Is the drop of men in college an epidemic or a cause for concern?

Question

I see a lot of men here and a few women calling attention to the issue of fewer boys going to college.

I see a lot of men here and a few women calling attention to the issue of fewer boys going to college. In the United States, women now make up 57% of college students. Among African-Americans,

the figure is 60%. (http://www.gurianinstitute.com/articlesV... So out of all the colleges there are 7% more girls and out of the african-americans there are 10% more girls.

Answer 1

I would say that the change in college enrollment is definitely a cause for some concern.  Colleges themselves are concerned because they want to promote diversity on their campuses.  Apparently, when there are "too many" woman, at a school, neither men not women want to attend.  But the larger problem is the fact that fewer men see a college education as something to value.  The dumbing down of our society in general is, perhaps, being embraced by a cohort of young men.  What this means is that certain professions - those that require a college education, will become increasingly dominated by females.  Is that a problem?  If you believe that homogeneity within a profession is problem, then yes.  I think the larger problem is that young men are feeling increasingly disenfranchised from many aspects of contemporary society.  

And yes, all children should be read to.

Edit to Tracey -

Didn't your mother ever tell you that two wrongs don't make a right?

Answer 2

Obviously, the problem is socio-economic and cultural, rather than a gender issue. There are more women in college because there are more minority and lower class women going to college than minority and lower class men. I thin the problem here is two-fold: first, more lower class men go to work in fields that do not require a college education...construction, factory work, etc. Lower class women go into fields that require some college, office assistant, nurse, etc. but also there is a disdain for  higher education, and even education in general, among lower-class men, both white and black. It is seen as "unmanly" "something that girls do," and it is viewed as unnecessary. I really don't know what HOW to do it, but the solution is to get lower class and minority males to see the value of education, and THEN we would see a return to more equitable numbers.

See Particle's answer as exhibit A.

Answer 3

I don't think it's a crisis. No one ever considered it a "crisis" when the situation was reversed. Then, it was "the natural order of things" or something such B.S.

Why is it that when women contribute fewer technological innovations to humanity in centuries or decades past, it's "an example of women's lesser skills in math and science."

But when fewer men go to college than women, it's some sort of super-crisis that's due to an evil feminist conspiracy against boys?

Answer 4

Honestly, I think college has little to offer men in terms of their interests.

Personally I would rather do just about anything instead of having to read the moronic ramblings of French g*y marxists and be told that it's intelligent, but that ain't the way the world is going hence I am here studying my *** off and jumping through hoops and politely saying "yes ma'am" to the establishment until I get my degree.

I would rather be a cowboy.

Answer 5

While I do not think it is an epidemic, I think it is a cause for concern.  It would be interesting to see if part of this was due to the war and many young men joining the military rather than go to college.  But I do think it is a cause for concern.  To me, the problem is not college or the boys, but what may be going on in lower level schools.  The actual problem is not due to college acceptance of young men, but a decrees in the number of young men who apply.  It makes me question...especially as a teacher...what we are doing in schools and why many of our young men do not want to go to college.

Answer 6

While I don't think it's an epidemic yet, it is something that should be a cause for concern.

You say that about men making choices causing the numbers to be different.  I hope you remember that the next time the pay gap discussion comes up.  I will reference this if I see anything different.

Answer 7

College is not for everybody and not everybody should be going. There are plenty of women who don't really belong there either. Too many people think college is a place for job training when in fact, it's for higher learning. If we could get past this mind-set that everybody has to go to college, we would have far fewer people who are going but don't belong there and it would make room for those who truly are motivated and will get something out of their experience there.

Answer 8

Would people be considering it a "crises" if the situation were reversed?

Answer 9

Not surprisingly, people who actually care about men and boys say yes, feminists say no.