HIGHER ED DIGEST - America is Making it Easier for Men to Skip College
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The Wall Street Journal profiles this week the increasing number of American men foregoing or dropping out of college for gig work and manufacturing positions. The numbers: This education gap, which holds at both two- and four-year colleges, has been slowly widening for 40 years. The divergence increases at graduation: After six years of college, 65% of women in the U.S. who started a four-year university in 2012 received diplomas by 2018 compared with 59% of men during the same period, according to the U.S. Department of Education.
HIGHER ED DIGEST - America is Making it Easier for Men to Skip College
HIGHER ED DIGEST - America is Making it…
HIGHER ED DIGEST - America is Making it Easier for Men to Skip College
The Wall Street Journal profiles this week the increasing number of American men foregoing or dropping out of college for gig work and manufacturing positions. The numbers: This education gap, which holds at both two- and four-year colleges, has been slowly widening for 40 years. The divergence increases at graduation: After six years of college, 65% of women in the U.S. who started a four-year university in 2012 received diplomas by 2018 compared with 59% of men during the same period, according to the U.S. Department of Education.