As a public university, University of Utah receives substantial support from the state legislature, but means it has an obligation to serve the people of Utah. However, many disagree with what service can mean. Some believe admitting as many Utah residents as possible to increase college-educated citizens is a way, but it's further beneficial to increase admission requirements. Increasing admission requirements is more of a service because it would improve "flagship" of the university, numerous other schools have “easy” entrance, and quality over quantity.
Increasing admission requirements would in turn improve "flagship" of the university. Top schools like Stanford or Harvard have extremely difficult acceptance, but once graduated those residents have changed the state and the world. For example: John Roberts graduated from Harvard in 1979 and now chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. He has changed the whole of the United States not just Massachusetts. By being the flagship school, more determined, hard working, self motivated people would join the university. Having these traits wouldn’t just change the state, but improve the whole of the world.
Numerous schools have “simple” admission requirements and by being not one of them
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By having easier conditions it would increase state populated college-educated citizens. This statement is not logical. If the University of Utah made requirements easier it wouldn’t benefit the whole of Utah. It would turn University of Utah into another “easy” university to get into and being one of those simple universities isn’t bad but the state of Utah already has bountiful. It would lose its “flagship” which would decrease education, decrease money, barely gain state populated college-educated citizens, decrease job offers from companies, decrease pay for administration, and cause countless money problems. Having easier admission rather than harder is