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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They let non-leaders in of course, but favor leaders for recognition/merit/perhaps to tolerate lower than 25%  stats.

Remember, they are building a community. Most schools give students lots of responsibilities (i.e. budgets to spend, famous speakers to choose/host, events to plan/manage, the adjudication of students who violate honor codes, etc.). That work will not happen unless they recruit kids who are change makers.

My kid recently saw a documentary about how big social media companies are using our data. It bothered her. She wrote to her school's president, provost, dept chairs, etc. They decided to pay to have the film shown on campus. My daughter has had to figure out how to arrange for the airing and she is now organizing a panel of faculty to discuss it afterwards. I love that her school let a student run with this programming initiative. And she is getting good experience learning how to make her idea happen.

Small example, but the point is, colleges rely on students to enhance the community for all members. They want to see some evidence that they will be "good citizens," not just passive recipients of education (like they might have been in elementary school).[/quote]

most of those things happen based on inertia - the same frame work that a group used ten years ago will be used today. Good for your kid getting a moving shown and getting academics to bloviate- did she manage to get the school to look at software and IT provider agreements that it has signed and challenge any of the TOS? [/quote]

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