Commentary A few months before he passed away, Walter Williams, the foremost columnist and professor at George Mason University, wrote, “The true tragedy is that so many Americans are blind to the fact that today’s colleges and universities pose a threat on several fronts to the well-being of our nation.” While there are countless threats posted by colleges and universities, and it would require an entire book to discuss them all, one of the most alarming is the increasing gender gap between men and women at our nation’s colleges and universities as reported a few weeks ago by the Wall Street Journal. This gap is widening at an accelerating rate—and with it is coming some major ramifications for American society. This fall, nearly 60 percent of college and university students are women, compared to only 40 percent of men. In just over half a century, the pendulum has swung wildly …