[lbo-talk] How Much Do College Students Learn, and Study?

Wojtek S wsoko52 at gmail.com
Sun Jan 30 17:38:27 PST 2011


[WS:] So test scores do not matter in college admission?

Wojtek

On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 2:11 PM, Jeffrey Fisher <jeff.jfisher at gmail.com>wrote:


> Wait. Who is this who wants to deny admission? In my experience, it's
> exactly the opposite. Admissions officers are tasked with increasing
> enrollment, not limiting it.
>
> Grad schools are a different matter, where it's good to have easy excuses
> to
> rule people out, at least for funding, so you can make them pay their way.
> But it's all about revenue, and enrollment directly increases revenue, even
> at steep discount rates.
>
> On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 12:22 PM, Wojtek S <wsoko52 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Of
> > course, they do it, because college administrators demand it - a Bell
> curve
> > makes their task of denying admission - or rather justifying denial in
> > meritocratic mumbo jumbo - easier.
> >
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