Year after year, research suggests that high school students are unprepared for the rigors of college. The lack of proficiency in their secondary school education and the resulting underperformance in college are having a profound and long-term impact on students, schools,
and society in general. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, only 30 percent of first-time full-time American students at two-year colleges who entered in fall 2013 got their degree within three years.
