Disagree with what, with the facts that major groups of males are falling further behind females in American educational achievement? It's been in large part because young adult males -- more so European-American males -- are on average joining the full-time workforce earlier than females of an otherwise similar demographic background. The seduction of early and easier money from non-college-going males working full-time has gained in recent decades, all while the fruits of delayed gratification are not as widely appreciated as before.
Originally Posted by WSJ
A Generation of American Men Give Up on College: ‘I Just Feel Lost’
The number of men enrolled at two- and four-year colleges has fallen behind women by record levels, in a widening education gap across the U.S.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/college...ol-11630948233
It wasn't all that long ago that "shop classes" were very much part of what middle/junior high school students would be exposed to in those US schools where I had a community interest. Woodwork, graphic arts, electricity, plumbing/waterworks were all part of what the students got exposed to whether the students liked it or not -- and the school teachers in those subjects would even help kids to get part-time work in those fields for apprenticeships/summer jobs (or, post-school work, if failing out of school but showing some interest/competency in such areas). But due to other financial concerns, many of the very teachers for those classes wouldn't even want their own kids to stay on those tracks because it wasn't a recipe for as much long-term financial security (and even perhaps health/well-being) as other opportunities on the scene.
Originally Posted by
TGarza
Did the ratio for students on an education visa decrease? The visa allows for on campus work but not off campus work. A professor friend explained his worker shortage since the university ratios changed at a university with wealthy students.
The mix of students and their backgrounds who are on campus is not all the same that it was in 2019 at this time, and so it has an impact on who is available for part-time work on and off campus. And as part of what led to some aspects of that change, I'm betting that some people phased out of part-time work on and around campuses and went to full-time work elsewhere while dropping out or taking a leave of absence.
But as indicated in an earlier post, the server shortage is neither due to just any one factor nor largely accounted for by any single factor -- it's a confluence of circumstances that have led to the situation as it is.