Do Colleges Need to Be Need Blind?

OHMomof2
Mon, 24 Oct 2016 23:36:44 +0000

@BelknapPoint I’m not cynical enough to believe that these schools have upper SES sports for the primary reason (or even a small reason) of attracting more full pay students,

Embrace the cynicism, https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/04/04/midwestern-liberal-arts-colleges-use-lacrosse-recapture-suburban-students

Lacrosse players are desirable for several reasons, but the main one is that they tend to be what enrollment professionals call “full-pay” students, or students whose families tend not to qualify for need-based aid. Because of that, they must pay an institution’s sticker price unless the college offers non-need-based grants and scholarships.