Word: argument
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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JUST like trying to nail Jello to a tree, it is difficult to pin down the argument against randomization. In one instant, opponents of randomization contend that the house system is just fine as it is: "We're all diverse here." And in the next instant, they anxiously plead against a system that a could land them in--God forbid--Adams or Kirkland...
...argument that the houses are already sufficiently diverse is transparently specious. I don't need to cite statistics for you to know that house stereotypes are not entirely unfounded...
...legal argument works like this: While the 1890 Sherman Anti-Trust Act prohibits private corporations from colluding to set prices or any other business arrangement in private, exceptions apply in cases that serve the public interest. Universities contend that by agreeing on fair financial aid awards among themselves, they deliver more aid to more deserving students...
...that's only one small part of the story. Whether the "bidding war" argument is valid or not, less compelling are arguments that the most expensive colleges in America should be allowed to set tuitions together, often before their financial information becomes public, as now appears to be the case...
Even if these schools were found to fix the price of higher education, the majority neglected to consider the argument that students should not choose schools on the regular free-market model of lowest price...