The Rise of Women

There is a lot to talk about in this article about a new book titled The Rise of Women, which discusses "how and why female students continue to outpace their male counterparts in education (yet still can't seem to earn a comparable paycheck)."  In fact, according to the authors, in 2011 women earned 82% of what men earned, and while that is up 20% from thirty years ago, it's still not enough.

Also mentioned in the article/book, girls tend to "segregate according to major" while in high school, yet girls who attend high schools (like GPS) that emphasize the STEM fields, continue to be interested in those subjects in college. And you probably already know that the number of men completing bachelor's degrees has stayed relatively the same while the number of women earning a degree has grown considerably.  I think I may have to buy the book.