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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. As parents, we did the not worth the sacrifice, etc. option, but that doesn't erase what peers and the schools themselves are saying. It sunk in to a degree, and my kid will realize we are correct when safely ensconced in the school of her choice. We also emphasized the right to transfer if the school of choice is not to her liking.

I think affirmative action needs to be completely done away with. It's unconstitutional and anyone who truly believes in equality, should support that. We should not be padding scores of X students and subtracting from scores of Y students. More emphasis on charter schools in earlier years, etc. - build the foundation; don't try to fix it at the college level.

Athletics should continue to be rewarded. Athletes put in a lot of time and effort and talent. However, the schools should not dumb down or make up courses aka UNC - instead they should be providing support networks for ALL students - athletes or not - who are at risk.

Do away with the US News report rankings, and others like it. Put more of an emphasis on books like Colleges That Change Lives and other such publications. This will force colleges to change how they do things internally in order to attract students.

For pete's sake, do away with obvious political bias on campus. I'm not talking about student driven, but faculty driven.

Get federal government OUT of the college loan business. That will help lower the cost of colleges - even Biden admits that much.

That's a start anyway.

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I was the poster who asked for your solutions, OP; and though I do not agree with many of them, I do admire you for having the courage of your convictions, and the belief in your ideas, to post them clearly and openly (or as openly as an anonymous forum will permit) because I know that you will get a lot of flack for doing so.[/quote]

I didn't give her flack - I just disagreed.  I hope that is okay with you.  [/quote]

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