<p>Cue7,</p>
<p>Things are changing at UofC. I won’t bore you with the details. Suffice to say it is not by accident that a new prez of the university came along some months ago and now the admissions leadership is leaving. Clearly something more than the common application triggered the leadership change. What more I can’t say, because I have no privy to inside information.</p>
<p>Because of this, I would not ascribe noble motives to what happens with UofC admissions. It may or may not have been noble in the past - we can’t really know, only guess. We can guess with more confidence, though, that the U leadership is working to achieve more “mass” appeal for the college.</p>
<p>The reason for this, with only a small amount of inference on my part, is probably financial - the U has said in the past, albeit quietly, that it makes money on undergrads. Whether they still can, given the economic meltdown and financial aid competition from the HYPS+ is an interesting question. Assuming they still can, it is to the U advantage to increase mass appeal for a variety of financial reasons, especially long term.</p>