Streeter predicts shifting student preferences will force elite universities to change behavior
Ryan Streeter · American Policymaker Reveals How Politics REALLY Works | Ryan Streeter · Nov 20, 2024 · at 31:32
Ryan Streeter, executive director of the Civitas Institute at UT Austin, discusses student movement toward flagship public and SEC universities.
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“So something's happening in a pretty big way right now, which is gonna force some kind of accountability on, I think, some elite institutions that they haven't really felt the pressure to react to before, but I think it's actually gonna change their behavior some.”
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