On Thu Nov 06 11:58 -0500, Austin wrote: > On 11/06/2003 11:57:13 AM, Buchan Milne wrote: > >You think CS is bad? We (B.Eng - Mech) started with 80 guys and 4 > >girls (one more joined us in 2nd year), 25 guys and no girls > >graduated at the end of the 4 year course. 3 girls left Engineering, > >2 changed to Industrial. > > Wow. > Here in Canada, university enrollment is like 60% female IIRC. > In science, it isn't quite as good, more like 50%. > Graduate school in science, more like 40%, but still not bad at all. > Go Canada!
In the US, it's a similar overall ratio, but most of the female enrollment is in the mushy liberal arts... CS and a few of the engineering disciplines are about all that keeps the 55 females for 45 males ratio from getting even more skewed. Indeed, some of the exclusively liberal arts schools are actually having to institute admissions preferences for males to ensure some level of diversity on campus... -- Levi Ramsey [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fate is just the weight of circumstances... Currently playing: Led Zeppelin - In Through the Out Door - Fool In Th Linux 2.4.22-8mdk 12:37:00 up 10:37, 7 users, load average: 0.22, 0.13, 0.05
