undergraduates' attitudes and the study of mathematics at the ...

For example, the period 1989-1997 showed a decline of male enrollment, and up to 1996/97 academic year there was a decrease of 50% male
enrollment compared to the highest male enrollment in 1991/92 academic year. In 1996/97 academic year, male enrollment increased than the
previous academic years. Also in 1995/96 and 1996/97 there was an average increase in female enrollment. Whether this increase was realised in
following academic years after 1996/97 could not be predicted by the available information.
The student dropout showed some gender differences in certain periods of time. For instance, an increase in dropout in sex corresponded with a
decrease in dropout in the opposite sex and vice versa (fig.2) below. On the average, the rate of dropout for both sexes between 19898 and 1997 was
about 34% for female and 30% for male students per term of study i.e. from the time of enrollment to the end of the 3 year corse of study. Since the
difference was small, it could still be argued that the dropout by gender during this period was almost the same.
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