Report: Income Inequality Poses Obstacle for Obama College Completion Drive

Report: Income Inequality Poses Obstacle for Obama College Completion Drive: The United States will not reach the Obama administration’s goal of becoming the most college-educated country in the world by 2020 unless the country eliminates the income-based inequalities that cause a gap in degree attainment between rich and poor.

Such was the conclusion of a new report released Wednesday by the Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education.

“Income-based inequality must be seen as a serious problem,” Dr. Andre Nichols, author of the study, titled Developing 20/20 Vision on the 2020 Degree Attainment Goal: The Threat of Income-Based Inequality in Education, said at a panel discussion at the Capitol Visitors Center.