California falls behind in the race for equality between the sexes

Recently I came across an article by Jennifer Pollak, writer of the Daily 49er and found an interesting article. It addressed the issue of how although the amount of women enrolling in colleges in California is up, the chances of them landing a job as head of a company is still a long shot in this state.

Statistically only six women out of 200 men hold executive positions at corporations in this state, Pollack wrote. Even though females are aggressively taking over colleges nation wide, they are still struggling to find their place in the working world.

Is is because we don't have the aggressive nature of men that is necessary to thrive as a top executive? Or perhaps our gender still holds on to the old fashioned ideology that women go to college to meet smart successful men to marry. What ever the reason for this trend it is slightly disturbing.

As a female college student (not hoping for a genius from the Engineering Department to come sweep me off my feet) this means there is a struggle ahead.
Are all my dreams and ambitions that seem so realistic now going to end when I walk up to the podium, accept my diploma and end my college career? Or, are these statistics skewed by variables not being accounted for?

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I'm lost, help!

With a topic so broad and infinite as “College Women Studies,”I find myself wondering where to begin digging for compelling information.

The past few days have been spent playing with different directions to go in, but none seem significant enough to put much effort into. Yesterday, I finally had a mini breakthrough when I decided to stop thinking and start researching.

At the Cal State Long Beach Library, Carol Perruso, former online editor for the Los Angeles Times, instructed my class on how to research using the schools online database. While searching online I found some intriguing information. I am still not sure the direction to go in, but at least I have some direction now. I look forward to researching some of my findings more in depth as the semester progresses.

Welcome!

Welcome all who are interested in issues concerning college women at major public universities! My name is Katrina Kobzeff and I am a journalism major at Cal State Long Beach. This is my first semester at CSULB and I have been assigned to cover a beat on college women in the United States. I appreciate any information and helpful postings contributing to the research on this topic. Thank-You