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Governor’s Commission on College and Career Success Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 2006. " In essence, the commonwealth must prepare all students to
go to college, whether they choose to attend or not, as they will need “college level” skills and
knowledge no matter what their choice.

This will require a radical shift in how we teach our students and what we expect of them. Most
high school students (94%) expect to attend college at some time during their lives (US Department of Education, 2003). However, we know that many of these students never make it.

In all of our districts, too high a percentage of students drop out. Fewer still manage to complete college—only 28% of ninth graders are estimated to graduate from college. (National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, 2004). We must build the educational pathways that will make college attendance possible for all high school graduates."