[impostergc]

Your point about schools filtering students who are not able to cut it is moot. Do you think standards won't (or haven't already) change to keep as many students as possible? Universities want money, the more students the better. The idea that this change happens in isolation shows a lack of systemic thinking.

[davidgay]

My undergrad (EPFL) would like a word with you... Pass rate for the first year was 50% (as was the overall pass rate over 4 years).

Of course, it is a public university, so money is a bit different.