According to the Census Bureau, women earned 58.5% of the nation’s bachelors’ degrees in 2006. And according to the College Board, the advantages college graduates—3/5ths of them women—enjoy over their high-school graduate peers include: college graduates earn 61% more over their lifetimes than workers with high-school diplomas.
67% of college graduates enjoy health insurance through work, compared to 51% of employees with only a high-school diploma.
69% of college graduates have access to retirement plans on the job, vs. 53% of workers who stopped their education after high school.
only 9% percent of college grads smoke, compared to 26% percent of those with a high-school diploma.
college grads are less likely to be unemployed, live in poverty or require public assistance.
This means every male who didn’t graduate from college--when his female counterpart did--adds to an ever-growing disadvantaged minority.
2 comments:
So, are you trying to say college graduates are smarter?
No. That they are much more successful over a lifetime, and that men, by not graduating, are truly falling behind.
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