More UK women are accepted to university than men, and fewer drop out.
In the United Kingdom, more women than men are gaining admission to university, and they are more likely to stay once they get there, according to a study by the Higher Education Policy Institute. The Oxford-based non-profit group's report, Male and Female Participation and Progression in Higher Education, found that almost half of all women aged 17–30 attend college full- or part-time, compared with just over one-third of men of the same ages. About 8% of men aged 17–20 drop out, compared with 6.5% of women the same age, and 17% of men aged 21–30 drop out, compared with 12.3% of women the same age.
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Student gender bias. Nature 459, 1157 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nj7250-1157e
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