Paula Wood, dean of Wayne State's College of Education, commented in a story about the Commission on Higher Education and Economic Growth report, led by Lt. Gov. John Cherry. The report, containing 19 recommendations on how the state can double the number of students graduating from colleges in 10 years, emphasizes the need to encourage K-12 children to pursue higher education and not just focus on a high school diploma. "The recommendation that the state make a cultural shift from expecting all children to graduate high school to expecting all children to get postsecondary degrees is a good one, Wood said. "By sixth or eighth grade, children are making up their mind" about college. You have to start earlier than that - in kindergarten, preschool - saying that school doesn't end at 12th grade."