We’ve been down this road before on cc. For those like @1NJParent who are determined to believe that it’s all about rankings, well, every feature of policy is thusly interpreted. Every feature of the history, culture and educational mission of the University is ignored - or unknown - with no inclination to be further informed. To a hammer everything looks like a nail. However, at the University of Chicago debate requires responding to arguments and counterfactuals such as those @JBStillFlying has been presenting, not just repeating the same dubious assertions without addressing the critique of those assertions, much less constructing a connected argument. Profs at the University say that it’s their mission to make kids question every unexamined belief they come into class with, or at least learn to support those beliefs by argument and after taking on board counterarguments. That’s a good habit to acquire early.