Recently, CU's Engineering Dean stated that it was his and the university's intention to systematically eliminate male enrollment from the college of engineering. The goal was to achieve a quota of 50% females in STEM within 5 years. The Dean and the University publicly commented that the goal was achievable by simply favoring females over males in the admissions process. Despite CU STEM being one of the best programs in the world, the university staunchly believes that gender, and in violation of the Civil Rights Act, trumps merit.

Conspicuously absent from the rankings was UNC. Northern CO's female undergraduate enrollment is 65% and 77% for graduate school. UNC has consistently and systematically denied admission to male students. Despite UNC's egregious pattern and practice of invidious discrimination, UNC officials act with impunity.