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(Tasha Cook, KUER-FM) -- Since 1940, studies showed a pattern of Utah women outperforming their national counterparts in getting college degrees. But in the past fifteen years, that has dramatically changed, leaving Utah in last place for its percentage of women who finish college. KUER's Tasha Cook examines the perceptions and cultural expectations leading to the high drop-out rate.
READ · Aug 30
(Storee Powell, Cache Valley Daily) -- While most women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints believe they should attend college, graduating from college is not ranked among their highest priorities, according to the latest findings of a study called the Utah Women and Education Project (UWEP). Raising a family was ranked as the highest priority for future...
READ · Apr 20
(UVU Review) -- More research from the Utah Women and Education Project, UWEP, indicates extracurricular activities, finances and aspirations are significant influences as to whether or not young women attend and graduate from college. Results from the study are presented to the public in the form of easy-to-understand research snapshots intended to inform young women and anyone influential in their...
READ · Apr 11
(Salt Lake Tribune) Nationally, women make up the majority of college students, currently 57 percent compared with 49 percent in Utah. Utah women marry younger, have children sooner and have more of them than their peers in all other states. This demographic quirk is often cited as the reason women don’t attend college at the same rate...
READ · Nov 12
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