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Completing a postsecondary credential has become increasingly imperative for entering a well-paying career. But our systems of public high schools and colleges were not designed to produce the large number of postsecondary educated youth that our economy now demands. There are numerous obstacles to improving this situation, but most significant are the entrenched assumptions about the proper roles and responsibilities of high schools and higher education. High schools generally see their role as getting students ready for college. Their responsibility ends when the principal hands out diplomas on graduation day. Colleges, for their part, generally see their responsibilities as starting on the day students step onto campus.