One important point made during this presentation is:
"Next, students must be supported to attend and succeed in college through expanded state and community-based higher education outreach networks. Our research has shown that far too many students, especially first-generation students, low-income students, and students of color, simply do not have the information they need to prepare for success in college. They don't know what courses to take, they don't know how much college costs or where they are going to get the money, and they don't know how to find a program that is right for them and their needs. Their parents don't know any of this either, and don't know where to find out. The tragedy is that we also know from research that the vast majority of these young people not only want to go to college, they plan to go—at least they do when they are in the 8th grade. By the time they are 18, though, far too many of them have either dropped out of school or learned too late that they are not ready for success in college. This isn't just tragic—it's preventable."
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