2.4 - Community College Course Enrollment

FIGURE 2 indicates changes in the number of women enrolled in community colleges, while TABLE 6 shows changes in the type of courses taken by women.

Together, they show:

• Overall enrollment in community colleges has continued to increase from 1970/1971 to 1983/1984.
  
  
• From 1975/1976 to 1983/1984, women have marginally been in the majority (51% of total enrolled in 1975/1976, 52% in 1983/1984).
  
  
• Substantial increases occurred in the Business area of Management and Administration (from 44% in 1977/1978 to 50% in 1983/1984) and in Natural Sciences (from 16% in 1974/1975 to 27% in 1983/1984).
  
  
• In spite of these gains, women in 1983/1984 continued to enroll in typically "women's" areas (for example, 100% of Secretarial courses, 88% of Health Sciences, 74% of Education) and to be under represented in non-traditional areas (e.g., women comprise 10% of Engineering students, 9% of Electronics, 27% of Natural Science students).

FIGURE 2

Changes in Full - Time Community College Enrollment of Women and Men 1970/1971 - 1983/1984