Scandalous

It seems like Andrew Delbanco's main point with college is that it is a business. In business you can't be fair but you can be ethical which essentially was his main point. Look these colleges want the best students and those students come out of the best highschools. What makes a high school have strong programs? Funding which comes from property tax of the neighborhoods surrounding the high school. So only the rich neighborhoods have all the best programs available which is what the colleges want to see.
Besides how do these colleges pay for the low income students who can't afford tuition? They raise overall tuition and put the expense on the high income students. Essentially they create a catch 22, in order to except more low income kids they need to raise prices making it even harder for middle income people to afford to go there and making it more a billionaire boys club. I can't think of a way to make college cheaper for everyone unless the government decides to pay for it. So unless we become socialist its going to remain unfair but that doesn't mean its unattainable.