I think it is, but we can disagree. If you are hiring based on anything other than merit, then you are being race conscious, and I find that racist.
@natkingcole45 - here are member colleges committed to diversity:
http://www.nadohe.org/current-institutional-members
@ClarinetDad16 I also don’t see Yale, Brown, or USC on the list, among many others. Are you assuming they promote racism?
Greek life everywhere has tended to run to people picking new members like themselves. This has also been true of fraternities and sororities traditionally for people of color. The important point is that attitudes everywhere are changing and young people these days are much more open to integration. Greek life at UA is already following this trend and I’m sure the pace of change will pick up as integration becomes the norm.
My concern is just trying to get a job out of Alabama after graduation. The university is probably more progressive than the state. I wouldn’t mind living in Texas or Florida. How is Alabama as a state? How do different races interact out of the school?
Where are you living now? I grew up in the Northeast and lived in the west coast and midwest. I find race relations, on the surface, to be better than I’ve seen in the north. Blacks and whites interact with each other, and are respectful to each other. Southern manners. The south is very religious, so if you’re not used to that, that can take some getting used to. Jobs for college educated people, especially those with technical degrees, are plentiful. Huntsville is a huge technology center in the US, especially for aerospace. Lots of manufacturing in the state and the south in general.
I live in Michigan, want to know whether lifestyle is much different in the south. I also was raised in a very religious environment so I don’t mind religion at all. @NoVADad99
Well, for one thing, you won’t have to worry about the snow, though it will get icy down south because they simply don’t have the snow and ice removal equipment for the roads when bad weather does hit in the winter. And the spring through fall you’ll have to deal with the thunderstorms and tornadoes. But the winters are really nice compared to up north. I don’t think you’ll find all that much difference in lifestyle. People work, shop, go out and do things just like anywhere else. All depends on what you like to do.
Does anyone know what percentage of students receive scholarships?
@indianaguy1 You can probably find that info in the common data set, but I’m not sure.
@indianguy1, I’ll see if I can find the source, but I remember reading something in the past year or so that led me to believe it was a lot fewer students than I had thought, given how popular the school is on CC for merit money.
@indianaguy1 Here’s the link to the 2015-2016 common data set. Page 8 has scholarship/grant info. Lots of data on there but it looks like out of 6,794 freshman, 3,120 (46%) received some financial aid. Of those, 2,017 (29%) was NON-NEED based financial aid. Lots more data there.
http://oira.ua.edu/d/content/reports/2015-2016-common-data-set
There’s a lot of detail here too. See pp. 20-25 (in particular p. 23):
The link doesn’t show up @LucieTheLakie
Also would anyone recommend visiting over the summer?
You don’t get a good feel of the campus during the summer when most of the students are gone. Plus it’s really hot and humid in the summer.
Sorry about that, @indianguy1. Apparently CC doesn’t like Google docs.
Type in “docs dot google dot com” (substituting periods for “dot” and without spaces) where the asterix appear:
ok thanks @LucieTheLakie
How is Bama’s job placement in Georgia or Texas? I am trying to find career reports but so far I can only find one which only tells me the salary.
I’m not sure Bama releases job placement stats by state, but you can find general information about overall placement percentages in a separate thread I started today:
(Although this may be the report you’ve already seen.)