Front and Center: Critical Choices for Higher Education

America is at a crossroads. In a time of economic upheaval both nationally and at the state level, we are not helping younger people in this country prepare themselves to become members of a skilled workforce that can compete effectively in a global economy. We are one of only two nations (Germany is the other) whose older generations are better educated than the younger. Fewer people are successfully completing higher education degrees and certificates, and the quality of many academic programs is being questioned. Other nations now outpace us in higher education participation and degree attainment.