<p>While your persistance and eloquent verbiage is, dare we say, admirable, and possibly even persuasive to a few, absent an official response, accompanied by data, your argument is simply because “I said so.” Prof. Fleming’s purchased USNA data, via the Freedom of Information Act along with his personal admissions experience, while abhorrent to many blind loyalists, and disappointing to many more, seems to be clear that in fact there is a dual system, and that USNA remains fixed on retaining and nurturing that. </p>
<p>And it’s important noting that the numbers of the past admissions season are not in fact the target numbers. Also note, none know what those target numbers for minorities are. Why not? Simple. It would confirm what you persist in denying, totally absent of any credible basis for your claims. </p>
<p>The solution is simple and unfortunately, much as you’d like to imply, the answer must come from them. Not you or others proclaiming “foul” on Dr. Fleming’s charges. Only the USNA can defend themselves. </p>
<p>Speculation here, no matter how it’s worded, well, are simply your words. But to be clear, not your words vs. mine. I make no argument beyond that revealed by the FOIA data. And by the total absence of any and all USNA response beyond deafening silence. </p>
<p>Hoping for sure, this will go away. </p>
<p>More closely, why would they change the way data on minority candidates is revealed on the USNA admissions site? That’s obvious by its absence.</p>
<p>The last point though is most revealing …the data that we do know…along with the alleged causation for the vast increase in apps reveals that the process is different in recruiting certain target populations, and the outcomes revealing. </p>
<p>So of course …the data is different and will be more so for the forseeable, and substantially less reliable in predicting or forecasting admissions yields. USNA admits its dealing with substantially different populations. Of course.</p>