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.
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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?
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