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<blockquote data-quote="Northeast Stinger" data-source="post: 806654" data-attributes="member: 1640"><p>Your first paragraph: was not saying that at all.</p><p></p><p>Second paragraph: working toward diversity involves lots of micro-decisions, usually played out in terms of quotas. Harvard, for instance has done this twice in recent history (not offered for public consumption) that first involved limiting the number of qualified females to keep classes from being predominantly female, and later restricting Asian students to keep classes from being predominantly Asian. Earlier quota decisions involved including a certain number of students from the South, Midwest, and West etc. </p><p></p><p>One could argue, understandably, that the shift in a few students here or there is just a token gesture but research shows these small shifts can actually make a difference. The point with athletes is subtle but not without precedence. An athlete who is a five star athlete, wined and dined by the big factories, could have a substantially different attitude toward college than an athlete who had to scrap for a place and feels fortunate to be on campus. Caping the number of five star athletes, and even four star, per class could pay huge dividends. But, as stated in an earlier post, schools in the NCAA would have to be more honest about the purpose of an education and whether it is for the benefit of the student or the benefit of the school.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Northeast Stinger, post: 806654, member: 1640"] Your first paragraph: was not saying that at all. Second paragraph: working toward diversity involves lots of micro-decisions, usually played out in terms of quotas. Harvard, for instance has done this twice in recent history (not offered for public consumption) that first involved limiting the number of qualified females to keep classes from being predominantly female, and later restricting Asian students to keep classes from being predominantly Asian. Earlier quota decisions involved including a certain number of students from the South, Midwest, and West etc. One could argue, understandably, that the shift in a few students here or there is just a token gesture but research shows these small shifts can actually make a difference. The point with athletes is subtle but not without precedence. An athlete who is a five star athlete, wined and dined by the big factories, could have a substantially different attitude toward college than an athlete who had to scrap for a place and feels fortunate to be on campus. Caping the number of five star athletes, and even four star, per class could pay huge dividends. But, as stated in an earlier post, schools in the NCAA would have to be more honest about the purpose of an education and whether it is for the benefit of the student or the benefit of the school. [/QUOTE]
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