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[quote=Anonymous]What is clear is that *most* people can't agree that college admissions should be based on academic merit, and that colleges should spend most money on teaching and research, and not admin overhead and amenities. There seem to be several segments. First, you have those that want to use college to balance racial or ethnic divisions. Second, you have the alumni donors who think that financial support should drive some preference. Third, you have the D1 athletics racket that parents start pushing their kids into at age 5. Fourth, you have the U.S. News ranking racket, which drives colleges to aggressively yield-manage, denying entry to qualified applicants out of fear that they will not accept and drive up acceptance rate. Finally, the admin-industrial complex at all of these places has become huge and interested in persisting all of this stuff. All of this results in a totally broken system. It'll only seize up once prices finally reach the breaking point and ROI actually becomes negative for most. I hope it's soon--the system is unbelievably bad.[/quote]

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