<p>Aglages, in 2010 nation-wide post-secondary 4-year school enrollment of whites was at 63% nation-wide, so Pitt is less racially/ethnically diverse than the average 4-year post-secondary school. </p>
<p>Pitt’s numbers are likely a reflection of where it is drawing students from, and it draws most students from its home region, as do most publicly supported schools. The Pittsburgh area is less diverse than the average US metro region.</p>
<p>As for smoking at Pitt, I disagree, as I have before, that there are any more smokers at Pitt than the typical college campus. However, Pitt is a much more concentrated campus than most so you are likely to see more smokers huddled into one of the few areas they can escape to, and this includes visitors to the medical center. Smoking policies at the school include a prohibition of doing so within 15 feet of all university owned or leased buildings and a similar policy exits at the medical center, which makes it difficult to find smokable areas within a campus of such urban density. The medical center will implement a new policy that even bars employees from smoking on their breaks beginning this July 1, which means it is essentially initiating a campaign to stamp out smoking among its employees.</p>