Fewer men enrolling in college

FILE - Students walk past the Thorne Hall at Occidental College campus in Los Angeles, July 27, 2023.

In the last few years, the number of men enrolled in U.S. colleges and universities has dropped by 6%, and the proportion of male students is at an all-time low of 41%.

Lauren Hamilton of WAMU American University Radio looks at why the shift is happening, and what universities are doing about it. (August 2024)