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Re:Why is the university of California dropping the SAT? by nemo44x on Friday July 23, 2021 @12:51PM (#27932828)
Because we put MBA’s in leadership positions of universities so they do what they’ve been trained to do - run a business. And part of that is finding metrics to measure their success by.
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Re:Why is the university of California dropping the SAT? by Y_Y on Friday July 23, 2021 @04:28PM (#27935245)
Someone should give those guys an old-school CRPG to provide an outlet for this make-the-number-go-up fixation.

The metric that can be measured is not the eternal metric. The result that can be result-driven is not the eternal result.

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Re:Why is the university of California dropping the SAT? by ethbr0 on Friday July 23, 2021 @05:05PM (#27935619)
What do you think fantasy football is?
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