I have no issue with ND becoming an elite academic Institution. Fine. I just think it's hypocritical to maintain a moral line when it participates in competition that is anything but moral.
ND leadership and some supporters, who I bet are a minority, get to posture as morally and intellectually superior.
BTW: your last paragraph is a bit of a tangent. I don't fear AI. There has never been a long term loss of jobs. I don't believe things will be different this time because of an nth wave AI industrial revolution.
Degrees still matter. Always will. But, only if they're correlated to real education, knowledge, skill, and work ethic. Yes, the kids who go to elite schools tend to be that, due to high admission standards.
Coming back full circle, you can still have this and yet offer the easy path for athletes. Some here said if that happens, they'd abandon ND. Jesus Christ...talk about moral imperialism! A tiny minority of kids giving the school an additional brand and wider sense of Catholic identity and community would offend them...because they take easier courses and better themselves.
Wow.
