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<p>This extends to the college level as illustrated when many topflight renowned Professors who taught at CCNY/CUNY when its admissions was highly competitive on the basis of academic merit jumped ship in the early-mid '70s when the system suddenly changed to open enrollment of anyone possessing a NYC high school diploma in 1969. </p>
<p>The increasing flood of marginal and remedial students combined with a skyrocketing increase in crime from students* meant many such Profs and most of the remaining academically strong students thinking “This isn’t what I signed up for” and leaving for other elite/respectable colleges. </p>
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<li>Some of those Profs left after having valuables stolen outright during class and/or being physically threatened/assaulted.</li>
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