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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What, pray tell, is "optimal diversity?"[/quote]

That’s a decision only a college can make, but the general idea is one that is at least similar to the general population.

But that wasn’t really a question, was it...[/quote]

I was thinking of the post at 11:12 yesterday talking about SLACs (Williams, Swarthmore, Pomona) that were doing "better on diversity," all of which had % white (often significantly) smaller than the % white in college age population.

An earlier poster was complaining about Midwestern LACs with % white over 65%.  If you consider the demographics of the Midwest augmented by a notion of the college readiness of various groups, I am not sure why one would think you would see anything other than what you do see in LAC demographics.

If you don't want to go to a school a low % of Asians, fine.  Don't go to a Midwestern LAC.  However, the demographics of these schools does not demonstrate any inherent racism by the school in its admissions process.[/quote]

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