迪普雷特和布赫曼认为，学校亟需改善两方面的工作。首先，“对男孩成就最重要的一个预测指标是，校园文化对他们的成就抱有多大的期望，能够对他们的努力给予多大的奖赏，”他们写道。“我们希望学校能够对每个学生都寄予厚望，把他们当作一个活生生的个体，而不是以性别确定他们该怎么样，不该怎么样。”

    其次，作者写道，他们的研究显示，“与女生相比，男生似乎不太明白，未来能否成功地完成大学学业，能否找到好工作，与他们在中学阶段的努力程度直接相关。”他们声称，唯有让男孩们明确这种联系，缩小高等教育的性别差异这一任重而道远的目标才有望实现。（财富中文网）

    译者：任文科

    DiPrete and Buchmann believe schools need to do better in two main areas. First, "the most important predictor of boys' achievement is the extent to which the school culture expects and rewards academic effort," they write. "We need schools that set high expectations [and] treat each student as an individual, as opposed to a gender stereotype."

    Second, the authors write, their research shows that "boys have less understanding than girls about how their future success in college and work is directly linked to their academic effort in middle school and high school." Making that connection clear, they argue, could go a long way toward closing the gender gap in higher education.