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UIdaho Bucks National Gender Trend

The national gender breakdown for college students in 2007 was about 60 percent female and 40 percent male, according to U.S. government statistics. At the University of Idaho, 54.2 percent of students are male. "Not many people realize that it's opposite the national trend," said Heather Shea Gasser, director of the UI Women's Center. Shea Gasser said she defines feminism as a movement to end sexist power/Chava Thomas, UI Argonaut. More here

Question: Why do you think the University of Idaho has bucked the national gender trend, and has more males than females in the student population?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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