Quotas for academics?

IxnayBob
Thu, 23 Oct 2014 16:17:08 +0000

@gibby, somewhat in line but also somewhat OT (apologies OP), are there explicit or implicit quotas for academic roles? I know that students change their leanings over the years; I know that Yale has been trying to work on its STEM retention (so that STEMy kids stay STEMy), but do they have rough quotas of how many lit, econ, math, etc. leaning kids they’re looking for? There’s nothing wrong with tuba players, but you can’t effectively use more than a certain number.