If the articles' portrayal is accurate, I have doubts that there ever was a problem. Yes, the rate of drop-outs was 3x the average (20% vs 7%). But it appears

If the articles' portrayal is accurate, I have doubts that there ever was a problem. Yes, the rate of drop-outs was 3x the average (20% vs 7%). But it appears as if this dormitory draws its population from a subset of freshman that already starts out different than the average population. College admission should make a few bets on misfits with potential here and there. And if the mark of MIT's drug-infested den is that only 80% of them graduate MIT, it seems like they're still doing ok in absolute terms. The only real problem is that Wall Street has apparently infected MIT, and they're taking the love-yourself (and keel over with heart failure) drug.