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Are there significant numbers of white Democrats or non-white Republicans in Alabama?
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I know a lot of white Dems in Alabama. I don’t know the “numbers” in the state. This state has a lot of transplants from the NE, Midwest and West Coast, so there are white Dems here. As for non-W Republicans…Since the predominant minority in AL is AA, and nationally AA folks tend to be Dems, then there probably aren’t huge numbers. But, since there is a large AA population, and even if a small % are GOP, the total number may be significant when compared to other states with similar sized total populations.
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The catch is that it's less about wanting to give to high achieving students and more about trying to climb the rankings and appear as more prestigious when the quality of the education is the same whether they are ranked at #88 or #28.
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@CaliCash This is not true, for the following reasons:
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When the strength of your students changes, your teaching style changes.
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When a student body consists of stronger students, you can attract better profs. Bama has over doubled in size during this growth, so Bama has had to hire a lot of profs. Luckily, this was at a time when other “better” schools weren’t able to hire or were even having to cut back because of economic freezes…Bama was able to grab some amazing profs during this time.
When my son was being inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, there were 3 profs sitting to the left of me. We were chatting and the fact that I’m from Calif came up. The profs said that they were from Calif as well. They had been at Berkeley but because of promotion freezes, they had to start looking elsewhere. They were skeptical about Bama at first, but they interviewed, were very impressed, and accepted their positions. They also LOVED the house prices! lol
did they get the, “You’re moving where???” ?? Yes, they did. But, I’m sure that in the time that has since passed, they have lured a few others away from pricey, stagnate, Calif.