HERE COME THE WAR BABIES!: Colleges Are Ill Prepared for Their Invasion

HERE COME THE WAR BABIES!

U.S. Colleges Are Ill Prepared for Their Invasion

AS HE gives informal talks to alumni across the U.S., the dean of admissions of a famous Ivy League university likes to give the old grads a jolt. "If you were to apply for your alma mater today," he is quoted as saying, "only 20% of you would get it." In that particular ploy, the dean is not alone. Says Acting President Archibald Macintosh of Haverford College : "I have occasionally talked to alumni about getting into Haverford today and...

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