· All students in the 14-16 age bracket need to be required to attend secondary school for two years, then receive a school diploma. Those having social problems should be required to attend boarding schools and awarded a high school diploma the end of their studies. Students should also be academically trained as well as vocationally trained. Those wishing to go on to higher education, and are qualified to do, should be given the option of acquiring a two-year junior-College associate degree. A BS or BA degree then can be completed after an additional year of study. Colleges and universities really need to be down-sized the point that an undergraduate degree can be completed after three years of full-time study. Since part-time study does not seem to have any intrinsic value to many students, those wishing to attend educational institutions on a part-time basis could do so in the evening or weekends at select institutions. Also, the student population at the colleges and universities throughout America need to be downsized to a point that substantially deflates the cost of tuition. Flooding America with” college-educated” young people needs to be stopped as well using local reasoning and common sense. Public colleges and universities supported by taxes in government spending should be evaluated regarding their value to state residents. Admission requirements could also be upgraded to the point where national standards apply to all higher education institutions nationwide based on a system of portfolio evaluation interview and not by test scores or grade evaluation. Standardized testing will be phased out at the secondary and higher education level after historically being shown to be corrupted as a tool in assessing a student’s performance the secondary level or higher. All public and private schools, colleges and universities will have a dress code set according to standards for both men and women as a symbol of maturity and discipline expected for adults. What is taught in any educaional instituion should be up to admistrators. Freedom of speech will not be controlled by the government. Realistically, although many of these observations and perspectives are certainly viable for solving some of the most intractable problems facing a new epoch of human history, logical reasoning and common sense would suggest that information technology and a host of social problems facing the American people require leadership, the likes of which have not been seen for a long time. The New American Union, Math-Masters, and The Truthful American Times can assist in moving a once great nation toward a very positive future by using Human Intelligence . Artificial Intelligence cannot teach humans anything of value whatsoever using machinery, especially moral integrity and strong moral values. Ignorance is the root of all evil. (Aristotle) A nation that expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, wants what never was and will never be. (Thomas Jefferson) The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically . Intelligence plus character is the goal of true education. (MLK) Our problems are man-made and therefore can be solved by men. (JFK) You see things as they are and ask why, but I dream of things that never were and say why not. (RFK)