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The Clarion | January 26, 2007
CAMPUS
EVENTS
CALENDAR
January 29
Basketball 6:00p.m.
Game Night in Coltrane
Underground hosted by
Campus Rec 8:00p.m.
January 30
Ski/Snowboard Trip with
Outdoor Rec
January 31
Clinic on Bike Maintenance
in the Stamey Underground
Spring Outdoor Fitness
Series
Open Mic Night 8:00p.m.
hosted by CAB
February 1
Basketball 6:00p.m.
Wilderness Job Fair in the
Reserve Dining Room from
11:00a.m. -2:00p.m.
February 3
Basketball 2:00p.m.
College women outpacing men
By Samantha Van Vynck
Daily Collegian (Penn State)
(U-WIRE) UNIVERSITY
PARK, Pa. - A new report released
earlier this month suggests colleges
may have a more successful fe
male student body than male.
The National Freshman Atti
tudes Report by Noel-Levitz in
dicates the findings stem from the
different attitudes men and
women have toward studying.
Noel-Levitz, an organization
geared toward helping college cam
puses exceed in their enrollment,
marketing, and student success
goals, surveyed nearly 100,000
incoming freshmen at 292 private
and two-and four-year public col
leges during their initial weeks on
campus.
The study found that both men
and women approach their fresh
man year highly motivated, but
male students didn't list having
study habits and high intellectual
interests as often as women did.
"This study has to do with what
percentage of men and women re
spond in different ways [to col
lege]," said Pam Jennings, associ
ate vice president of marketing for
Noel-Levitz. "Overall, students
have a high expectation that they
are going to complete a degree
when they come in as brand new
freshmen, but that isn't happen
ing."
The report suggests that the dis
parities between the two genders
may begin with the individual aca
demic methods males and females
use, such as studying and reading,
to be successful in the classroom.
The findings show that fresh
men men are more likely than
women to admit that their study
ing is irregular and unpredictable
and that books have never been a
source of excitement. The numbers
demonstrate that women enjoy
reading more and taking careful
notes, which is a factor in why
women are doing well, according
to the study. Pennsyvania State
University Professor of sociology,
demography, and education
George Farkas said he attributes
these academic differences to a
mixture of biology and culture.
"I do studies of achievement and
take them back to kindergarten,"
he said. "There are gender differ
ences in doing good school work,
in paying attention, being orga
nized and persisting in academic
tasks. I see those differences in
just first grade, and they are large,
so there do seem to be gender dif-
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ferences for older males and fe
males," he said.
This gender gap trend is not un
heard of, however
An article published in the
American Sociological Review en
titled The Growing Female Advan
tage in College Completion: The
Role of Family Background and
Academic Achievement in August
2006 shows the culmination of this
gender discrepancy has actually
been going on since the 1960s.
"Women are more out distanc
ing men in college education than
was the case in the past," Farkas
said. "The crossover point goes
back a while, it just wasn't noticed
so much."
Collegian staff writer Anna
Zagari contributed to this report.
Board of
Trustees set
to meet next
month
by Joseph Chilton
Copy Editor
The Brevard College Board of
Trustees is set to meet on Friday,
February 23 for their winter board
meeting.
Several very important campus
issues are on the list of topics for
the meeting.
The 2007-08 fiscal year operat
ing budget, as well as the tuition
and fee schedule for the 2007-08
school year are among the topics
for the meeting, said Cherie
Tinsley, assistant to the President
at Brevard College.
The Board of Trustees will also
discuss Promotion and Tenure
considerations at the winter board
meeting.
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