Apparently, the foundations sponsoring this prize to increase college attainment don’t realize there’s a low-hanging-fruit path to boosting those numbers quickly: men. That’s the group entering college at lower rates and then graduating at lower rates.
This could be a good (and lucrative) project for the newly re-launched Boys Initiative to take on.
Wait, I once wrote on this topic. Feel free to borrow ideas at will. If you win using my advice, you owe me lunch.