by Jeff Fisk

AS AMERICANS ENTER the new millennium, one thing is very clear: more Americans than ever before believe that getting a college degree is vitally important to their future prosperity and their opportunity to be part of the American Dream. For the second year in a row, this nation is setting a national enrollment record, with 14.9 million Americans in college. Enrollment is expected to increase by 1.5 million between 1999 and 2009, with full-time enrollment projected to increase by close to 14 percent.

This surge in enrollment is not unexpected. The real question is whether America's colleges and universities are up to the challenge. America's middle schools and high schools are already bursting at their seams and will be for years to come as they seek to educate a record number of young Americans, the majority of whom will seek to obtain a college degree.

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