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 than for women.
In contrast to issues of race and class, this disparity challenges our usual notions of opportunity. After all, men continue to earn more than women for the same work and have more access to the top jobs…..”
Read the entire article: https://hechingerreport.org/opinion-too-many-young-men-are-missing-from-college-campuses-like-mine