@SEA_tide brought up the issue of information asymmetry. It appears that CC lacks significant influence in this area. For example, when you look at the student demographics of a northern LAC, you will find that the freshman class has perhaps an average of one or fewer students from Alabama. Statistically speaking, this is an anomaly. Certainly, if all Alabama high school students were fully informed about a given northern LAC, more than one would find the possibility attractive. And the opportunity to attend, at least as things now stand, is enhanced because an Alabaman’s application would be boosted in the interest of diversity.