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Re:SAT (and ACT) scores are highly predictive of academic ac... by dpweb on Monday February 05, 2024 @12:19PM (#39263700)
Increasing enrollment means increasing faculty.

Maybe controversial but I really believe this lowers overall standards. You just can't find enough faculty to meet the high standards.

Look what happened when tech blew up - they hired like crazy. I'd argue the overall level of programming skill went down.

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Re:SAT (and ACT) scores are highly predictive of academic ac... by balderdash on Monday February 05, 2024 @04:36PM (#39267562)
I can’t find the study, but all the inflation in tuition can be basically be traced back to everything but increasing educational staffing (in other words all the incremental spending goes to new new sports complexes, administrators, etc.)…
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Re:SAT (and ACT) scores are highly predictive of academic ac... by BeetleB on Monday February 05, 2024 @12:46PM (#39264091)
> You just can't find enough faculty to meet the high standards.

Sorry, but this is ridiculous. Many/most PhDs who want a faculty position will never be able to get one because the availability of jobs is so low. There's really no shortage of potential faculty members.

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