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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Grinnell’s recently adopted strategic plan inexplicably recommends placing more — not less — emphasis on sports. Looks like they did not get the post-affirmative action memo, the fact that SLACs are justifiably being criticized for sports preferences in admissions, and the fact that the majority of Grinnell’s student body is, well, non-jock. Grinnell is trending backwards, trying to be more like NESCAC:

https://thesandb.com/44652/news/three-years-of-president-harris-culminate-in-grinnell-colleges-knowledge-into-action-2030-plan/

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It talks about increasing spectatorship - it doesn’t mention recruitment. [/quote]
It talks about increasing emphasis on sports. Yes, that will have recruitment implications, i.e., more money for sports, coaches, and recruiting. That doesn’t mean that more athletes are going to be recruited; it means better ones will be. This also means those “better” athletes will have even more of an admissions edge.[/quote]

They do have a low recruitment budget. That’s fine if they want better athletes. But I wouldn’t want the number of recruited athletes to significantly increase. Not interested in a school with 40% recruited athletes. My kid does enjoy watching games and cheering them on. I think the character of the student body impacts spectatorship though regardless of strength of program. Though winning does help. [/quote]
But, don’t you see, the strategic plan, by your own logic, is for the character of that student body to change. That’s not a problem for you?[/quote]

We first looked at Grinnell in 2018 for Kid 1. When we looked back then and continuing through last year, it seemed like both Grinnell was a NESCAC wannabe.  So, not shocked they are focusing on athletics.  But, because they have a crappy location, they have to discount tuition. Their merit aid/ tuition discounting has very little to do with attracting UMC kids or making Grinnell possible for them. It has everything to do with not being able to get decent kids without merit aid. Grinnell doesn’t want to be considered on the same list as Oberlin and Kenyon (and I’d add Macalaster). [/quote]

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