Donje Gates is 18 years old and lives in Chicago, Illinois. His family wants him to go to college in the fall. But Gates is thinking about going to a trade school instead. He says he worries about the cost of college and is not sure if it will be valuable to him. Gates was in a group of high school students visiting Chicago’s Malcom X Community College. About 75 percent of the school’s students are women. Like many colleges and universities in the United States, Malcom X is struggling to get more male students to enroll. Women now make up about 58 percent of U.S. college undergraduates. That information comes from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. The percentage of men in higher education is getting smaller each year. Now, some universities are making extra efforts to attract and keep male students.
Title: Colleges, Universities Trying to Increase Number of Male Students
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5911/A12.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Colleges, Universities Trying to Increase Number of Male Students' data-article-id='6485'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='7313'>Donje Gates is 18 years old and lives in Chicago, Illinois.</span> <span data-start-time='7313' data-end-time='12229'>His family wants him to go to college in the fall.</span> <span data-start-time='12229' data-end-time='18583'>But Gates is thinking about going to a trade school instead.</span> <span data-start-time='18583' data-end-time='28313'>He says he worries about the cost of college and is not sure if it will be valuable to him.</span> <span data-start-time='28313' data-end-time='37729'>Gates was in a group of high school students visiting Chicago’s Malcom X Community College.</span> <span data-start-time='37729' data-end-time='44563'>About 75 percent of the school’s students are women.</span> <span data-start-time='44563' data-end-time='57521'>Like many colleges and universities in the United States, Malcom X is struggling to get more male students to enroll.</span> <span data-start-time='57521' data-end-time='66146'>Women now make up about 58 percent of U.S. college undergraduates.</span> <span data-start-time='66146' data-end-time='73708'>That information comes from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.</span> <span data-start-time='73708' data-end-time='80854'>The percentage of men in higher education is getting smaller each year.</span> <span data-start-time='80854' data-end-time='89875'>Now, some universities are making extra efforts to attract and keep male students.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5911/A12.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=19492 data-hint-location='12229' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5911/but_gates_is_thinking_about__blank__instead.wav'>But Gates is thinking about <span class='blank'>going to a trade school</span> instead.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='going to a trade school'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5911/skipping_college.wav'><span>skipping college</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5911/starting_work.wav'><span>starting work</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5911/going_to_a_trade_school.wav'><span>going to a trade school</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5911/traveling.wav'><span>traveling</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=19493 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