This little student went to market. (Correspondence).
American Prospect, The, November, 2002 by Massa, Robert J.
DAVID L. KIRP AND JEFFREY T. Holman's "This Little Student Went to Market" [Oct. 7, 2002] is filled with misrepresentation and half-truths. Too bad, because Kirp spent much time on the Dickinson campus and on the phone with me discussing the nuances of successful enrollment management.
Like many other institutions, Dickinson College uses a projection model to determine the likelihood of a student's enrollment. Kirp and Holman suggest that the college then awards less aid to students whose enrollment probability is high. This is simply untrue. As I told Kirp several ...
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