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Default Higher education as a pyramid scheme.

In article
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ScottW wrote:

On May 23, 7:20*pm, Jenn wrote:
In article
outaudio.com,

*"BretLudwig" wrote:
Higher education as a pyramid scheme.


"From The Atlantic, an anonymous article by a Professor X, who teaches
English 101 at a couple of unselective colleges to people who can't learn
to form coherent paragraphs:


* * In the Basement of the Ivory Tower


I agree with some of this. *Not everyone needs higher education. *But
everyone deserves a shot at it if they have strong desire. *Keep the
standards high,


I don't know why the standards of admission are so high that very
qualified US students can't find a seat in our universities while
we bring in 1000s of foreign students every year.


Huh? Where's the evidence of that?


I think the standards of admission are too strict.


I don't. If you can't get into a UC school, there are the CSU schools.
Fine places, in general.

Strict standards for staying in are fine,


Which is actually what I meant. Sorry for being unclear.



but the admissions
process for UC schools is completely f'd up.

http://www.collegeadmissions.ws/california.html

The idea that its a bad thing for 14.4% to qualify is IMO
ridiculous.


Why?