Back when I was in high school and started applying for colleges, it dawned on me very early that a college is a business. The main product that they supply is education, but it was apparent that there was more to that. They also are in the business to make money and graduate students.

First, look at the way they bring in athletes, especially in the popular sports like football and basketball. Admissions always seem to be just a little more relaxed and graduation rates seem to suffer. You can even see the gap between black and white athletes. In an article written for the LA Sentinel(2013), it was pointed out that 65% of African American basketball student-athletes received a degree, with is 25% lower than white athletes. It was also mentioned that of the 68 teams participating in...