The College Juggernaut: Just Who Is It That Needs to Get Ready?

A college degree is emerging as the new threshold of entry into the economy, as well as to social mobility and a healthy and productive life. As authors Frank Newman, Lara Couturier, and Jamie Scurry affirm in The Fu ture of Higher Education: Rhetoric. Reality, and the Risks of the Market. "For America to function as a fair and open society, an ever larger share of its citizens must continue education through to completion of a college degree."