Universities divided between Red and Blue.

 WHILE THE VALUE OF COLLEGE DEGREES ARE MORE IN DOUBT

PARTICIPATION OF WHITE MALES DROPS TO 25%

College enrollment has now dropped by 10% since 2010. 2010 was the peak year of enrollment and has declined every years since and seems to be accelerating. Men now make up only 40% of college admissions and white men only 25%. This is a trend that is undoubtedly a result of several things. One the anti male and particularly anti white male agendas. In some ways, college may look a little dangerous to their long term future. 

These trends are also being exaggerated by the division in the standards for enrollment. Test scores are increasingly being disregarded or even eliminated in many colleges especially in blue states like California, Washington and Illinois. States like Florida and Texas are increasingly fighting to keep these high standards and even beginning to strip tenure as a perk for college professors. Professors who once gain this perk become left wing activists, without any objectivity.

Then there is the questions about Critical Race theory and new interpretations of history and social studies. Particularly since COVID many parents are refusing to provide funding to schools that are mandating social indoctrination rather than learning for economic success.

Enrollment in schools in Florida and other Red states are growing. Many people are concerned that the new initiatives by many of the Blue state schools will not be able to provide quality workers for the future.

Many business are already skeptical of what a college degree guarantees for them. Many have begun to look at work experience and other information as part of their decision making. An applicant who is 22 years old and has never been employed, even in a summer job, may not be a good prospect.  Many find that a college degree is not what it used to be.

While everyone supports education opportunity for everyone, if the standards and results are not held high it will become a meaningless endeavor.  Those schools that maintain high standards will eventually become the go to place for new employees and the others will be suspect even of they deserve their college degree.

I know from the experience of some college professors that government funded students are often pushed through even when they are unable to do the basic requirements. One of these instances was for Nursing degrees, is the lure of more students and guaranteed funds more important than qualified  people who have lives in their hands.

College should be a place to learn the things that are needed to be economically successful. The standards need to be high the results need to be qualified people. When education places political and social indoctrination as the priority they should advertise their school as such. It can be a place for public funding and future government workers. It seems that is what many already have become.