re: #353 researchok

Yes, I should have been more clear about that.

Women in general now are attending university at a higher rate than men.

Men it seems, are regressing.

hehe.
No, I don’t think that’s completely it.

I think many men are finding that vo/tech school or community college for a couple of years, coupled with their own abilities and knowledge and knack for things, is really all they need.

Daughter told me something interesting - last semester she took an Animal Science course.

The teacher told them that 20 years ago, the course was 99% guys, and like 90% filled with folks who had grown up on a farm.

TODAY, the course attendees are about 90% women, and very close to zero percent who grew up on a farm.

I thought that was very interesting; it seems to me there are some fields that have evolved from practical application sort of courses, to courses for jobs in research. And that’s where these things change and start attracting more women, for whatever reason.