WaPo article about how elite universities should take more community college students

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https://wapo.st/40UWFZi" target="_new" rel="nofollow"> https://wapo.st/40UWFZi

I tried to “gift” it so anyone can read it…

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For the stated purpose of boosting diversity, this certainly seems like it would work.

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I know Brown values cc students. Also has a fair number of older return to learning students and vets. So important to have this diversity.

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It sounds nice but wouldn't such a move make the university less elite?
At the end of the day, they are a business with a brand to protect.

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Anonymous wrote:I know Brown values cc students. Also has a fair number of older return to learning students and vets. So important to have this diversity.

Hmmmmm really?

https://www.highereddive.com/news/brown-university-drop-diversity-incoming-students-class-of-2028/726365/

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Think the Richard Bland to William and Mary is a thing. On- campus living for two years so I am guessing more expensive. We have a kid at W&M who knows many transfers from there.

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Anonymous wrote:https://wapo.st/40UWFZi" target="_new" rel="nofollow"> https://wapo.st/40UWFZi

I tried to “gift” it so anyone can read it…

It's an Opinion Editorial (Op-Ed) piece, but a noble idea.

Thanks for sharing via "gift."

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UVA SCHEV data showed only 70% of transfer students completing their degree. I assume there are a lot of cc students in there. It’s a very bad deal for the 30% who leave UVA. Author’s Berkeley has different stats of 90% completion.

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Anonymous wrote:It sounds nice but wouldn't such a move make the university less elite?
At the end of the day, they are a business with a brand to protect.

This attitude is precisely the problem with your so-called elite universities. They are in fact NOT merely a business. They are an Eleemosynary institution. Their mission is to create and disseminate knowledge, not create an ultra-exclusive club.

A CC student who rocks the required courses to transfer into a place like that has a better track record of college performance than most “high stats” HS students so there no reason it should dilute their precious brand anyhow.

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Anonymous wrote:It sounds nice but wouldn't such a move make the university less elite?
At the end of the day, they are a business with a brand to protect.

This is the most DCUM comment ever.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know Brown values cc students. Also has a fair number of older return to learning students and vets. So important to have this diversity.

Hmmmmm really?

https://www.highereddive.com/news/brown-university-drop-diversity-incoming-students-class-of-2028/726365/

Yes, really. That article speaks to racial diversity. Yes, it's a bummer, and hopefully, next year will be better, but I was referring to a different diversity. Diversity is more diverse than race. Brown has a significant presence of vets, older students and cc students. Also ROTC.

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Anonymous wrote:It sounds nice but wouldn't such a move make the university less elite?
At the end of the day, they are a business with a brand to protect.

It depends why the student is at CC.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It sounds nice but wouldn't such a move make the university less elite?
At the end of the day, they are a business with a brand to protect.

This attitude is precisely the problem with your so-called elite universities. They are in fact NOT merely a business. They are an Eleemosynary institution. Their mission is to create and disseminate knowledge, not create an ultra-exclusive club.

A CC student who rocks the required courses to transfer into a place like that has a better track record of college performance than most “high stats” HS students so there no reason it should dilute their precious brand anyhow.

+1

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know Brown values cc students. Also has a fair number of older return to learning students and vets. So important to have this diversity.

Hmmmmm really?

https://www.highereddive.com/news/brown-university-drop-diversity-incoming-students-class-of-2028/726365/

That's an offtopic article about race.

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Anonymous wrote:It sounds nice but wouldn't such a move make the university less elite?
At the end of the day, they are a business with a brand to protect.

lol, no. Taking some community college students is not going to make Brown “less elite.”

And your biases are showing. I went to community college (well, technically it was city college) and given my academic credentials and work you certainly wouldn’t guess it.