By Aadi Golchha
At Stanford, women now outnumber men by 7% among undergraduates. This seemingly small difference belies a significant shift in campus demographics and academic achievement from 50 years ago, when the ratio of students (as well as applicants) was 67% men to 33% women. While the gender parity achieved in recent decades was a positive trend, we’ve now swung well past equilibrium. Given this change, it’s time to confront a broader, underlying trend: Young men across the United States are falling behind, and the fallout is extreme.
