Who’s in the know: Women surge, men sink in education’s gender gap

by E Wayne Ross on December 8, 2009

Globe and Mail: Who’s in the know: Women surge, men sink in education’s gender gap
Female students are dominating campuses, a shift that will change ‘who does what.’ But leaving men behind has its costs

In a red-brick building at the University of Guelph, where veterinarians have been schooled for the better part of a century, a demographic shift is taking place that offers a window into the future of human behaviour.

In the past decade, Ontario Veterinary College has seen its student numbers turned on their head: Women account for more than 80 per cent of its students during that time, and now make up more than half of the province’s practising vets.