Ms Curnock Cook intervened as it was disclosed that 14 universities had targets to recruit more men. The initiative is part of a drive to train more men as primary school teachers to provide role models for young boys.
So far this year 80,000 more women have applied to universities in the UK than men and the trend is likely to grow, according to Ucas figures.
Of the 558,898 candidates who applied to university by the January deadline this year, 319,752, or 57.2 percent, were women. Some 239,146, or 42.8 percent, were men.
In evidence to the select committee, Ms Curnock Cook said gender gap “appears to be getting worse”.
“I am very worried about the gap between males and females,” she said.
“We are beginning to look at men as looking more like the disadvantaged group and women looking more like the advantaged group.”
The gap in test scores persists throughout primary and secondary education, she said.
“Females are outperforming males in primary and secondary education and of course that is feeding through into participation into higher education as well,” she said.
“It is a very deep seated issue. I think it requires more focus across all of education provision as to why boys are underperforming.”
Universities that charge higher tuition fees of more than £6,000 a year are required to sign contracts with the Office for Fair Access (Offa), in order to ensure that disadvantaged groups are not deterred from applying for courses by the high price of a degree.
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