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CorsiHockeyLeague · 02-14-2016, 12:45 PM

And I don't think there's any doubt that there are systemic reasons for that. But I don't see this sort of policy as making any difference in addressing those.

As for the other targeted groups, I tend to doubt that the barriers are anything but financial. Is there really any systemic bias preventing LGBT people or physically disabled people, or people from remote areas, from going to university? It doesn't seem so to me.

EDIT: Actually the last one seems sort of practical; are there not issues getting people to teach in remote communities? If so, getting more people in the program from those areas might be a good idea.

02-14-2016, 12:45 PM	#70
CorsiHockeyLeague Franchise Player Join Date: Feb 2015 Exp:	And I don't think there's any doubt that there are systemic reasons for that. But I don't see this sort of policy as making any difference in addressing those. As for the other targeted groups, I tend to doubt that the barriers are anything but financial. Is there really any systemic bias preventing LGBT people or physically disabled people, or people from remote areas, from going to university? It doesn't seem so to me. EDIT: Actually the last one seems sort of practical; are there not issues getting people to teach in remote communities? If so, getting more people in the program from those areas might be a good idea. __________________ "The great promise of the Internet was that more information would automatically yield better decisions. The great disappointment is that more information actually yields more possibilities to confirm what you already believed anyway." - Brian Eno Last edited by CorsiHockeyLeague; 02-14-2016 at 12:47 PM.