More and more, males are sidestepping college, according to the Higher Education Male Achievement Collaborative. Men now account for just two out of five college degrees earned in the United States, fewer than the share women received in 1972.
College enrollments last year were lower than they were 12 years earlier in 2011, the first sustained drop in American history—and low birth rates suggest the pool of future college students may fall rather than increase.
"I hope that we’ll see, where appropriate, some adjustments and corrections and some willingness to be self-critical, which higher ed has not really been known for," Daniels says in a Q&A.
