[908] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
Re: Marilee Jones (Dean of Admissions) on the New Improved MIT
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Christopher D. Beland)
Thu Oct 4 18:39:23 2001
Message-ID: <200110042218.SAA06635@hikari-no-ken.mit.edu>
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 18:18:19 -0400
Reply-To: "Documentation at http://web.mit.edu/beland/talk/talk.html"
<MIT-Talk@MIT.EDU>, "Christopher D. Beland" <beland@MIT.EDU>
From: "Christopher D. Beland" <beland@MIT.EDU>
To: MIT-Talk@MIT.EDU
For those that can't or didn't access the hyperlinked FNL article:
> We can see the presence and the impact of these different
> generations at MIT over time in [7]Table #1. As you know, all
> varsity teams and activities at MIT have been started by
Table 1
Varsity Teams and Clubs
Entrance Varisty Clubs/
Year Teams Activities
'60 21 60
'70 23 71
'80 31 80
'90 37 150
'00 41 356
> on the World Wide Web and 90 channels of cable. They do not need
> 30+ choices of living groups - they are busy...they just want a
> room. You can see the evidence for this attitude in [8]Table #2,
Table 2
Why Admitted Freshmen Choose Not to Enroll
1960 1970 1980 1990 2000
Academic Academic Costs/
concerns Financial Aid concerns Academic Costs
(liberal arts) concerns
Academic Costs/ Academic
Finances concerns Location Academic concerns
(liberal arts) concerns
Location Costs Diversity Housing/
campus
