Comments on: The Color of College http://themoderatevoice.com/16137/the-color-of-college/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Mon, 28 May 2012 02:47:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: domajot http://themoderatevoice.com/16137/the-color-of-college/comment-page-1/#comment-105288 domajot Sat, 17 Nov 2007 15:52:37 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/society/education/16137/the-color-of-college/#comment-105288 This is interesting, but I can't get a handle on what it means. Diversity in ivy league schools is a good thing, IMO. Even if they have a hard time, like Beaverton says, If monorities are a presence in sufficicient numbers, then they have a chance to develop their own support and networking groups. It would be interesting to know why samller, more mainstream, colleges differ. I s it because ivy league schools promote diversity more actively at the administration level? This is interesting, but I can’t get a handle on what it means.
Diversity in ivy league schools is a good thing, IMO.
Even if they have a hard time, like Beaverton says, If monorities are a presence in sufficicient numbers, then they have a chance to develop their own support and networking groups.

It would be interesting to know why samller, more mainstream, colleges differ. I
s it because ivy league schools promote diversity more actively at the administration level?

]]> By: DLS http://themoderatevoice.com/16137/the-color-of-college/comment-page-1/#comment-105217 DLS Fri, 16 Nov 2007 22:14:49 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/society/education/16137/the-color-of-college/#comment-105217 Blacks See Growing Values Gap Between Poor and Middle Class; Optimism about Black Progress Declines (<a href="http://pewsocialtrends.org/pubs/700/black-public-opinion" rel="nofollow">Pew report</a>) Blacks See Growing Values Gap Between Poor and Middle Class; Optimism about Black Progress Declines

(Pew report)

]]> By: beaverton_jewboy http://themoderatevoice.com/16137/the-color-of-college/comment-page-1/#comment-105215 beaverton_jewboy Fri, 16 Nov 2007 22:02:43 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/society/education/16137/the-color-of-college/#comment-105215 As a guy who went to one of the "elite" colleges, I have to say that minorities have very mixed experiences; to a large extent they're there to give the rich kids the "enrichment" experience of being around people who aren't like them. Of course, sheltered preppies don't really know how to handle it, and the minorities often have a rough time. Oddly, the really rich kids are cooler, and it's the grasping upper-middle class kids who are scared of their own shadows, not to mention a black face, and act aloof. Minorities may also have a hard time at elite schools, and this tracks with my personal experience, because the cultural barriers to networking and acceptance in the highest levels of society often become more pronounced. It's easier to see what's on the other side of the glass ceiling when you're right up there pressed against it, which can be a frustrating experience. As a guy who went to one of the “elite” colleges, I have to say that minorities have very mixed experiences; to a large extent they’re there to give the rich kids the “enrichment” experience of being around people who aren’t like them. Of course, sheltered preppies don’t really know how to handle it, and the minorities often have a rough time. Oddly, the really rich kids are cooler, and it’s the grasping upper-middle class kids who are scared of their own shadows, not to mention a black face, and act aloof.

Minorities may also have a hard time at elite schools, and this tracks with my personal experience, because the cultural barriers to networking and acceptance in the highest levels of society often become more pronounced. It’s easier to see what’s on the other side of the glass ceiling when you’re right up there pressed against it, which can be a frustrating experience.

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