Gender

Nationally, more than one-half of all undergraduate students are women.* Texas community colleges as a whole reflect that figure with a female enrollment of 56 percent. Rising Star’s female enrollment is 67 percent. The DCCCD is actively marketing to and recruiting more male students by emphasizing fast-track job training programs and other areas of interest to young men in order to boost their participation.

* U. S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. Gender Differences in Participation and Completion of Undergraduate Education and How They Have Changed Over Time (NCES 2005-169). Washington, D. C.: U. S. Government Printing Office, 2005. http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2005/2005169.pdf

** Dallas County Community College District Office of Institutional Research and Planning. Dallas County Community College Fact Brief: Summary of DCCCD Credit Student Statistics (Fall 2008). www.dcccd.edu/pda/research/floreps/fbnote.htm

*** Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Community and Technical College Division. Texas Public Community and Technical Colleges 2005 Statewide Factbook. http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/Reports/PDF/1174.PDF