According to studies made in USA, children of both sexes and races start school with roughly similar potential to learn. Their scores on IQ tests are approximately equivalent when gender difference was controlled. Yet, test scores of female students decrease over time until when children move up the ladder in the education arena. However in the recent years the male domination in the education sector has slightly dropped leading to gender disparity. Education disparities can be seen in different areas in the education sector such as the enrollment rates, dropout rates, and success rates among the sexes. Our research was focused on one main objective; to study the trend in the enrollment rate and the disparities along the racial and gender lines. The research we conducted, explored the racial and gender disparities of college enrollment in the USA across all states, and collected our data from the National Center for Educational Statistics.
Regression analysis was used and results revealed that both gender and ethnicity variables are more likely to predict college enrollment rates. This quantitative research study will allow us to further understand the plausible predictors of the difference in college enrollment, which will be useful to eradicate the issue at hand.
