{"id":7067662,"date":"2026-09-26T18:04:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T18:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/business\/finance\/cornell-wants-admissions-to-reward-enough-instead-of-the-best-and-blames-the-common-app\/"},"modified":"2026-09-26T18:04:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T18:04:18","slug":"cornell-wants-admissions-to-reward-enough-instead-of-the-best-and-blames-the-common-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7067662","title":{"rendered":"Cornell Wants Admissions To Reward &#8216;Enough&#8217; Instead Of &#8216;The Best&#8217; \u2014 And Blames The Common App"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" itemprop=\"text\">\n<div class=\"dpsp-post-pinterest-image-hidden\" style=\"display: none;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thecollegeinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/tci-cornell-photo.png\" data-pin-title=\"Cornell Says College Pricing Is 'Opaque By Design' And Wants Families To Know Their Cost When They Apply\" data-pin-description=\"Cornell's 238-page Future of the American University report targets AI, admissions, and opaque tuition pricing. Here are its four biggest recommendations.\" alt=\"Cornell high sticker price, high aid model\" class=\"dpsp-post-pinterest-image-hidden-inner  dpsp-post-pinterest-image-hidden-single\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/div>\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/thecollegeinvestor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/dpr=1%2Cf=auto%2Cfit=cover%2Ch=800%2Cq=85%2Cw=1200\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Cornell-University.jpg\" alt=\"Cornell University in Ithaca, New York\" class=\"wp-image-89079 edge-images-processed\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thecollegeinvestor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/dpr=1%2Cf=auto%2Cfit=cover%2Ch=800%2Cq=85%2Cw=1200\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Cornell-University.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/thecollegeinvestor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/dpr=1%2Cf=auto%2Cfit=cover%2Ch=1200%2Cq=85%2Cw=1800\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Cornell-University.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/thecollegeinvestor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/dpr=1%2Cf=auto%2Cfit=cover%2Ch=1600%2Cq=85%2Cw=2400\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Cornell-University.jpg 2400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-tci-keypoints\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"tci-kp-label wp-block-paragraph\">Key Points<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cornell\u2019s report on the future of college says AI can make students look like they\u2019re learning when they aren\u2019t. It wants class technology used only when the instructor allows it.<\/li>\n<li>The report says admissions should reward students who are \u201cwell above the bar\u201d instead of the most credentialed. It also calls for more openness about legacy and other special-case admits.<\/li>\n<li>Cornell\u2019s sticker price hit $92,844, and the report calls the high-price, high-aid model \u201copaque by design.\u201d It wants families to know what they\u2019ll pay when they apply, not after they\u2019re accepted.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cornell University\u2019s Committee on the Future of the American University released its <a href=\"https:\/\/provost.cornell.edu\/_files\/initiatives\/future-of-the-american-university-full-report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">final report<\/a> (PDF File) last week to highlight their ideas on what the future of education should look like. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 238-page document was written by 18 faculty members who spent a year meeting with more than 6,000 students, staff, alumni, trustees, officials, and outside critics across 250-plus meetings and events. It arrives as <a href=\"https:\/\/thecollegeinvestor.com\/84482\/gallup-americans-confidence-in-higher-education-falls-to-38-as-ai-doubts-grow\/\">Americans\u2019 confidence in higher education has fallen to 38%<\/a>, down from 57% when Gallup first asked in 2015.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Provost Kavita Bala convened the group to study three forces: AI, the strained relationship with the federal government, and falling public trust. In the <a href=\"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/09\/future-american-university-report-charts-bold-path-forward\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cornell Chronicle announcement<\/a>, Bala framed the central question directly: \u201c<em>Is a university education still worth it? The committee\u2019s answer is a resounding yes \u2013 if we clarify and renew the university\u2019s purpose.<\/em>\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Families running their own <a href=\"https:\/\/thecollegeinvestor.com\/7868\/college-worth-investment\/\">college ROI math<\/a> will notice the conditional in that sentence.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why It Matters<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most of the recommendations are written for Cornell, but they apply to ever college. The report concedes that questions about \u201cthe cost of a college degree, the economic return for families carrying significant debt, and the role of wealthy institutions in a democratic society\u201d are fair, and that universities \u201chave too often deflected rather than engaged\u201d them. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That admission lands at a time when <a href=\"https:\/\/thecollegeinvestor.com\/77152\/why-is-college-so-expensive\/\">college costs have risen three times faster than inflation<\/a> by federal measures.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Four Big Ideas<\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. AI Threatens How Students Learn, Not Only How They Cheat<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The committee places a big focus on AI because it \u201c<em>can produce the appearance of learning without the intellectual formation that makes learning meaningful and durable.<\/em>\u201d Its bluntest line: \u201c<em>A student who uses AI to produce an essay has not learned to write.<\/em>\u201d Bill Gates <a href=\"https:\/\/thecollegeinvestor.com\/87701\/bill-gates-says-heavy-ai-use-could-cause-students-to-end-up-learning-less\/\">raised a similar concern about heavy AI use<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The fix is not a ban on using AI. The report wants the university to \u201clean in\u201d and \u201clean out\u201d of AI, build AI judgment into every major, and adopt a campus-wide rule that laptops, phones, and other tech are used in class only when the instructor explicitly invites them. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It floats optional tech-free dorms and a \u201ctech detox\u201d summer program before enrollment, and calls for faculty and student-life staff to act as \u201cco-educators\u201d rather than two separate operations. That matters as <a href=\"https:\/\/thecollegeinvestor.com\/80027\/students-pick-work-over-college-as-ai-rewrites-career-plans\/\">AI reshapes which majors students pick<\/a> in the first place.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Admissions Should Reward \u201cEnough,\u201d Not \u201cMost\u201d<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The committee blames the <a href=\"https:\/\/thecollegeinvestor.com\/87230\/colleges-got-a-record-10-8-million-applications\/\">Common Application\u2019s easy multi-school filing<\/a> for a feedback loop: more applications drive lower admit rates, which push students to apply to even more schools. The result, it argues, turns high school into an exercise in personal branding. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Only 4% of four-year college students attend schools that admit fewer than 20% of applicants, yet those schools set the rules everyone chases.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cornell\u2019s proposed shift is a process that \u201crewards sufficiency (being well above the bar required to succeed) over being demonstrably \u2018the best.&#8217;\u201d The report also asks schools to publish evidence that their criteria predict student success, cap how many extracurriculars count, and explain how they handle <a href=\"https:\/\/thecollegeinvestor.com\/85625\/senators-introduce-merit-act-to-end-legacy-admissions-at-accredited-colleges\/\">legacy and other special-case admits<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It cites research finding legacy preferences explain almost half of the admissions edge top-1% families hold at Ivy-Plus schools, and mentions a medical-school-style matching system as a more radical option.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. The High-Sticker, High-Aid Model Is Eroding Trust<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cornell\u2019s total cost of attendance hit $92,844 for 2025-26, while median household income sits near $84,000. The average net cost after grants was $65,370, which illustrates what the report calls \u201copaque by design.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nationally, private nonprofit sticker prices reached $60,920, but the average amount paid was about $32,830, roughly flat after inflation for 20 years. We\u2019ve covered that <a href=\"https:\/\/thecollegeinvestor.com\/77772\/new-data-colleges-now-discount-tuition-56-on-average-a-record-high\/\">sticker-versus-net price gap<\/a> repeatedly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The committee recommends a task force to design a new tuition model and says, \u201c<em>Ideally, families will know their cost before or at the time of application, not at the time of acceptance.<\/em>\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It rejects copying the <a href=\"https:\/\/thecollegeinvestor.com\/88041\/why-elite-colleges-are-racing-to-offer-free-tuition\/\">free-tuition-under-an-income-cap offers<\/a> spreading among elite schools, noting 83% of Cornell\u2019s institutional grant aid comes from its operating budget, not the endowment. It also admits Cornell can\u2019t currently answer whether it makes or loses money by enrolling more students.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4. Universities Have To Earn Back Public Support<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report calls the post-World War II research partnership with Washington \u201cunder severe strain\u201d and warns that \u201c<em>A university that can only ask the questions its funders approve is no longer a university in any meaningful sense.\u201d<\/em> Schools like MIT are already <a href=\"https:\/\/thecollegeinvestor.com\/80724\/mit-to-admit-fewer-graduate-students-as-federal-research-funding-drops-20\/\">shrinking graduate admissions as federal research funding drops<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Its answer is to earn back trust by showing up locally. The committee points to 2025 survey data showing 76% to 79% of respondents view universities\u2019 community and healthcare impact positively, well above confidence in higher ed as an institution. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It proposes rewarding public-impact work in tenure decisions and creating professorships of public impact in every college. Graduates show a similar split: <a href=\"https:\/\/thecollegeinvestor.com\/57665\/new-study-reveals-70-of-college-grads-say-it-was-worth-it\/\">90% report a good college experience, but only 70% say it was worth it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Cornell Says Shouldn\u2019t Change<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The committee explicitly rejected three popular ideas: <\/p>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Shifting to online-only degrees<\/li>\n<li>Imposing a single university-wide core curriculum<\/li>\n<li>Turning the undergraduate degree into vocational training. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On graduate education, it backs calibrating tuition by program and lowering prices where that expands enrollment, requiring a break-even budget case before launching new master\u2019s programs, bringing back the M.Phil. as an exit credential for students who stop before finishing a Ph.D., and exploring a subscription model for lifelong learning. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those ideas carry more weight now that <a href=\"https:\/\/thecollegeinvestor.com\/78748\/how-new-graduate-school-loan-limits-will-impact-colleges\/\">new federal graduate loan limits<\/a> are squeezing master\u2019s programs.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How This Connects<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cornell follows a <a href=\"https:\/\/president.yale.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-04\/Report-of-the-Committee-on-Trustin-Higher-Education.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yale committee report on trust<\/a> from April 2026, and both land as more families question <a href=\"https:\/\/thecollegeinvestor.com\/76135\/are-expensive-colleges-worth-it-new-data-on-price-selectivity-and-graduation-rates\/\">whether expensive colleges are worth it<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For reference, 31% of Cornell students graduated with debt in 2024, averaging about $30,000.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What\u2019s Next<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Provost Bala endorsed the report and said Cornell will \u201c<em>take action to address each of the report\u2019s proposed commitments.<\/em>\u201d The report proposes a standing Future of the American University Forum to turn recommendations into pilots. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The tuition task force is the item to watch, because any change to Cornell\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/thecollegeinvestor.com\/38530\/how-much-does-college-really-cost\/\">net price<\/a> would pressure its Ivy peers.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"tve_leads_end_content\" style=\"display: block; visibility: hidden; border: 1px solid transparent;\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"sabox-authors\">\n<div class=\"saboxplugin-wrap\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"author\">\n<div class=\"saboxplugin-tab saboxplugin-tab-about\">\n<div class=\"saboxplugin-gravatar\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thecollegeinvestor.com\/author\/robert\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thecollegeinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/New-Profile.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Robert Farrington\" itemprop=\"image\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"saboxplugin-desc\">\n<div itemprop=\"description\">\n<p>Robert Farrington is the founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/thecollegeinvestor.com\/\">The College Investor<\/a> and is widely recognized as one of the nation\u2019s leading voices on <a href=\"https:\/\/thecollegeinvestor.com\/student-loan-debt\/\">student loan debt<\/a> and saving for college. 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