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[Phys-L] Re: On the Impact of Standards

Your answer seems to be yes, but. The question dealt with whether
you can generalize to all - repeat, all - repeat, with emphasis, all -
from a few examples. As a matter of simple logic, you cannot. If you
could, then the following theorem would be true: The sum of every pair of
numbers is 6. Proof: 1+5 =6, 2+4 =6, 3+3 = 6. Therefore, the sum of
every pair is 6.
And what in the world does all this have to do with graduation
rates? The proposition that you have advanced, as a fact, is that every
University, without exception, will waive its academic standards for
admission in exchange for payment of tuition.
You've satisfied my curiosity about your reasoning process. I
have no further questions.
Regards,
Jack


On Thu, 26 May 2005, Arlyn DeBruyckere wrote (in part):

Actually, YES. And not from one or a few experiences but over 20 years
of watching unprepared students be accepted to college only to drop out.
Maybe you can give me some examples of colleges where more than 95% of
beginning students earned a degree. I don't know of any, even at the
prestigious MIT they report a 91% graduation rate
http://admissions.mit.edu/AdmissionsWeb/appmanager/AdmissionsWeb/Main?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=pageWhosAtMIT
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Jack Uretsky wrote:

So you generalize to all colleges from one, of a few,
expeeriences? Is this a good example for physics students?
Regards,
Jack
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