One way to increase enrollment

Abstract

In their book That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Came Back, authors Thomas L. Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum posit that the future of the United States rests firmly on the shoulders of our education system. However, the authors report that only 25 percent of high school graduates who enroll in an undergraduate degree program are prepared for college work, and approximately 40 percent are required to take remedial courses. Only 60 percent will graduate in six years. And companies spend more than $3 billion annually on remedial training. The book cites many additional negative statistics, all indications that unless things change, the United States will continue to fall farther and farther behind other countries.