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College Enrollment Patterns

The gender balance is not uniform, with women dominating many institutions and fields, while men remain relatively stronger in several STEM fields and some elite campuses.

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Jan 9, 2026
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Women being higher performing in college than men

Recent, consistent national data show women now enroll in and complete college at higher rates than men—a reversal of past patterns driven by earlier advantages in schooling and sustained across racia...

Feb 5, 2026

How does male–female variability in IQ scores affect representation in STEM and elite competitions?

—that is, larger spread of male scores despite similar group means—has been reported across many large-sample studies and meta-analyses and can mathematically produce more men at both the extreme low ...

Feb 5, 2026

Which cognitive subtests show the largest and most consistent sex differences across cultures?

Across decades of research the most robust, culture-spanning is a male advantage on and similar 3D spatial-visualization tasks, with moderate-to-large effect sizes reported (d ≈ 0.5–0.7) . Women show ...

Feb 3, 2026

How do social, cultural, and educational factors influence gender differences in intelligence?

Evidence from meta-analyses and cross-national studies shows that observed in intelligence are small, domain-specific, and strongly shaped by social, cultural, and educational contexts rather than ref...

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