In The Tech there is a great discussion of the demands the Government is placing upon MIT for funding. Simply stated they ask
1. Admission etc predicated solely upon academic performance.
As we had discussed before this makes eminent sense. No essays, no pictures, no "save the world" interns. Just grades.
2. Eliminate Campus organizations that create a hostile environment
In my days, SDS was a player seeking to destroy the campus. Campus organizations frankly should be few and far between. The amateur radio club may make sense, the amateur railroad club, etc.
3. Free tuition if endowment greater than $2 million per student, except for students from "wealthy" families
I never paid tuition, through my PhD. Scholarships, fellowships, teaching fellowships. All performance based and for the most part Government financed.
4. Freeze tuition rates for five years
This is sticky. First the rates are obscene. But they are artifacts not real.
Now 1 above is fine and I have noted this. 2 above may be a bit sticky since I never belonged to such an organization and back in the day SDS for example was not a Campus supported on.
Number 3 is a bit of a push, schools have gotten themselves in this mess with their crazy tuition support rules and over priced tuition.
4 may make sense since it is bloated as is.
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