The "religion" question

NikkiiL
Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:07:53 +0000

Despite the objections, there is a legal reason that the college applications request this type of information…the same reason they do ask for ethic background. The Federal (and sometimes State) governments require all colleges (whether public or private) to submit this type of information annually to demonstrate that they are not discriminating. It also gets compiled into Census information. If the students don’t answer the question (actually leave it blank) they school can get into trouble…so many will try to guess. Its only purpose is statistical…and federally required.