In 1940, about 5percentt of the population held college degrees, compared with more than 25percenttodayay.
Her future, Emily hoped, held college, Europe, Africa; what else had they been prepping — as well as preserving — her for but departure?
Though she has held college teaching posts since she left the University of Colorado, her work, unlike that of most of her gifted-education colleagues, isn't funded by a university.
In the early months of the recession, when manufacturers and technology companies were the main enterprises cutting their budgets, an unusually large number of laid-off workers held college degrees or were highly paid.
Few women held college degrees.
Some held college degrees and skilled work experience.
Some argue that there ought to be a law holding colleges accountable if they refuse to support the military.
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is supposed to hold colleges and universities accountable, but it has been reluctant to police with any stringency the growing number of violations.
President Bush and Congress should also take steps to hold colleges -- particularly the elite institutions -- publicly accountable for actually enrolling students from poor and working-class families.
As we hold colleges to account for graduation rates — as we should — we must also remember that socioeconomics has a profound bearing on student success.
