Measuring Up ranks California as the best state in terms of college affordability and access. Poor and working-class families there must devote 40 percent of their income, even after aid, to pay for costs at public four-year colleges. The remaining 49 states were deemed unaffordable due to their inability to increase the affordability of college over time.
The core message of Measuring Up 2008, says Hunt, is that despite historical successes in higher education, performance is not commensurate with the current needs of society and the economy.
“Our nation and our states can do better,” Hunt insists. “As we have done many times in this nation’s history, we must reach higher. We must educate more young people and adults so that more Americans have the college-level knowledge and skills they need to succeed.”
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