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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

Relax.  You’re talking like strengthening the athletic program is the centerpiece of the strategic plan.  It isn’t.  It’s one item among many.  [/quote]
Love to see another SLAC strategic plan, newly adopted, that is prioritizing athletics. SLACs are trying to deal with the post-affirmative action world, and athletics at Division 3 SLACs heavily skews white. If anything, there is talk about making athletics less important — not more. Let’s just say Grinnell’s approach here is…unique.[/quote]

No. It’s predictable. Grinnell is an NESCAC wanna be. And “diverse” students aren’t heading to Iowa in huge numbers anyway. [/quote]

Tell us you know nothing about Grinnell demographics.[/quote]

51% white. But not more than 7-8% each Asian and Hispanic. Less than 5% Black. 5% multiracial.  He6 wait, those numbers don’t come close to 100%. More than 25% of students are unaccounted for.  That’s because 20% of their students are “non-resident aliens,” and Grinnell classifies them as non-white students.  Does anyone really think their non-resident aliens are all from Mexico and Africa and none are from Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Europe?

They are playing the game of lies, d*mn lies and statistics.

Not sure I’d want to be a Black kid at a school that can’t hit 5%.

https://datausa.io/profile/university/grinnell-college#:~:text=The%20enrolled%20student%20population%20at%20Grinnell%20College%20is%2051.5%25%20White,4.18%25%20Black%20or%20African%20American.[/quote]

Again, tell us you know nothing. Many students from Asia. Also Africa and the Middle East. Roughly 25% of the student body is comprised of international students.  [/quote]

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