Steve’s Barking; “Think” exercise and thank you!

I’m going to try to do an exercise in thinking!

Let’s assume that a very Prestigious university has 2000 students in it’s incoming class. Of Those 2000 students 250 are ( white) Legacy students or 1/8 of of the incoming class. According to statistics this holds pretty much true for the past 20 years that these statistics were being kept. This Prestigious university wants a diversified university therefore of the 1,750 the standards were lowered for some students to get a more diverse student body.The first question one should ask oneself are these standards lowered for the legacy student. If they were would that negate the complaints of lowering the standards for some of the students that aren’t legacy students.

It has come to the attention that those who graduate this Prestigious university make on the average 40% more then those who graduate most other universities. The next question being do the legacy students bring the amount of money that graduates of this University make? Would many of these legacy students be making the same if they didn’t go to this Prestigious University?

It has come to the attention by statistics that a majority of those of those in this University who were brought in to diversify the University are making 30% less then those who weren’t brought in to diversify the University. The next question did those who came to this University as diverse students mingle with the legacy students, and did  those who mingled with the legacy students make more money then those who didn’t?

This is a test my thinking ! I could very easily say that this university should do away with legacy students to have a more diverse student body, but I would have to ask myself would this diminish this University by having more seats, and the possibility that the income of those graduating would go down. I have to ask myself is the university really diverse if student’s don’t mingle with one another. Are those students who were there to diversify the university really helping themselves by not mingling. Do we rely to much on statistical and not delve into the reasons why? Are we lazy?