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UK: White males now classed as a 'minority group' at university

Broadsword - Sun, 2012-08-19 12:29

Article here. Excerpt:

'Across UK universities, 984,000 female undergraduates are studying for degrees, compared to 713,000 male. The gap is expected to widen in future years as new government rules make it easier for universities to recruit students with A-level grades of AAB or better, more of whom are female.

While last week’s A-level results showed boys narrowly outperforming girls at the A* grade for the first time, girls remained significantly more likely than boys to achieve grades in the upper range of A* to B.
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White males are defined as under-represented because while they make up about 45 per cent of the UK population, according to the last census, they account for only 20 per cent of the college’s intake.

Prospectuses and publicity materials have been redesigned to feature photographs and quotes from white male students. Visits to schools and college roadshows specifically target boys.
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By contrast, white women are overrepresented among the students, and are not being targeted for recruitment.'

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And in the US?

Matt - Mon, 2012-08-20 00:55

http://www.collegescholarships.org/scholarships/white-scholarship-guide.htm

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