December 18, 1998

Women Outnumber and Outperform Men on Australian Campuses, Report Says

Women now far outnumber men among university students in Australia and are also much more successful academically.

A report commissioned by the Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee found that 56 per cent of students at the country's universities now are female, and that the women are outperforming men in almost every discipline. Nationwide, the pass rate among women in the first year of university studies is

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