Where men once went to college in proportions far higher than women—58 percent to 42 percent as recently as the 1970s—the ratio has now almost exactly reversed. The new minority on campus? Men. Now schools are scrambling to appeal to them, but men's reluctance to enroll has origins as early as primary school, only to be fueled later on by economic forces that discourage men from believing a degree is worth the time and money.
From the Atlantic:
Read Full Article »Men who do enroll in college, at whatever age, are more likely than women to drop out, and they graduate at lower rates, the Education Department reports. That's one thing universities and colleges can address directly, but generally don't, Shelley said.
Through 21 years running one of the few campus support centers exclusively for men, he said, “I've thought it can only get better. But it just has gone nowhere. Not only are there not programs like ours that are supportive of male students, but at most college campuses the attitude is that men are the problem. … I've had male students tell me that their first week in college they were made to feel like potential rapists.”
