Once a Leader, U.S. Lags in College Degrees
"The growing education deficit is no less a threat to our nation’s long-term well-being than the current fiscal crisis," Gaston Caperton, the president of the College Board, warned at a meeting on Capitol Hill of education leaders and policy makers, where he released a report detailing the problem and recommending how to fix it. "To improve our college completion rates, we must think ‘P-16’ and improve education from preschool through higher education."
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by Tamar Lewin, The New York Times.
