Access
to family-supporting jobs now requires education or training beyond
high school, but college is becoming less affordable and the education
“pipeline” from high school to and through college remains shockingly
inefficient. In this report for the Center for American Progress and
the Institute for America's Future, Hilary Pennington proposes the
development of “fast track to college” alternatives that reinvent the
relationship between American high schools and postsecondary
institutions. The goals would be to: increase the numbers of students
who complete postsecondary credentials; reduce the time it takes them
to do so; and eliminate disparities in educational attainment by race
and income by the end of the decade.
