#679 Higher Education Shift

After centuries of inequality in UK higher education benefiting men, there has been a [1] over the past three decades. A lower proportion of entrants to UK higher education institutions are male than ever before and they [2] up less than one-half of the total. Other developed countries have [3] a similar shift. Male [4] is not seen only in the figures for entry but also in non-continuation (drop-out) rates and degree performance statistics.