I would say actively have a dream. I'm talking about the parents of students and prospective students as well as parents and family of kids who had no intention

I would say actively have a dream. I'm talking about the parents of students and prospective students as well as parents and family of kids who had no intention of going into higher education at all. All of the parents, once you got them to open up, had dreams about how their life would/could turn out. Very few ever had a plan on how to make that, but more of a hopeful 'one day' sort of attitude.