Men at risk at college
"In 1972, when the U.S. government passed the landmark Title IX laws to promote gender equality in education, there was a 12 percentage-point gap in the proportion of bachelor's degrees going to men compared to women. By 1982, the gap had closed. Nobody predicted what happened next: the gap started to widen rapidly in the opposite direction. By 2019, the gender gap in bachelor's awards was wider, at 14 points, than it had been in 1972 — but the other way round." —Richard V. Reeves, Brookings Institution This quote captures a startling reversal in educational attainment. Today, women comprise approximately 60% of college students in the United States, while men account for the remaining 40%. Some institutions are actively trying to prevent that ratio from tipping further toward 70/30. The concern isn't just enrollment—it's completion. Men are increasingly at risk of not finishing college. This trend reminded me of Errol Miller's 1991 book Men at Risk , a...