Jan19th2006|NEWYORKFromTheEconomistprinteditionRebuildingtheAmericandreammachineFORAmerica'scolleges,,soauniversity'spopularityisputtoanobjectivestandard:(CUNY),ollegethatlacks,amongotherthings,afamoussportsteam,ampusesandraucousparties(itdoesn'tevenhavedorms),and,untilrecently,,,100ofthe60,000studentsatCUNY'sfivetopschoolsreceiveararethinginthecostlyworldofAmericancolleges:'shonoursprogrammepaynotuitionfees;insteadtheyreceiveastipendof$7,500(tohelpwithgeneralexpenses)'sprogrammeareup70%.Admissionhasnothingtodowithbeinganathlete,orachildofanalumnus,orhavinganinfluentialsponsor,orbeingamemberofaparticularlyaggrievedethnicgroup—criteriathatareincreasinglyimportantatAmerica',,theaveragestandardisedtestscoreofthisgroupwasinthetop7%'sstudentsaveragesarelower,paredwiththebottomthirdin1997).CUNYdoesnotappearalongsideHarvardandStanfordonlistsof
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