This would basically be an experiment in the progressive concepts of social justice and privilege, so many on the left would probably sign on to the idea.
Eboo Patel writes at Inside Higher Ed:
A Radical Proposal for How Elite Higher Education Can Change AmericaThis is a time for proposals that shift paradigms and maybe even policy (“defund the police”), so let me advance a radical vision for higher education: from the year 2021 until the year 2030, the top 100 colleges and universities should only admit students with family incomes under $100,000. Furthermore, their population of Black and Latinx students should mirror the demographics of the nation.Higher education will be massively disrupted this next academic year anyway — might as well turn the full somersault and create a big win for American society in the process. And make no mistake about it, a move like this would rank up there with the Morrill Land-Grant Act and the GI Bill as among the most historic actions higher education has taken for the benefit of the nation.And it’s based on sound reasoning. Here are some things all of us know about elite higher education in the United States:- It was built by and for white men (with certain obvious exceptions like Wellesley, Morehouse and Spelman). The student culture on elite campuses has obviously changed, but if you look at the black-and-white photographs on the wall of the alumni building or the Student Union, the ones that depict the “good and great academic leaders of yesteryear,” you will undoubtedly notice that they have some things in common. And if you walk into a meeting of the president’s cabinet, or the college’s Board of Trustees, or the people who have achieved the rank of full professor, you’ll think that those photos have come to life and taken up seats in the conference room. In other words, the white male history is not so far in the past. Many of the people who run colleges today look an awful lot like the people who ran colleges a generation or two ago.
He goes on to suggest that lower tier colleges will be improved by the admission of more qualified students and everyone will benefit from this.
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