The Neglected Majority: What Americans Without A College Degree Think About Higher Education, Part 1

American culture teaches us that postsecondary education is a primary path to getting ahead. In a poll released earlier this month, for instance, Gallup and the Lumina Foundation found that large majorities of Americans agree that a college education leads to a better quality of life. And they’re right: For the minority of Americans who complete a college degree, they earn more; they also vote more, are healthier, are more likely to marry, and have higher levels of social trust.