How important is it for my child to go to college?

How important is it for my child to go to college?

Harvey Hoyo (President, California School Counselors Association) gives expert video advice on: When should I start preparing for my child's higher education? and more...

Higher education is really very important. In the age globalization, children need to have access to challenging curriculum in their schools, and schools are responding to that with state standards. You have to be competitive, but you have to be flexible because in effect we don't know what the future is going to hold. We know it's going to be more technical out there; we need people to have good values. We need people that are really literate, that can compute well. Higher education just provides a venue for people to find success in a globalized market. It's important that students have access to that, and you as parent, it's important that implant that in their head.