Originally Posted by Val
I think it's pretty good evidence that even the colleges and universities (in this case Stanford!) know that not everyone is smart enough to go to college:

I'd guess that almost all of Stanford's athletes are college material but that their coaches don't want them to be overly "distracted" by rigorous courses.

A recent NYT story "CUNY Adjusts Amid Tide of Remedial Students" http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/04/nyregion/04remedial.html is even more troubling.



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