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"I talk about this all the time with my colleagues. We at elite liberal arts colleges are great at replicating ourselves. We hire people with the same background and pedigrees, and that absolutely impacts who we admit," he says.
The research shows that students' well-being is driven by "the degree to which a student agrees" with the following statement: I "have the opportunity to do what [I] do best every day."
That's based on a working paper of the Community College Research Center, which reveals that the poor credit transfer rate makes it difficult for students to graduate. Those who do graduate end up taking longer for a degree that costs more.
What was once practically automatic—that investing in college will pay off with a well-paying career and the American dream of middle-class success—now requires strategy and planning to realize, beginning in high school and during the college selection and application process.
College Track will be coming to the East Coast—thanks in large part to MVP-award winning basketball forward Kevin Durant of the Golden State Warriors.
