Women are enrolling in higher numbers, earning higher grades, graduating more frequently with honors and making up the majority of graduate schools.

Women, who for years were considered minorities in higher education, now constitute 58 percent of students enrolled in two- and four-year colleges in the United States. Women also outnumber men in graduate schools and professional schools.

The New York Times reported in August, "A quarter-century after women became the majority on college campuses, men are trailing them in more than just enrollment."

The Times cited statistics from the U.S. Department of Education that indicated men are receiving lower grades than women, less likely to graduate in four or five years and less likely to earn a bachelor's degree at all.

According to results from the 2005 National Survey of Student Engagement taken by 90,000 students at 530 institutions, men are significantly more likely to spend at least 11 hours per week relaxing or socializing.

"There's no question, women work harder," said one male political science junior who asked not to be named. "Guys are focusing on other things in college, like drinking and getting laid." He added that he frequently has a few drinks at Traditions, the campus bar, before attending his evening classes.

Megan Birney, a second-year graduate student in public policy, used history to explain why women approach college with greater motivation. "Women have to work harder to prove themselves in society," she said. "Women are more independent than they were 50 years ago, and they don't want to be indebted to men anymore."

A female business student said one of her professors warned his class before assigning a group project that men were more likely to flake on their group responsibilities than women, and therefore they should be held especially accountable.

"As long as men are outperforming women in the workplace, as far as I'm concerned there are no implications," said a male chemical engineering junior. He referred to figures showing that men still earn significantly higher wages than women, often for doing the same job. And he pointed to the fact that 490 of the Fortune 500 companies have men as CEOs.

Another graduate student in public policy said, "I know I don't have to try as hard in school because I know I'm going to have a better shot at getting a job when I'm out."

Several men claimed that "men are naturally smarter, and therefore don't have to work as hard." They pointed to standardized tests such as the SAT on which boys still tend to score higher than girls.

Even those men who acknowledged that women's higher performance in college might translate to higher performance in the workplace embraced the idea of taking a supporting role in society.

"I would love to be a 'trophy husband,'" said one undeclared freshman. "I know a guy who's a trophy husband, and all he does is drink beer and fish all day. Sounds like a great life to me."

"I'm only dating pre-med majors," said another undeclared freshman, explaining that he would be perfectly content if he never had to work outside the home.

It is worth noting that none of the men who claimed not to care that they were being outperformed by women in college were willing to offer their names on the record for fear that their comments might hurt their prospects with the opposite sex.

It's great! Trojan Nation rocks! It's not great, but Athletics needs the money. It's not that big of a change. It stinks - students are being ripped off. I don't care - I never attend anyway. (EXPLETIVE DELETED) - that pretty much covers it.

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