Could it be because there's no future for white males in corporate America?
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and certainly no future for white male victimhood majors
American males are giving up on college, and some observers wonder why.
“….[F]ewer and fewer young people are going to college. And the trend shows that far more men than women are giving up on higher education.
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.
“Until a couple of decades ago, an undergraduate degree was a one-size-fits-all key that could open almost any door to a successful future. Several generations of liberal arts majors ended up being employed in entry-level office positions at small and medium-sized companies.
“But today, many companies won’t even look at a resume unless the applicant has an advanced degree, preferably in IT, business, or marketing. What used to be seen as a four-year exercise has become a six- or seven-year commitment to excel.
“That, and the prohibitive cost, may be one reason why young people would rather bypass college and go directly to work after achieving a high school diploma.”
The gender enrollment disparity among nonprofit colleges is widest at private four-year schools, where the proportion of women during the 2020-21 school year grew to an average of 61%, a record high, Clearinghouse data show.
Social science researchers cite distractions and obstacles to education that weigh more on boys and young men, including videogames, pornography, increased fatherlessness and cases of overdiagnosis of boyhood restlessness and related medications.
Men in interviews around the U.S. said they quit school or didn’t enroll because they didn’t see enough value in a college degree for all the effort and expense required to earn one. Many said they wanted to make money after high school.
“It’s the revenge of “toxic masculinity” and women and their male allies who believed in suppressing boys in early grammar school are reaping what they sowed.
“Perhaps it’s the young men themselves who have changed the most. Daniel Briles, an 18-year-old, graduated in June from Hastings High School in Hastings, Minnesota. He decided against college despite earning a 3.5 grade-point average and winning a $2,500 college scholarship.
“He took a landscaping job immediately after high school and is making $500 a week. He also creates and sells music on streaming services and invests in cryptocurrencies.
“If I was going to be a doctor or a lawyer, then obviously those people need a formal education. But there are definitely ways to get around it now,” Mr. Briles said. “There are opportunities that weren’t taught in school that could be a lot more promising than getting a degree.”
There’s no possibility of a white male being considered for a faculty position, and positions in the establishment media: films, television, news, are increasingly scarce. As for corporations, every step up the ladder is going to be subject to “diversity tests”. This may be welcomed by those who once suffered from discrimination: turnabout is fair play, but no intelligent white kid should go willingly into huge, permanent debt just to end up in a dead-end job with no future.
