Presumably they also use the information to determine which alumni to target with pleas for big donations. I bet if Doug told them he was in one of the highest income brackets, he could score at least a free lunch courtesy of the Development office.
> Doug Henwood wrote:
>
> > Yale is publishing a new alumni directory and I was just asked to
> > update my info in their database. I'm used to filling out demographic
> > forms with income ranges - usually the top category is $100,000+ or,
> > on business-related sites, $250,000+ Not Yale. Here are the categories:
> >
> > $0-49,999
> > $50,000-99,999
> > $100,000-249,999
> > $250,000-749,999
> > $750,000-1,499,999
> > $1,500,000-2,999,999
> > $3,000,000+
-- Matthew Snyder Philadelphia, PA