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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]it’s amazing to me that just because a college admits more than it rejects the DCUM assumption is that there is something fatally wrong with it.[/quote]

If a college is good, more people would want to attend. That's the only reason why acceptance rate and yield rate are relevant. [/quote]

Umm, no.  People are not rational beings, especially with something as complex and multi-faceted as higher education.  We are susceptible to marketing ploys and gimmicks and we create feedback loops.  Certain things are in demand because la few people decided they were in demand, which makes them more in demand, which makes them more selective, which further drives demand and on and on.  All of this happens without any change in quality between 2 institutions.  That is how demand works.  Perception.

Have you ever like a band that most people hiaven’t heard of?  Have you ever liked a TV show that got poor ratings?  Books that weren’t best sellers? I hope so; otherwise you’re the dullest person I know of.

Using what the masses like as your primary point of reference for discerning quality is lazy and just compounds the problem.[/quote]

Blah Blah Blah you sound like a communist. 
American college system is especially like free market and law of supply and demand well prevails.

If a school looks attractive to general public for reasons, demad goes up. Acceptance rate goes down. Yield goes up.

You sound like communist party saying general public is dumb and irrational . We figured it out all and we should be in control of everything. 
Nope. Free market knows better.

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The “free market” system  you mention depends on the colleges to submit honest data though. So families can get bamboozled by schools that are willing to cheat as Columbia has done. [/quote]

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