Re:Why Caltech Is in a Class by Itself
by zeteo on Monday January 10, 2011 @08:18PM
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"students benefit by being exposed to students from a variety of socio-economic backgrounds"
You got any evidence about the trade-offs on that? In my experience, the very diverse student body of my alma mater formed closed cliques (racially, nationally) and the wide variance in backgrounds caused most, if not all, classes to slow down to the lowest common denominator.
You got any evidence about the trade-offs on that? In my experience, the very diverse student body of my alma mater formed closed cliques (racially, nationally) and the wide variance in backgrounds caused most, if not all, classes to slow down to the lowest common denominator.