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But what would you replace it with? the old system based on blood lines and birth? or an entirely subjective process in which admissions offices just pick their favorites? when you're dealing with tens of thousands of applications and are able to admit a small number, it means you have to rely on some blunt instruments like tests and grades. many criticize the reliance on these kinds of objective indices but few have been able to propose a workable alternative to them. that means universities should live up to their ideals rather than admitting athletes and legacies that are unqualified they s...

Many criticize the reliance on these kinds of objective indices, but few have been able to propose a workable alternative to them. that means universities should live up to their ideals rather than admitting athletes and legacies who are unqualified, they should focus on finding bright children from poor backgrounds who have great potential but don't score as well on these testing measures. many elite colleges today take in more students from the top 1% of the income distribution than from the bottom 60%. it cannot be that those millions of students have no talent. it's just that we don't have...

Testing measures. many elite colleges take in more students from the top 1% of the income distribution than from the bottom 60%. it cannot be those millions of students have no talent. it's just that we don't have a good enough mechanism to find them. elite chejs should be taken it many more students anyway. endowments have grown, they the class sizes from expanded very slowly. this emphasis on access should animate politicians. the biggest problem with the american education is that is does very badly for poor kids. as dan points out. comprehensive separates the rich from the rest in an unequ...

There's such high stakes. there's a lot of money involved. the competition is fierce. so unfortunately, people are always going to look for that advantage, and they're going to try to cheat. now, it's up to the leagues to have testing measures in place, bo penalties that are stiff enough that it is a deterrent. these guys are going to try to be one step ahead. is it always going to be this big of a problem? i don't think so. but there's always going to be a segment of the leagues of athletes that are going to try to cheat. >> b.j., i want to push you a little bit on the idea that we can read t...