> Unless you think that universities should pick their students by lotteries This is already the case in the US - more so than any other developed nation I thi

> Unless you think that universities should pick their students by lotteries This is already the case in the US - more so than any other developed nation I think, because of how poor state public schools can be and the lack of a welfare / healthcare safety net for the poor. The lottery of who you are born to and where you live is pretty much the main determination of whether you get into an elite university or not. The answer is to provide enough high quality higher education so everyone who wants to can get one, as long as they meet the minimum bar (pass GRE / high school diploma). Let people prove themselves as adults. I'm convinced this can be done, but probably not in the traditional way of requiring a physical presence on campus.