"Lost in the college process"

This one will get you thinking:

The Christian Science Monitor covers a study out of Chicago that examined why so few public school students there go on to college, or settle for a lesser education than they report actually wanting.

According to the story, "Eighty-three percent of (Chicago Public School) students aspire to a four-year degree, but about 40 percent of those don't even apply for one, the study found. Among top-achieving students, only 38 percent enrolled in a school that matched their qualifications.'

As the writer further notes, the study may have focused on Chicago students, but it "highlights challenges faced by students everywhere – especially those who are the first in their families to apply to college."

Read the whole thing here.