Reply to A Generation of American Men Give Up on College: ‘I Just Feel Lost’

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "A Generation of American Men Give Up on College: ‘I Just Feel Lost’"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But is it even across different SES communities?  I would think that if it is the distractions having an effect it would be more pronounced in lower SES families where students have to be more self motivated to go to college, they don’t have all the supports and expectations that are in higher SES families.  I could see young women having a real advantage.
[/quote]

One excuse after another. SES, or they want to go into trades, or they're not applying, etc,etc.

Now imagine if the article said it was POC admissions are low at colleges instead of men. Would we start trying to blame SES, going into trades, etc?[/quote]

I was opining on what might be causing it. I noted that higher SES families do more for their kids, boys and girls, (just look at DCUM) to push to go to college.  The most significant correlation for college success is a mother's education level.  This thread has gone off the rails.  My mother was the first in her family to go to college in the 60s and it was entirely self motivated, her brother had no interest and never went.  Their life trajectories were worlds apart.

I think we should be helping all lower SES children regardless of race (meaning white, black, asian, latino) prepare for college or trades in our schooling, depending on their interests.  At school ages, girls may just be more inclined to to go to college as a group.  Individual cases, of course, vary.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics