USA Today: Sind Männerzentren an unseren Unis notwendig geworden?

Die kanadische Debatte über die Einrichtung von Männerzentren an Universitäten hat es in die "USA Today", nach dem "Wall Street Journal" die auflagenstärkste Tageszeitung der Vereinigten Staaten, geschafft:

Currently, more women than men attend college and that isn't expected to change any time soon: According to the National Center for Education Statistics, female enrollment is expected to increase by 16% from 2011 to 2021 while male enrollment is only projected to increase by around 7%.

Miles Groth, a psychology professor at Wagner College, spoke on Sept. 27 at the University of Toronto on the need for men's centers at colleges in Canada. He feels men's centers are needed to help male students feel welcome in the face of changing college demographics. He thinks U.S. colleges should be addressing the same issue.

There are those who even feel that colleges now discriminate against males.

"I often ask students to write about their experience of overt and covert gender discrimination against males in academic environments, and they routinely describe instances of public humiliation and systemic indifference," writes Dennis Gouws, an English professor at Springfield College, in an e-mail.

Hier geht es weiter.

Die Forderung danach, dass auch Männer an Universitäten eine Stimme erhalten, wird durch ein gelungenes Video unterstützt, das Tom Golden für die amerikanische National Coalition for Men erstellte.