Most of the US population probably take a more generous view of the S.A.T.’s than we did in our school days. A majority of Americans consider them either a “necessary evil” or a “successful equalizer”; only a third of us regard them as a waste of time or a “failed ideal.” And a whopping 86 percent don’t care—one way or the other—if someone we know was a member of a fraternity or a sorority; as undergrads, most of us almost certainly cared—one way or the other—a great deal.
It gets worse: two-thirds of the US population does know what state Northwestern University is in. And it certainly gets worse for those in the fund-raising game: most college grads can’t name the current president or dean of their alma mater, although, presumably, they can name their alma mater.
Finally, more Americans object to their college-age kids making fake IDs than to those same kids keeping farm animals in their dorm rooms. Even more interesting: Republicans object less to that agrarian housing situation. Clearly the enlightened party, at least as regards dorm rooms.
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