Confronting the Commercialization of AdmissionsThe commercialization of college admissions has created a crisis by undermining educational values. Policies and practices once formulated according to educational criteria have been supplanted by private-sector mechanisms. Billions of dollars have been made by industries involved in this transformation, and billions more have been redirected... Copyright © 2008 by The Chronicle of Higher Education Subscribe | About The Chronicle | Contact us | Terms of use | Privacy policy | Help |