Monday, January 29, 2001
Gender gap among computer users
As they entered four-year colleges and universities this past fall, freshmen of both sexes showed almost identical rates of computer use, but men were twice as likely as women to have a high opinion of their own skills.
That “gap in self-confidence” might help explain why men were five times more likely than women to say they would probably become computer programmers or analysts, according to UCLA researchers. Their conclusion was based on analysis of surveys filled out by 269,000 freshmen as they arrived at 434 four-year schools.

Aquinas College drops sports teams
Officials at Aquinas College in Nashville, Tenn., have decided to disband the institution’s athletics program of men’s basketball and baseball teams, at the end of the academic year. Aquinas began offering four-year degree programs in 1994, but has kept its sports teams in the National Junior College Athletic Association.
Sister Mary Evelyn Potts, the college’s president, says she would not be opposed to resurrecting athletics at some future date, when the college could afford to maintain the teams.

—Juliett Dinkins
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