Barnard Dean Dorothy Denburg feels that women's colleges are still vital because, although women are attaining equality in higher education, they still have not attained equality in the business world. Boylan said that part of the reason why the majority of college applicants are female is a reflection of the inequality that exists between men and women in the workplace. US News and World Report stated that women do have less earning power than men in the work force. Despite the academic advantages women may be gaining from being in the majority on campus, there are social implications of the gender gap. According to US News, many college administrators are worried that students may be missing out on a well-rounded college experience as females become the majority on college campuses.
College is for a lot more than going to class.
However, Boylan doesn't feel that Barnard's being a women's school takes away from the social aspects of college life. Denburg is not worried that the gender gap will cause a rift in social relations between the sexes, either. Both Boylan and Denburg see the increasing number of women applying and attending college as innocuous to the fate of women's colleges. It is often said that in educating a woman, you educate a family, since mothers have such a lot to do with children's lives and aspirations. News Top of Page Front Page Current Issue etc.