In an economy where increasingly, one sees signs like this, one might ask, what good was my education. In some cases American males face structural unemployment, and the reality of unplanned career change. Sadly, it appears that many have forgotten how to study, and are intimidated by the prospect of having to go back to school.
American men have, unfortunately, let their schooling slide. Those aged between 25 and 34 are less likely to have a degree than 45- to 54-year-olds. As David Autor of MIT points out, US males are also less likely to have completed college than their contemporaries in Britain, Denmark, France, Ireland, the Netherlands and Spain.
In recent years America’s university graduation rates have slipped from near the top of the world league to the middle. Men are also, according to Autor, far likelier than women to drop out before completing their schooling.
