Enrollment plummets at Washington’s colleges, especially among men

throwaway20210821 · 2022-04-27T01:18:51+00:00

How many of those men not applying were diagnosed neurodivergent, had stronger doubts about the ability to a land a job after getting a college education than their peers and had social skills or personality issues (which contrary to popular belief, are not so easy to fix) I wonder?

Clearly the enrollment and underemployment issue among men will be the next issue to get a lot of coverage highlighting how women are outperforming men, specifically in western countries where unlike other places, people take high youth unemployment and lack of education as a deeply disturbing sign and shaming of unemployed men is pretty common ("mommy's basement", "loser, get a job").

Tang_of_pussy · 2022-04-27T02:23:09+00:00

You mean the state I was sexually assaulted in and made homeless and forced into hiding of continued death threats? Not surprising

Flashy_Glove6208 · 2022-04-27T09:22:00+00:00

The challenge around men is something that the entire higher education community is trying to figure out,” said Jan Yoshiwara, executive director of the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges.

Theories abound, tapping into the state’s blue-collar roots, notions of masculinity and changing ideas about college in the internet age. That’s apart from oft-heard complaints about the spiraling college costs and student debt, and a conservative critique of campuses as bastions of snowflake liberalism.

In essence hostile environment for men, useless degrees (apart from STEM) and debt through the roof. Men are logical, go with trades or certifications, and little to no debt.

MRA_TitleIX · 2022-04-27T18:09:29+00:00

The challenge around men is something that the entire higher education community is trying to figure out

Complete bullshit, through and through. I havent come across a single university taking this seriously, and the department of education had gone out of its way to smokescreen the numbers in reports so they can ignore the issue. I wouldn't even hazard to say a minority of the educational community is trying to figure it out.

The Washington Roundtable, a business group, is launching a study to get to the bottom of what’s going on, said its vice president, Neil Strege.

Doesn't say the study is on why men are disappearing from education. It's probably going to focus on the impact of covid just like OCR's report and ignore men. I want to believe someone gives a shit, but I won't until I see it.

We don't need studies. We need colleges to end their extreme focus on helping women while ignoring men. We need OCR to actually enforce civil rights law for men. Fuck your studies. It's a PR placebo for action you know you need to take Washington.

isleno · 2022-04-27T13:17:39+00:00

The education gap is largely explained by 'next-best' employment options and not necessarily any form of discrimination against men. For example, when times are good there are a lot of construction jobs available that pay $25/hr+ and have a lot of upward mobility, so a lot of high schoolers who were on the fence for going to college take those jobs instead. Fortunately (or unfortunately) for men, a lot of these high-paying jobs that don't require four-year degrees are in industries that favor male strengths (like strength). Even as I sit here, I can't think of any traditionally female, high-paying jobs that don't require four-year degrees. Maybe y'all can think of some examples.

Title	Enrollment plummets at Washington’s colleges, especially among men
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Date	April 27, 2022 1:13 AM UTC (4 years ago)
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