GOOD Guide to College Preparedness

Through a series of events in L.A., to an ongoing conversation happening both on our website and in our magazine, we want to ensure that more students not only make it to college, but are ready when they get there.

President Barack Obama has recently raised the bar, by calling education "the economic issue of our time" and by pushing for an additional 8 million college graduates over the course of the next decade.

In a series of six profiles and four infographics, we scrutinize the enormity of the task ahead.

From examining how the price of a four-year degree got to be so expensive, to the difficulty of turning around high school dropout factories, from grading a school depending on how it prepares its students for college, to ensuring that students don't just enroll but graduate, we hope you'll join in the conversion.

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	Minority Graduation Gap While 60 percent of white students earn a degree in six years, only 49 percent of Hispanic and 40 percent of black students do the same. We examine how different schools compare. Read and discuss.

	Is College Still Affordable? Recently, one year at a public university topped $50,000 for an out-of-state resident. Have we finally surpassed the uppermost limits of affordability? Read and discuss.

	The Evolution of College-going Gear From the textbook to the laptop to the iPad, what will tomorrow's college student be using? A look back at how far we've come in terms of innovation. Read and discuss.

	Aiming Students at College If we raise expectations, does it change outcomes? Read and discuss.

	Dropout Factories Can we sustain the public's attention for long enough to rehabilitate our country's worst schools? Read and discuss.

	College Unbound How Big Picture Learning is revolutionizing what it means to go to college. Read and discuss.

	Moving Beyond Graduation Rates A conversation with The Education Trust's Kati Haycock on ensuring that more students become college- and career-ready. Read and discuss.

	Graduation Days Much is generally made of the abysmal high school graduation rate. But we decided to instead examine the number of students that enroll in college, earn credits, but never graduate. Read and discuss.

	When High School Graduates Aren't Ready for College Enrolling students in college is one challenge, but making sure they can thrive once they get there is another challenge altogether. Read and discuss.

	Making Global Citizens By 2010, President Obama's goal is for America to produce an additional 8 million graduates. But will more graduates help restore our position as global leader? Read and discuss.

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Minority Graduation Gap

Is College Still Affordable?

The Evolution of College-going Gear

Aiming Students at College

Dropout Factories

College Unbound

Moving Beyond Graduation Rates

Graduation Days

When High School Graduates Aren't Ready for College

Making Global Citizens

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