Question: Gender equity for college degrees was achieved back in 1981 and women since then have earned an increasingly larger share of college degrees compared to men in almost every year, so that men have become the "second sex" in higher education. Despite the huge and growing "degree gap" over the last 30 years in favor of women (140 women earning a college degree this year for every 100 men), there are almost 200 women's centers on college campuses around the country (

list here

), some receiving public funding, most with the stated goal of "promoting (or advocating) gender equity" and promoting "women's success." Here are some examples:





gender equity and social change.



promote and advocate for gender equity on campus and in the community through programs and services that educate and support all individuals in building an inclusive and compassionate society. The mission of the University of Idaho Women’s Center is toon campus and in the community through programs and services that educate and support all individuals in building an inclusive and compassionate society. The Duke University Women’s Center is dedicated to helping every woman at Duke become self-assured with a kind of streetwise savvy that comes from actively engaging with the world. We welcome men and women alike who are committed toand social change.

The chart above shows the huge college degree gap by gender for the Class of 2012 ( data here ). Women will earn a disproportionate share of college degrees at every level of higher education this year, and the gender disparity is expected to increase over the next decade, so that by 2021 women will earn 148 college degrees for every 100 degrees earned by men, with especially huge gender imbalances for associate's degrees (179 women for every 100 men) and master's degrees (154 women for every 100 men).And the huge gender inequity in higher education is nothing new, women have earned a majority of college degrees in every year since 1981, see chart below.by, cultivating socially responsible, and advocating for organizational culturetoward excellence for all.The University of Virginia Women’s Center educates U.Va. students in how to create change in self, community, and the world by providing programs and services that