RE: Ill-posed questions
it’s not clear how it’s supposed to benefit the university
so a person that goes to a good school and gets a good education and goes on to a prestigious career only benefits the university if they are “nerds” and not athletes on a scholarship?..


RE: Ill-posed questions by scottb
so a person that goes to a good school and gets a good education and goes on to a prestigious career only benefits the university if they are “nerds” and not athletes on a scholarship?..
No, but it wasn’t the scholarship that did that.
If they hadn’t created an athletic scholarship for that person, then that person might not have had the success they did, but it would have opened a slot for another person who could have done just has well.
It doesn’t change the outcome from the university’s perspective, only from the student’s.