Describe what is meant by legacy admissions and summarize the criticism of this policy.
List any two factors that affect college and university graduation rates.
Describe the extent of physical and sexual violence on the nation’s campuses.
The issues and problems discussed so far in this chapter concern elementary and secondary schools in view of their critical importance for tens of millions of children and for the nation’s social and economic well-being. However, higher education has its own issues and problems. Once again, we do not have space to discuss all these matters, but we will examine some of the most interesting and important. (Recall that Chapter 7 "Alcohol and Other Drugs" discussed alcohol abuse on campus, a very significant higher education problem.)
