Can a college loose its reputation/accreditation by sub par students and their lack of interest in school?
Absolutely! I think you’re hit the nail on the head with your reasoning for a sub par student achievement too. People who do not earn their own money have no connection or understanding of it’s value. An example, welfare produced an entire generation of people who believed that money was free, (because it was) and therefore they had no idea how to go about making money for themselves and their incentive to do better was undermined by the fact that they didn’t HAVE to do better. The same goes for gifts, if you give someone something they might or might not treat it with due respect, but if they had to earn the money to buy it, they would have more a sense of ownership and protect it. School tuition that is magically paid by someone else generally creates an unresponsive student compared to the ones who are working to pay their own tuition. Working your way through school reminds you every day how hard it is to get what you need, and you are inclined to respect and value it more so than
