Charles Kuffner correctly objects to my sloppy assertion that the gender gap in college is driven by the gender-race gap. My own back of the envelope calculation (which, pre-coffee, took me way too long to do...) gives me a white gender gap of 54.5/45.5. It still leaves open the question of whether recent increases have been driven by this, but in any case I think the real point is:
Unless one truly believes there is some sort of institutional discrimination against men in education this isn't cause for any concern. It's worthy of study, but not panic.
