"The
future of individual citizens, communities, states, and the nation will
. . . require public policies assuring that most Americans benefit from
at least two years of education and training beyond high school,"
according to Patrick M. Callan and Joni E. Finney of the National
Center for Public Policy and Higher Education. In a report commissioned
by Jobs for the Future, they describe the economic and social
imperatives for significantly increasing higher education access and
attainment in the population. Multiple Pathways and State Policy also
identifies the elements of a new public policy infrastructure needed
for educational reform on this scale.
