BRIT BOYS REJECT UNIVERSAL UNIVERSITY: At Samizdata, Natalie Solent notes that British boys are rejecting the credentialist Blairite ideal of university for all. Why? Well,

The boys have evidently cottoned on earlier than their sisters. It could be that they are smarter, or it could be that British universities show signs of following the US example and becoming places where males are scorned and treated unfairly.

It’s an open question.