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In the News:

• PBS News: Why fewer young men are choosing to pursue college degrees (June 25, 2024)

• The Oregonian: Oregon’s college-going rates have fallen, risking equity, the state economy (June 12, 2024)

• The Hechinger Report: Universities and colleges search for ways to reverse the decline in the ranks of male students (May 3, 2024)

• CBS News: How gender disparities are affecting men (November 12, 2023)

• Wall Street Journal: A Generation of American Men Give Up on College: ‘I Just Feel Lost’ (September 6, 2021)

Research & Resources:

• The American Institute for Boys & Men: HBCUs at a Crossroads: Addressing the Decline in Black Male Enrollment (August 22, 2024)

• The American Institute for Boys & Men: Degrees of Difference: Male College Enrollment and Completion (March 29, 2024)

• Pew Research Center: Fewer young men are in college, especially at 4-year schools (December 18, 2023)

• Education Northwest: Supporting Rural Students in Oregon in High School and Beyond (November 2023)

• Brookings: The male college crisis is not just in enrollment, but completion (October 8, 2021)