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They choose not to because their goal is, in part, to run the nation’s elite families through their institutions in order to increase their endowments and power in society.
✏️ Keeping in mind why top ivy universities aren’t bothering with getting non-rich students. The goal of money is what matters. 🔗 View Highlight
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many people seem to be interested in these institutions because they think that they are important pieces of our higher education system when that just is not the case.
✏️ This is a good point, reframing why are we even caring about the top 2% of schools. They hold a vast minority of the total student body going to college, and the quality of education does not differ. What differs is the prestige, status and career opportunities made available. 🔗 View Highlight
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The kids who are elbowed out by the 1,884 non-deserving rich kids still attend college, just at a 98th percentile institution, not a 99th percentile institution. The quality of the educational services they receive does not differ, though the prestige, status, and career opportunities made available by their institution does.
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Egalitarian reforms to the higher education system should focus on reducing selectivity and making top universities less distinct from the rest of the system. Swapping a few thousand people around the top few percentiles of the university system just isn’t going to do much to create an equal or fair society, if it does anything at all.
✏️ This is where egalitarian reforms should be focused. Not on getting more people into the ivy leagues, but to make the ivy leagues less distinct. 🔗 View Highlight