Comments on: The degree gap http://www.joannejacobs.com/2009/12/the-degree-gap/ Thinking and Linking by Joanne Jacobs Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:47:54 +0000 hourly 1 By: uberVU - social comments http://www.joannejacobs.com/2009/12/the-degree-gap/#comment-53597 uberVU - social comments Tue, 29 Dec 2009 01:36:53 +0000 http://www.joannejacobs.com/?p=12695#comment-53597 <strong>Social comments and analytics for this post...</strong> This post was mentioned on Twitter by kriley19: Joanne Jacobs: The degree gap http://bit.ly/4nnPgG Full http://bit.ly/89IeVJ... Social comments and analytics for this post…

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]]> By: meep http://www.joannejacobs.com/2009/12/the-degree-gap/#comment-53596 meep Mon, 28 Dec 2009 11:43:28 +0000 http://www.joannejacobs.com/?p=12695#comment-53596 I agree with E-P. If the women are taking useless degrees [and the men aren't], then it's more a case of the women wasting time and effort, rather than men being left behind. [there's also the jumped-up vocational programs - secretarial courses that have become bachelors degrees in "communications" or some such]. I agree with E-P. If the women are taking useless degrees [and the men aren't], then it’s more a case of the women wasting time and effort, rather than men being left behind. [there's also the jumped-up vocational programs - secretarial courses that have become bachelors degrees in "communications" or some such].

]]> By: Engineer-Poet http://www.joannejacobs.com/2009/12/the-degree-gap/#comment-53595 Engineer-Poet Mon, 28 Dec 2009 07:10:40 +0000 http://www.joannejacobs.com/?p=12695#comment-53595 Without knowing what specialities the degrees are in, it is impossible to judge whether that graph (and the statistics behind it) are meaningful or nonsense.  For instance, if men take 60% of the degrees in science and women take 75% of the degrees in rhetoric and feminist and ethnic studies, there's probably a lot of money being wasted but not all that much real talent. Without knowing what specialities the degrees are in, it is impossible to judge whether that graph (and the statistics behind it) are meaningful or nonsense.  For instance, if men take 60% of the degrees in science and women take 75% of the degrees in rhetoric and feminist and ethnic studies, there’s probably a lot of money being wasted but not all that much real talent.

]]> By: Mark Roulo http://www.joannejacobs.com/2009/12/the-degree-gap/#comment-53594 Mark Roulo Sun, 27 Dec 2009 23:40:01 +0000 http://www.joannejacobs.com/?p=12695#comment-53594 I *HATE* charts like this. It looks much worse than it really is because the y-axis starts at 100 instead of 0. Not that 16:10 isn't a disturbing ratio ... -Mark Roulo I *HATE* charts like this. It looks much worse than
it really is because the y-axis starts at 100 instead of 0.

Not that 16:10 isn’t a disturbing ratio …

-Mark Roulo

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