Back when I was in school, it was known as the "buck/doe ratio". I don't remember it being that much different in the late '80s.
Lot's of young men either join the military or enter the work force after high school. College campuses can be less than inviting to hardcore blue collar males.
According to a book I have been reading, the Gen Y populatiton consists of approx 100 million people. crime is committed, primarily by men ages 18-30. Ipso facto, if less men are in college with a drastic increase in the crime commiting population of those same men--we are going to see a huge increase in crime. Kinda interesting.
hmmmm. But why aren't men going to college? Is it institutional? Will the academics start decrying this imbalance?