major determined eligibility for college it's important to have other measures and i hope the conversation includes the greatest inequity that exists, and that is the affordability of college. it has increased so dramatically that it's getting more and more difficult for the average american to be able to send their son or daughter to college. >> doris, your book "the bully pulpit" that focuses on presidents roosevelt and taft talks about the widening gap and the affect it has. we mention the new s.a.t. is supposed to level the playing field. what are the real issues that need to be addressed in public education to close this gap? >> mobility was the promise that every immigrant had when they first came here so many years ago, that if you worked hard and used discipline and exercised your talents, you could move up. given now the gap between the rich and the poor, the squeezing of the middle class and the problem that some educational