No kidding. My school had D-I athletics and affirmative action but it hasn't slowed us down in terms of (externally granted) academic awards or excellence in engineering and other specialties.
The bigger problem I think is the belief that everyone has to go to college to 'get ahead' and the excesses of credentialism.
The bigger problem I think is the belief that everyone has to go to college to 'get ahead' and the excesses of credentialism.