hallcity
11-30-2018, 05:04 PM
The Chronicle has done a survey of the freshman class (https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2018/10/class-of-2022-survey-duke).
Here's a few questions related to sports:
Number of games watched (I assume Duke games but it's not clear what kind of games or when)
0 44%
1-10 40%
10-20 9%
20-30 3%
30+ 4%
Likeliness to tent
Definitely not 6%
Might or might not 38%
Probably yes 28%
Definitely yes 11%
And I'll include this one since there has been discussion about whether race/ethnicity affects interest in college athletics
White 44%
Asian 39%
Black-African American 6%
Hispanic 5%
Native American 1%
Other 6%
By the way, I'm happy to see that Duke appears to not be following the lead of Harvard and some other schools which have policies that have the effect of limiting the number of Asian-American students admitted. If Asian-American kids are less interested in college athletics, so be it. Duke needs to admit the best.
I wonder whether an undergraduate's interest in college athletics predicts that same person's propensity as an alum to donate to their alma mater. I've heard that former student athletes donate at a higher rate than non-athletes. What about those who just attended football and basketball games as students? Are they more likely to give? I'd guess so but I don't know.
Here's a few questions related to sports:
Number of games watched (I assume Duke games but it's not clear what kind of games or when)
0 44%
1-10 40%
10-20 9%
20-30 3%
30+ 4%
Likeliness to tent
Definitely not 6%
Might or might not 38%
Probably yes 28%
Definitely yes 11%
And I'll include this one since there has been discussion about whether race/ethnicity affects interest in college athletics
White 44%
Asian 39%
Black-African American 6%
Hispanic 5%
Native American 1%
Other 6%
By the way, I'm happy to see that Duke appears to not be following the lead of Harvard and some other schools which have policies that have the effect of limiting the number of Asian-American students admitted. If Asian-American kids are less interested in college athletics, so be it. Duke needs to admit the best.
I wonder whether an undergraduate's interest in college athletics predicts that same person's propensity as an alum to donate to their alma mater. I've heard that former student athletes donate at a higher rate than non-athletes. What about those who just attended football and basketball games as students? Are they more likely to give? I'd guess so but I don't know.