The crucial matters for both are the population explosion and the changing socioeconomic pattern of American societyas well as the rising expectations it reflects. Forty years ago. only 8 percent of all American families earned more than $8.000. today their number has quadrupled. Forty years ago. college was a way station for the welltodo. with a sprinkling of lowerincome studentsmany from immigrant familieswhose parents scrimped and saved to put them through. Today the broad middle class clamors at the universitys gates. demanding to be let in. demanding quality education. Result: a bachelors degree is very nearly an indispensable requirement for even moderate success in job or career. and the pressures of our technological ageas well as the quest for statusare making graduate work increasingly popular.
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