Admissions

"The entire history of higher education has demonstrated, via the admissions policies, the exclusivity of the system. One might speak of the academy as being both elitist and aristocratic in its attitude and actions, for there has always been the attempt to exclude those who were considered to be socially inferior or those considered to be mentally inferior. And even today we still encounter the practice of selecting students on....

I have personally known many individuals who wished to study nursing, medical technology,veterinary medicine, etc. who were very bright and capable of undertaking these studies, but were prevented from doing so simply because they were rejected by the schools to which they had applied.

Is this a strange circumstance, or is it not? Consider the fact that if one wishes to purchase good and services, such as food or laundry service, one simply goes to the business set up to provide these goods or services and makes the purchase. There are no admissions policies involved; there are no application forms to fill out...And if there are more customers demanding more goods and services than can possibly be supplied by the existing business, more businesses inevitably open to supply the increased demand. But when one attempts to purchase courses of instruction which will, hopefully, prepare one to be able to pursue a career or profession of one's choice, one cannot simply go out and do this. It becomes necessary to make application, and be accepted, if one is lucky, before one can proceed along the way toward a desired goal. It is the education establishment, and not the individual,that determines who will study and prepare for the professions and many careers."

This is what Thomas said.