WHY THE STATUS QUO ISN’T GOOD ENOUGH - EXAMINING STUDENT SUCCESS FOR DIVERSE POPULATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES

Abstract

Attending college and earning a degree remain key to improving one’s life chances and social mobility. In fact, in the early 21st century we have entered an era in which attending higher education and obtaining a degree are now in many countries the minimum threshold for entry into the middle class (Carnevale et al., 2010; Rothwell, 2012).