Actually it can be worse than the reference you provided - some universities are in fact businesses selling degrees with no regard to quality OR quantity whatsoever (rote learning? you'd wish).
Basically it's like going to the market - see a license you like, then buy it.
That's what happens when the system is broken - you put stupid discriminatory rules in place, then prepare to get played.
I wish there was a name for this law. It runs something like this:
If there is a reasonable proxy measure for a desirable behaviour, and you reward the reasonable proxy measure, it ceases to be a reasonable proxy measure.
Basically it's like going to the market - see a license you like, then buy it.
That's what happens when the system is broken - you put stupid discriminatory rules in place, then prepare to get played.