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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ever since the end of WWII, there has always been a partnership between the US government and academia. Not just in research, but in ensuring that the US remains the center of the academic world. We have always wanted the elite from other countries to come here for their education - it's good for soft power, it's good for business, it's good for networking, and it's good for research. There is no downside to future leaders in business, science, and politics coming to the US to study.

But since the end of the Cold War, things went to autopilot and there hasn't been much thinking about anything. Now we see mediocre Chinese and Indian students taking a lot of spots at selective universities.

And you have to ask why? Where is the value added here? It's not 1980 anymore. Who cares where the daughter of a Morgan Stanley employee in Shanghai goes to school, and why does this girl deserve a spot compared to the gazilions of other students applying to these schools.

In some ways, the Trump Administration is just a loud, vulgar, and obnoxious course correction. I do think top 20 universities need to be transparent with who they accept and why - given the enormous impact these students have on everything.

Top 100 is ridiculous though. School #99 is mostly interested in filling seats and paying the bills. The pull pay kid from Wuhan or Bangalore is nothing but a plus for the entire university community.  [/quote]

Except a loud vulgar course correction can destroy the whole thing, the people swinging hammers are looking to destroy US soft power. There have always been rich brats getting what they want that's measure zero, focus on the big picture.[/quote]

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