[lbo-talk] Race to the Top Mark-2

[Nathan]

On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 02:45:18PM -0500, Doug Henwood wrote:
> 
> On Jan 28, 2012, at 2:35 PM, Miles Jackson wrote:
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> > I think you're missing the dog whistle here.  For the "colleges should be
> > run like a business" types, efficiency is just cost per student.
> 
> There's always the revenue side. When I was out in Riverside the other night,
> people were talking about how UC is recruiting students in China who'll pay
> through the nose. The administration swears this won't reduce access 


>From an acquaintance [sp?] I have in a college admissions dep't, this is a
common practice--actively recruiting students whose families will pay
outright. My informant suggested that these tend to be wealthy kids not
quite bright enough to make into a first-tier school.

In the case of California, I simply refuse to believe that putting
"butts in the chairs", in this case, butts that don't qualify for state
funding, is not completely motivated by the double-benefit of 1. not
paying state $$$ 2. getting paid actual cash for the term. The point is
obviously to reduce access for students who would get educated on the
state's largess, i.e., those from California.

-- 
Nathan