1.W hen today's h i g h-school seni o r s a re ask e d wha t th e y pl an to do aft e r gra d uati o n, mos t s ay th a t t h e y i ntend to g et bac h elor's d e gre e. They have been to ld th a t t he ir ge n er atio n ha s o nl y" on e w ay to w i n" -b y getti n g at lea s t a b achel o r's degree, i n the hope tha t it w i l l e ventuallv l ead to a pro fess ion al jo b. I n a r e c en t s ur vey o f high-schoo l s en iors c onduc t ed by t he Na tio n al Cen t er fo r Education Statis t ics, 85per c en t o f t he resp o nde n ts s a i d they p lanned to get bachel o r 's de g ree . And,a l t h ou g h 2 0y ears ago onl y 45 p er cen t of h ig h-s c hool grad u a t e s wen t o n t o co l lege, t od ay 68 per c en t actu a l ly ma tricu l at e (注册), wi th th e ma jor i ty enro lling in f our-γe a r or two-y e a r progr a ms d es i gne d to a ll ow t hem to t r a nsfer to fo ur-year institu t i o n s. Acc o r din g to convention a l w isdom, the ra p id rise i n the numbe r o f student s attending college i s cause f o r nat i onal c ele bra t i o n. B u t o u r r e search sug g ests tha t,in s t e ad it m a y be ca u se f or national c on ce rn. W h y? be caus e f or m any y oung p eopl e, the "o ne wa y to win" p aradi g m(例子)i s n o t r ealis tic ,giv e n thei r aca d e m i c t alents and t he labor...