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01-08-2019 | VARSITY BLUES

A Modest Proposal Regarding College Admissions

Author: Frederick M. Hess

Published in: Society | Issue 4/2019

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Abstract

Colleges have shown themselves unable or unwilling to maintain the integrity of the admissions process, with abundant concerns about fraudulent applications, “legacy” admissions, and the special treatment of wealthy benefactors. This is particularly troubling at selective colleges, whose diplomas provide a fast pass to professional success and economic well-being. Given that, here is a modest proposal for instittuions of higher education which regard themselves as engines of opportunity: adopting a system of lottery admissions, which treats equally all applicants who have earned a high school diploma (or its equivalent).

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Metadata
Title
A Modest Proposal Regarding College Admissions
Author
Frederick M. Hess
Publication date
01-08-2019
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Society / Issue 4/2019
Print ISSN: 0147-2011
Electronic ISSN: 1936-4725
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12115-019-00393-2

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