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Opinion

College admissions cut men slack

Who’s smarter, men or women? It’s a topic of common — and often comic — musings, but it has also become a serious policy issue for colleges and students. After 17 years of concentrated effort to raise the academic achievement of girls, the nation can brag female students have progressed tremendously. Women had often received less attention in the classroom and been steered away from college-prep courses in previous decades. Though still under-represented in calculus and other advanced-level science and math courses in high school, women now outnumber men applying to and graduating from college — so many that it appears some colleges are giving male applicants an admissions boost.

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Journalist Biena Magbitang recounts her experience reporting on COVID-19 during the pandemic with Eastern Michigan journalism professor Dr. You Li. This interview is an edited version of the full conversation which can be found at the Eastern Michigan University Archive. Check out the podcast version below!