bethievt

Look at this: Grinnell College - Front Door

Great diversity in the middle of Iowa!

dad-12

C'mon, this is 2009. The whole bit about Grinnell's "achievement" of matriculating non-white kids is getting a bit old.

bethievt

Oops--they changed the front page. Now it's here Class of 2013 by the numbers - Grinnell News Online

dad-12, you can think whatever you like, but I actually think it's an accomplishment to attract this diverse a student body in rural Iowa.

Plainsman

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Wow. Those stats sound almost exactly like Oberlin, although the percentage of people of color might be higher at Grinnell. Not sure how to measure "people of color." Does it include international students?

My D picked Oberlin because she didn't think Grinnell was liberal enough.

bethievt

No, the percentage was for domestic students. Yes, Oberlin does a great job too. It was another school my son loved and my hubby is a grad.

dad-12

bethievt said "dad-12, you can think whatever you like, but I actually think it's an accomplishment to attract this diverse a student body in rural Iowa."

Really? Approx 1/3 of all meat-packing workers in the state are Hispanic, so should we congratulate Swift et al for their achievement on this front?

My point was a simple one. College matriculation is a two-sided game, and the numbers cited in your post shows that Grinnell is willing to pay the price to play.

Labeling the class as an "achievement" is quite a different matter. As someone who has been there, it reminds me of being warmly congratulated by well-meaning retail salespeople on my grasp of the English language.