If the U.S. being 9th in college completion rates is a "problem", presumably we need to push more people to finish college. I disagree.

As Val wrote in the "gifted or not" thread,

http://giftedissues.davidsongifted.org/BB/ubbthreads.php/topics/96325/6.html

"... many of our social problems come from failure to acknowledge that some individuals just aren't as smart as others. I submit that encouraging everyone to go to college is one example of a bad way to try to solve a social problem."

"To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle." - George Orwell