America's Fiscal Future: Implications for Higher Education and Global Competitiveness

This is a Comptroller General Presentation delivered to the Council of Graduate Schools Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. on December 7, 2006. Major topics of this presentation include: the growing fiscal burden, 21st century questions of education and employment, the higher education system, international student enrollment, the cost of graduate school, and ensuring the quality and competitiveness of the U.S. Education System.