Universities Seeing a Gender Gap in Enrollments

This chapter is about how fewer males are enrolling in college, and possible explanations on why this may be. Albert Cruz is also featured in the article explaining his reason for dropping out and why he doesn't plan on going back to school. There can be an unlimited amount of reasons why less males go to college, but I think there are about three major reasons why there are less males enrolling in college than females. The first reason is that males are more susceptible to substance abuse. This can result in memory problems, lack of work ethic and other problems that would cause problems in school or even death. Men also decide to serve our country more than girls which effects enrollment rates for obvious reasons. Men in some areas also have clear job opportunities that don't require college. I know in my town there were many males that didn't go too college because they could just work on farms or drive trucks for milk companies, without paying thousands in student loans and wasting years of their lives. Cruz is right, "sometimes it's not  what you know, it's who you know", and sometimes "it's not for everyone".