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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://www.wsj.com/articles/college-university-fall-higher-education-men-women-enrollment-admissions-back-to-school-11630948233

Men are abandoning higher education in such numbers that they now trail female college students by record levels.

At the close of the 2020-21 academic year, women made up 59.5% of college students, an all-time high, and men 40.5%, according to enrollment data from the National Student Clearinghouse, a nonprofit research group. U.S. colleges and universities had 1.5 million fewer students compared with five years ago, and men accounted for 71% of the decline.
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The WSJ reporter Doug Belkin made numerous references to the boys' GPAs and solid grades – but omitted mention of their SAT or AP Exam scores. And we know why. Because the high school grades these boys received were 100% fake. They didn't do a lick of genuine school work, studying, serious reading, or develop any sort of time management from 9th through 12th, so no surprise at age 18 or 19 y/o they are paralyzed in a university setting. [b]Grade inflation is fraud [/b]and high schools across America have become crime scenes as teachers unions and fat cat administrators perpetuate this fraud on tens of millions of unsuspecting families. Parents don't even realize they've been conned until the kids, typically the boys, are age 18 or 19 and "give up" and feel "lost".[/quote]

I somewhat agree with this. I don't know the solution, and it is way too late for our kids, who are post- or about to be post-high school, but it is ridiculous how pervasive "top students" are as compared to 30, 50 or 100 years ago. Have you seen those high school tests posted on Facebook, from like 1910? Sheesh, no comparison in terms of base knowledge needed.[/quote]

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