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That depends. Isn't it possible that you'd get more money by investing in attracting the highly talented students and reaping the later benefits, like large alu
by tsally 17y ago
That depends. Isn't it possible that you'd get more money by investing in attracting the highly talented students and reaping the later benefits, like large alumni donations?
If you want money and the numbers say that, than obviously you should do that. I don't think either of us know enough to say for sure, I was simply speculating.
Are you stating this as fact? I'm honestly not sure since you wrote, "is it". If so, what if some do not share this goal?
Than in my mind they are not a University whose mission is education. Anything else is a business University, whether their commodity is money or publications.
How can you possibly know something like this with such certainty? It literally takes just one person to make this statement false.
I'm claiming that for society (underprivileged * degree) + (privileged * talent difference) > (underprivileged) + (privileged * degree * talent difference). Less people collecting welfare, less crime, less single moms, etc. I'd like to look at data that contradicts this. I can't offer up data myself though at the moment, so I certainly don't expect it.
- johnnybgoode 17y ago> I don't think either of us know enough to say for sure, I was simply speculating. Agreed, but I'd think you'd have to be sure to say it was incorrect. > I'm claiming that for society (underprivileged * degree) + (privileged * talent difference) > (underprivileged) + (privileged * degree * talent difference). Less people collecting welfare, less crime, less single moms, etc. I'd like to look at data that contradicts this. I can't offer up data myself though at the moment, so I certainly don't expect it. There is no data that proves your statement. There are millions of unknowns hidden in your inequality, any one of which could reverse the sign completely.
- codexon 17y ago> I can't offer up data myself though at the moment, so I certainly don't expect it. Then stop passing it off as fact and saying that I am an "idiot" or wrong. Underprivileged minorities don't need to go to the best school in order to lift themselves out of poverty. There are plenty of other schools capable of giving them the education they want without displacing smarter individuals.