Latin America tried this experiment once already, with many public colleges attempting to deflect accusations of elitism by eliminating entrance examinations and tuition fees in the 1960s. In a region where a university degree had, until then, represented a ticket to the good life, enrollment predictably swelled.
类似的试验在拉美已经进行过一次。20世纪60年代众多公立大学曾试图通过取消入学考试和学费来摘掉所谓的精英主义帽子。在大学学位几乎等同于美好生活的拉美地区，入学人数不出所料的迅速膨胀。