The Seattle Times – John Higgins
“In the past several decades, women have not only caught up to men in earning college degrees, they have surpassed them. Men made up 43 percent of the students enrolled in college in 2015, and were awarded 40 percent of bachelor’s degrees, according to federal data cited in a new study that traces the gender gap all the way back to preschool. The study, done by the American Sociological Association, finds that boys start kindergarten with fewer of the behaviors that teachers want — such as paying attention, controlling emotions and playing nice with others, and that difference partly accounts for higher high school and college completion rates for women. The study also finds that schools respond more harshly to boy’s transgressions and that difference also contributed to men not getting as far in their educations.”(more)