measure faculty distinction for HYPSMCB

Gutrade
Sat, 04 Jun 2005 20:06:30 +0000

Stop adding new letters. College excellence is a zero sum game, and not every college can be great. In order to have the really good ones, some of them have to be “mediocre” within context of all others. For example, I have no doubt that state schools offer better educations today than Harvard did 200 years ago. However, in relational terms some schools have to be “bad” in order for others to be “good.” Therefore, not every college can reach HYPSMC status no matter how fast they improve. The acronym can never be HYPSMCCCPSODIUDJISHFUHADFI.

So let’s end it at HYPSMC and leave it at that.