Difference in Male and Female Enrollments.
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Difference in Male and Female Enrollments
Future Projections1993 2007 2018 (projected)
Male 45 43 41
Female 55 57 59
Graduation Rates for U.S. MalesPublic Private, non-profit Private, for profit
Males Females Males Females Males Females
All Students 50.1 56.4 60.9 66.0 44.9 42.1
White, Non-Hispanic 53.0 59.0 64.0 68.7 53.5 50.5
Black, Non-Hispanic 31.4 43.1 38.6 49.3 38.7 41.7
Hispanic 38.6 46.5 53.4 59.4 46.2 45.8
Asian/Pacific Islander
59.4 66.9 71.8 76.3 49.8 46.8
American Indian/Alaskan Native
31.6 37.5 42.0 49.5 45.2 53.1
Race/ethnicity unknown
49.8 55.9 57.1 61.4 28.0 23.2
Nonresident alien 50.9 56.1 63.4 70.9 35.2 37.4
Average Annual Income for Males by Educational Attainment
Average Annual Income for Females by Educational
Attainment
The Blame Game
The leading candidates:
• Video games
• Homework
• Minority (only) boys
• Male angst
• Feminization of the classroom
• Disappearing male teachers
• Failure to practice brain-based teaching
Males in Education
• Start to disengage from education in middle school grades (ages 11 to 14 years)
• Begin dropping out at age 16• Graduate from high school at lower rates
than girls• Continue on to college at lower rates• Graduate from college at lower rates• Bachelor’s degree attainment lagging
female rates
Why is This Important to the Nation?
• Impacts the competitive knowledge base of the overall workforce
• Creates more economic difficulties and social disparities
• Economic reinvestment in communities where these males live, work and build families
• Projected rapid shift in the nation’s demographics
How Does the U.S. Rank?
US 1.39
Why is This Important to the Nation?
• Impacts the competitive knowledge base of the overall workforce
• Creates more economic difficulties and social disparities
• Economic reinvestment in communities where these males live, work and build families
• Projected rapid shift in the nation’s demographics