At What Price?

BJM8
Mon, 20 Feb 2006 16:28:37 +0000

many institutions have become craftier at making themselves look good, some changing academic policies to improve their standings. Some schools purge alumni databases, removing people unlikely to donate (e.g., students who did not graduate) in order to increase the alumni giving rate. Other schools market to students who have no realistic chance of being admitted simply to drive up the school’s applications and thus its selectivity rate.”

Sad, but true! It is amazing what schools will do to increase rankings; not cheating, but…

Let’s just call it the way it is, Smith is a great school with tremendous advantages over many other LAC’s and Ivies. I just want them sell it that way, and let everyone know how wonderful an institution it really is.