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Revision as of 16:26, April 27, 2007
, 16:26, April 27, 2007→Proposed change in "smallest minority enrollments" paragraph
I'll preserve the location in the article that Aschafly thinks this material deserves. I think comparison among the Big Ten seems fair since they are all broadly comparable institutions. I think "among the lowest in the Big Ten" is fair since it's in the bottom three, and its score of 0.22 isn't very far from Iowa's 0.17. I don't think the use of the word "only" is appropriate without any rationale for what the percentages ''should'' be, but I'll leave it.
I'll preserve the location in the article that Aschafly thinks this material deserves. I think comparison among the Big Ten seems fair since they are all broadly comparable institutions. I think "among the lowest in the Big Ten" is fair since it's in the bottom three, and its score of 0.22 isn't very far from Iowa's 0.17. I don't think the use of the word "only" is appropriate without any rationale for what the percentages ''should'' be, but I'll leave it.
I just don't think "has one of the smallest minority enrollments among major schools" is justified by the facts. "Among the lowest in the Big Ten" is as close as I can some to preserving Aschlafly's point without stretching the facts beyond the breaking point. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 11:55, 27 April 2007 (EDT)
I just don't think "has one of the smallest minority enrollments among major schools" is justified by the facts. "Among the lowest in the Big Ten" is as close as I can some to preserving Aschlafly's point without stretching the facts beyond the breaking point. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 11:55, 27 April 2007 (EDT)
P. S. More of the Daily Cardinal article could be quoted. The Chancellor said:
:“We’re more diverse in this student body than the whole state of Wisconsin [but] we’re not a state school, we’re a national school.” Wiley said the University deserved such a low grade because minority students graduate at rates far lower than other students. “Those differences are not attributable to ability or preparation or background or anything other than the difficulty of being a student of color on our campus."
One [http://www.dailycardinal.com/opinion/out-of-state-admission-cap-keeps-uw-white.html letter to the editor] suggests that "As long as this university requires at least 75 percent of its incoming freshman class to come from in-state, it will remain predominately white for the foreseeable future." [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 12:26, 27 April 2007 (EDT)
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