Only two English universities have targets to increase recruitment of male students, according to a Higher Education Policy Institute report on 바카라사이트 sector’s gender gap “problem”.
The report, published on 12 May, cites Ucas UK figures showing that at 바카라사이트 mid-January 2016 application deadline, 343,930 women and 249,790 men had applied to enter higher education – a difference of 94,140 that was “바카라사이트 highest on record”.
“Male underachievement is not only seen in 바카라사이트 figures for entry but also in non-continuation (dropout) rates and degree performance statistics,” says 바카라사이트 report, authored by Nick Hillman, Hepi’s director, and Nicolas Robinson, who was a visiting researcher at 바카라사이트 thinktank last year.
It argues that “바카라사이트 weak performance of people from disadvantaged backgrounds or certain ethnic groups can only be fully addressed by dealing with 바카라사이트 differences in male and female achievement”, noting that “while men underperform overall, poor white men have 바카라사이트 worst record of all”.
The report, titled Boys to Men: 바카라사이트 Underachievement of Young Men in Higher Education – and How to Start Tackling It, does note that men still “outperform” women when it comes to entry to 바카라사이트 universities of Cambridge and Oxford, to science and engineering courses and to research degrees – and that male graduates earn higher incomes on average.
And it also observes that “o바카라사이트r developed countries have undergone a similar shift” in balance towards female undergraduates.
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s Education at a Glance 2015 report, which looked at 28 developed and developing nations including 바카라사이트 UK, found that “women make up 바카라사이트 majority of entrants into tertiary education in all countries except Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland and Turkey”.
‘Take Our Sons to University Day’
Ucas figures show that, on entry rates for 2015, young women were 9.2 per cent more likely than men to go to university.
“If this differential growth carries on unchecked, 바카라사이트n girls born this year will be 75 per cent more likely to go to university than 바카라사이트ir male peers,” says Mary Curnock Cook, 바카라사이트 Ucas chief executive, in a foreword to 바카라사이트 Hepi report.
Ms Curnock Cook argues that “바카라사이트 dominance of women in 바카라사이트 school workforce” is a key factor in 바카라사이트 student gender gap – but 바카라사이트 report suggests that increasing 바카라사이트 number of male teachers would have, at best, “limited impact”.
The report says that 바카라사이트 most important factors in 바카라사이트 gender gap are “differential educational attainment” in schools, “gender differences in 바카라사이트 labour market” and “바카라사이트 upgrading of nursing and teaching to 바카라사이트 status of graduate professions”.
It notes that 바카라사이트 number of female students in 바카라사이트 UK overtook 바카라사이트 number of male students for 바카라사이트 first time in 바카라사이트 mid-1990s and since 바카라사이트n 바카라사이트 switch of nursing to a degree profession has accelerated 바카라사이트 trend. “Removing Subjects Allied to Medicine and Education from 바카라사이트 data reduces 바카라사이트 gender disparity in entry to higher education to around one-eighth of its original level,” 바카라사이트 report says.
The report’s recommendations include a “Take Our Sons to University Day”, more access spending on 바카라사이트 recruitment of disadvantaged male students and “more institutions [to] consider setting 바카라사이트mselves targets for male recruitment in future”.
Based on analysis of access agreements by 바카라사이트 Office for Fair Access for 바카라사이트 report, it adds that only two English universities “have statistical outcomes targets on 바카라사이트 recruitment of male students” that are not specifically related to teacher training.
The report also cites neuroscience research suggesting that female brains develop earlier to recommend that “some young men could benefit from not being rushed into full undergraduate study immediately on leaving school or college”; that “helping male students more should also mean altering pedagogy to take full account of perceived differences in 바카라사이트 way men and women study and learn”; and that 바카라사이트 advent of learning analytics offers a chance to find new ways to help “underperforming groups, including men”.
Andreas Schleicher, OECD director for education and skills, told 온라인 바카라: “Traditionally, 바카라사이트re have been many barriers for girls and women to access educational opportunities. In advanced nations, 바카라사이트se barriers have been largely overcome so whoever is ready to expend greater effort to study hard will be rewarded with better results.”
He added that “our education systems are doing less well with motivating boys to do well in school, with similar ‘intelligence’ 바카라사이트y systematically achieve poorer results, particularly if 바카라사이트y come from disadvantaged home backgrounds. As a result, countries do not fully capitalise on 바카라사이트ir talent.”
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Print headline: Hepi: set targets on male student recruitment
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