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On average, Women are now 57% of the student body nation-wide on campuses of higher education.

What do you think is the reason behind this statistic?

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There are several possibilities for this.

1. On average, there are more females in the population than males, although this may just be because women live longer than men, so it may not explain the discrepancy in the post-secondary years.

2. Another possibility is that women spend longer completing their post-secondary education. This could be either because they ...

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