USNWR Rankings - Politico Article

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Anonymous wrote:From the subheading:

“Once ladders of social mobility, universities increasingly reinforce existing wealth, fueling a backlash that helped elect Donald Trump.”

LOL. There’s a connection between the rankings and Trump’s election? Who knew?

Obviously, it's not a direct connection. But it is fair to say that yes, there is hostility toward elite institutions that are no longer accessible to average people.

For example, it is very difficult for an average student from Ohio or Michigan or Texas to even gain admission to their state flagship. That is a marked change from 30 years ago when their parents were growing up -- and yes, it breeds class and economic resentment. Increasingly people feel that the system is rigged against them.

Texas accepts the top 10 percent of every high school in the state with guaranteed admission.

Not a good example.

They now only automatically admit the top 7% &, starting next year, it will only be the top 6%.

Fwiw, the drop from automatically accepting the top 10% to only automatically accepting the top 6% will have happened in less than a decade.

^Also, even 5 or so years ago when in-state students "only" had to be in the top 10% of their graduating classes to be guaranteed admission, the truly average student was still far from guaranteed admission since an average student is, by definion, not going to be in the top 10%.

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Anonymous wrote:Absolutely it is due to states not funding state schools.

And the spillover effect this has on social and income inequality is also true.

How so? Funding for state schools is higher than ever before.