By Leonard Sax – MercatorNet, 10/11/2021 “… There is a growing gender gap in higher education. According to the latest figures from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center: as of spring 2021, women accounted for 59.5% of students attending colleges and universities nationwide. Among four-year private colleges, women now account for 61% of all students…” READ MORE
Author: The Boys Initiative
Sen. Hawley Rouses Idle Men From Their Basements, Porn, and Video Games: ‘You Can Be a Tremendous Force for Good’
By Mary Margaret Olohan – Daily Signal, 11/10/2021 “… The Missouri Republican criticized the liberal label “toxic masculinity” and called for a new message to be sent to the men of America: one that focuses on the good that men can accomplish if they orient their masculinity toward the good…” Read the entire article: https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/11/10/hawley-toxic-masculinity-men-idleness-pornography-video-games/
High rate of suicide among young, African American boys, data shows
By Erica Simon – ABC13 Houston, 11/04/2021 “… Hudson says oftentimes Black boys who act out in school are miscategorized and overly disciplined. She believes all of us have to get to the root of the problem, so that every child – Black or not – feels seen, valued, and has space to process trauma READ MORE
The male college crisis is not just in enrollment, but completion
By Richard V. Reeves and Ember Smith – Brookings 10/08/2021 “…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 READ MORE
Boys in crisis: Schools are failing young males. Here’s what needs to change in classrooms
By Christopher Brueningsen – USA Today 10/09/2021 “… Data supports the claim that boys are falling behind, and dramatically so. For example, there is a growing gender gap in high school graduation rates. According to the Brooking Institution, in 2018, about 88% of girls graduated on time, compared with 82% of boys…” Read the entire READ MORE
Boys have missed out on vital cancer fighting jab for YEARS, experts warn
By Vanessa Chalmers – The U.S. Sun 11/04/2021 “… There are calls for the Government to roll out an urgent catch up scheme so young men are protected…” Read the entire article: https://www.the-sun.com/health/3999564/boys-missed-cancer-fighting-vaccine-years-hpv/
New schools are rising across the U.S. that look like charters but aren’t
By Jay Matthews – The Washington Post 10/31/2021 “…On both coasts now, we have big school-reform plans that seem unlikely to help students learn much. New York Mayor Bill de Blasio wants gifted classes in elementary schools to be replaced with accelerated classes, but he offers no practical way to make them as demanding as needed…” READ MORE
Education trial aims to tackle underachievement of boys
By Rebecca Black – Belfast Telegraph 10/22/2021 “…Professor Brian Murphy, director of academic business development and responsible for widening participation at the university, said boys and young men are “seriously falling behind at every level of the education system”…” Read the entire article: https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/education-trial-aims-to-tackle-underachievement-of-boys-40975007.html
Gender Gap in Education Achievements Widens Every Year
By: María Alejandra Pulgar, 10/04/21 “…“Historically, studies show that boys were more likely to hold positions of leadership within schools as well as graduate with higher rates. However, in the last few years, there has been such a push to have more girls take ownership of their educational future as well as understand the limitless READ MORE
OPINION: Too many young men are missing from college campuses like mine
by Tania Tetlow, 09/16/21 “…Nationally, 59 percent of college students are female; many campuses, like mine, have a gender imbalance, with the student body over 60 percent women and less than 40 percent men. And the gap only expands when we consider student retention; the six-year graduation rate is six percentage points lower for men READ MORE