Dr. Doug Siemens, from Bethel College in Kansas, will explore how to reverse the recent decline in educational achievement by boys compared with girls Dec. 1 in a Bluffton University Forum.

Siemens, an associate professor and director of elementary teacher education at Bethel, will present “Boys’ Achievement Gap and the Ethic of Care: Framing a New Discussion about Education and Gender” at 11 a.m. that Tuesday in Bluffton’s Founders Hall. His talk is free and open to the public.