Male College Enrollment

Paper Summary:

This paper describes the declining percentages of male enrollment in colleges in the United States. The statistics are particularly prevalent among African-Americans and Hispanics. The paper discusses how the enrollment trends have changed over the past century. It also suggests possible reasons for the lower number of males earning degrees.

From the Paper:

"Many believe that when boys do not fit into a school environment, they are diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and given Ritalin or other drugs (Cook). Astonishingly, some nine million prescriptions of Ritalin are written for American children each year, the majority of them for boys between the ages of six and 12 years (Cook). According to Stanford University's Thomas Sowell, author of Inside American Education: The Decline, the Deception, the Dogmas, the drugging of boys is "part of a growing tendency to treat boyhood as a pathological condition that requires a new three R's repression, re education and Ritalin" (Cook). Sowell notes, "The motto used to be: 'Boys will be boys.' Today, the motto seems to be: 'Boys will be medicated'" (Cook)."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Cameron, Kelly. (2001 February 08). Colleges notice drop in male enrollment. University Wire. Retrieved February 19 2006 from HighBeam Research Library Web site.
• Cook, Philip W.; Sacks, Glenn. (2003 April 29). Mysterious Decline-Where Are the Men on Campus? Retrieved February 19 2006 from: http://www.ifeminists.net/introduction/editorials/2003/0429sacks.html
• Feller, Ben. (2003 August 28). TEACHERS TODAY ARE LIKELY TO BE FEMALE AND WHITE EIGHTY PERCENT ARE WOMEN AND 90% ARE WHITE, WHILE 50% OF STUDENTS ARE MALE AND 40% ARE MINORITIES. Wisconsin State Journal. Retrieved February 19 2006 from HighBeam Research Library Web site.
• Sandell, Benjamin. (2000 October 19). Decline in male students at U. Minnesota redefines gender gap. University Wire. Retrieved February 19 2006 from HighBeam Research Library Web site.
• WHO NEEDS MEN? (1999 June 01). Harper's Magazine. Retrieved February 19 2006 from HighBeam Research Library Web site.

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