Women took simultaneous step forward and step back in the news this morning. While The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that the number of female undergraduates continues to outnumber males. The report “Gender Equity in Higher Education: 2010.” found that males made up only 44 percent of undergrads during the 2007-2008 school year.

Though females still outnumber men in universities, the study has found that the gender gap has stopped widening.

On the other hand, the number of teen pregnancies and abortions are up. Pregnancy rates among teen girls went up 3 percent, according to a study by the Guttmacher Institute, a sexual health non-profit group. 7 percent of teen girls got pregnant in 2006. The rate has decreased significantly since the 1990s which saw a 12 percent pregnancy rate among teens. The abortion rate rose 1 percent. Many blame the situation on abstinence-only education, a trademark of the Bush Era.

Quick Hits:

Two Metro workers were killed north of the Rockville Station early this morning after being struck by track equipment. Commuters can expect delays in Red Line service to Rockville. Free shuttle buses were put in place to transport riders from Twinbrook to the closed stations.

The National Zoo’s panda Tai Shan will be headed back to motherland China later this week to enter a breeding program.

Charles McC. Mathias Jr., a three-term republican Senator from Maryland died last night at the age of 87 in his Chevy Chase home.

Bus travel from D.C. to New York will be increasing as several companies added routes starting from Union Station.

And for some reason Khloe Kardashian of all people got to meet the president this week. Turns out being famous for nothing continues to have its perks.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, January 26th, 2010 at 8:34 am and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.