Men are more likely than women to earn a college degree.
Men tend to have higher grade-point averages in college. Women typically have higher scores on standardized admissions tests like the Scholastic Assessment Test. Men constitute the majority of majors in architecture, engineering, computer technology, and physical science. A women's group fights for better child-care options, women's right to choose an abortion, and the elimination of sex discrimination in the workplace, arguing that the roots of women's oppression lie in women's lack of equal civil rights and educational opportunities. Wadsworth Publishing Co., a division of Thomson Learning.