,425 men received bachelor's degrees, compared with 804,117 women, according to the Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics. The department's fall 2004 numbers show that 57.2 percent of college enrollees were women -- the highest percentage ever.