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Article: Higher Education Is Key To American Dream: Almost Two-Thirds Of Parents Believe That A College Education Is 'Absolutely Necessary'
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- Sacramento Observer
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- June 28, 2000
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Sacramento Observer
06-28-2000
Higher Education Is Key to American Dream: Almost Two-Thirds of Parents
Believe That A College Education Is `Absolutely Necessary'
In today's high-tech economy, Americans believe that a college education
has replaced a high school diploma as the gateway to the middle class,
according to the most extensive public opinion survey ever conducted about
American's views on higher education.
The survey, prepared by Public Agenda and released nationwide by several
independent nonprofit organizations, finds that a towering 87% of Americans
believe that "a college education has become as important as a high school
diploma used to be." And three out of four Americans (76%) ...