By Most Recent Accounts, What Is the Most Important Issue

question 39

Multiple Choice

By most recent accounts, what is the most important issue facing U.S. higher education today?

• A) discontinuation of Pell Grant program
• B) retirements by baby boomer faculty
• C) reduced access to college among lower income students
• D) declining quality of educational programs

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