Excerpt from How to be a Rocket Scientist Blog:
“[President Brent Fessler] made a great analogy to describe two different approaches or attitudes in education. In most large universities and colleges (and many small ones), they take a generous approach to admitting students–the more the better. Then, once they are admitted, there is a conscious and deliberate “weeding out” process. Most students who start as freshmen never make it to graduation… the President and one of his VPs were describing how they instead take care and attention to ensure that every student they accept has a successful education and future career. They realize not everyone enters college with an ideal or happy background. But people still have the seeds of potential and ability within them. Sometimes they just need the right environment, culture, and education to sprout that hidden ability and nurture it into productive growth.”
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