Disagree. It is the only way that the education-industrial complex can be destroyed. Once getting into a college means nothing, getting a degree will also mean nothing. Kill the revenue stream to the big state universities and let the few colleges who still focus on merit succeed on their product. It’s the only way. The universities are too big, too rich, and too far gone to reform. The deadwood must be burned away...
Unfortunately, this just leads to apathy with K-12 students. Why bother, when you have no idea you’ll ever get into the college you would have previously qualified for?
A real question...
Hypothetical..
If a student is promoted through k-12 based on age rather than learning.
And at the end of their High School is functionally illiterate.
They are now able to apply to the elite colleges. And have just as much chance as any other of being admitted.
So, the Illiterate gets into MIT. Does MIT drop their standards in order to retain the student? If 20-30% of their incoming class is NOT academically fit, Do they drop their standards across the board? At which point an “elite” scroll stops being an “elite” school?
Due to lack of ability, and then lack of participation do they stop offering cutting edge courses of study? s they no longer have enough students to warrant offerings?