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Education

Mr.Mystery

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3. Well . . . if the goal of higher ed is "social good"

Reply to marble falls (Reply #2)

Tue Oct 4, 2022, 03:12 PM

Oct 2022

because an educated society is simply better by just about every metric one can think of . . .

then we shouldn't be measuring colleges by how many students they DON'T educate.

That is rather counter-productive to the end goal, is it not?

That was my point. The Ivies no doubt provide a good education--I don't criticize them on the quality they provide.

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The Colleges that turn away the most students are ranked "the best." Mr.Mystery Oct 2022 #1

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Well . . . if the goal of higher ed is "social good" Mr.Mystery Oct 2022 #3