There is no clear consensus on why the proportion of women in college is growing, and several factors are undoubtedly involved. One factor may be that girls in high school tend to be more serious students than boys. We see a lot of ambitious women looking way out to the future, while young men tend to think just about the present,'' he said. Mr. Mortenson, however, sees some ominous trends for men in the labor market. Women are in a better position to take advantage of these global forces than men,'' he suggested.
Women account for nearly two-thirds of black undergraduates, and the gap is widening.
With the exception of all-male Morehouse College, every one of the 117 historically black colleges and universities in the United States has more women than men. There are more young black males in the criminal justice system than there are in college.