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EDITORIAL Mission considered?

The college is clearly making an effort to commit more of its financial resources to bolstering the aid packages of incoming students with impressive academic credentials.

It seems like Cabrini is making an attempt to change the corporal structure of the college and join the ranks of some its more distinguished local counterparts like St. Joseph's University and Villanova University, both of which are Catholic, have higher academic standards for gaining entrance and primarily draw their student bodies from a more economically diverse class of students.

While this is certainly a noble goal, that is, increasing the insti.PJJ:ion'sacademic standards, the practice of aggressively recruiting students with higher SAT scores is a means of cutting away the gristle that students with lower SAT scores and less impressive high school resumes represent.

Although this new system of recruiting is a means of improving the reputation of the college, is it consistent with the school's mission statement that focuses on a" commitment to educate students of different backgrounds and abilities to lead and serving a changing and culturally diverse world ...?"

If more funds are committed to academically superior students, then obviously there would be less funds available for the more needy, average student. Since one of the reasons for chru]iing the way financial aid is distributed was to increase the acadmic reputation of the college, this may not neccesarily be a bad thing. However, there may be drawbacks as well.

The major demographic group that needs to be considered here is urban students. On average, the students from the local public and private schools are going to score higher on the SAT than the average to above-average student from a city public school.

The point being, the new financial aid system could be a major hindrance in the areas of increasing diversity and meeting the needs of students of different backgrounds and abilities.