While access to higher education has expanded significantly in the United States over the last century, a new crisis has emerged: disturbing numbers of students who enroll in post-secondary education are failing to complete their degrees with huge consequences to them, society, and the economy. Today, more than 70 percent of high school graduates enroll in some kind of advanced education within two years. Yet, just over one-half of bachelor's degree candidates complete their degree within six years, and less than one-third of associate's degree candidates earn their degree within three years. America has a serious college completion crisis. Stagnant college completion rates are not only a problem for those students who, by dropping out, earn less over the course of their lives than those who graduate, but also to the economy as a whole, which is less competitive without a workforce prepared to meet the demands of the nation's employers. Nearly two-thirds of job openings in the next decade will require some post-secondary education. To fill these jobs, the US will need to accelerate its progress and produce 3 million more students who graduate with a post-secondary degree by the end of this decade. America's companies and higher education institutions have significant roles to play in meeting this challenge and in shaping the workforce of the future. To better understand the views of these two critical groups of leaders, Civic Enterprises and Hart Research surveyed a national cross section of 450 business leaders and 751 post-secondary leaders at community colleges, private sector career colleges, and less selective four-year institutions for their perspectives on the challenges, goals, and work ahead to cross the great divide. This report offers a clear-eyed view of the state of American education, where business and higher education leaders can make a difference, and a roadmap for focusing on what needs to be done to prepare future workers for the demands of tomorrow's economy. A bibliography is included. (Contains 43 footnotes.) [This report was co-produced by Corporate Voices for Working Families in association with the Institute for a Competitive Workforce, the US Chamber of Commerce, and the Peter D. Hart Research Associates.]