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boulder3m wrote:I have watched a couple of private universities in my region expand over the past number of years-High Point and Elon. I have no idea why they expanded they way they have, and it seems that most I talk to are suspicious of both schools and their academic credentials. Yes, they seem to have made a move to get students from the populated northern cities. Has it made the schools more prestigious or less? Does a graduate degree from either school hold academic weight? I think all of those questions are valid. I do think that most employers if given the opportunity to talk freely and candidly will tell you that most college graduates from many schools come to them with minimal abilities to deal with the workplace they encounter. We would all like to believe that a Wofford graduate would not be in that group.
As for graduate programs, I have wondered for awhile why Wofford doesn't pursue medical, legal and business possiblities. If one were to look at a Google Map of Wofford it is striking that the campus virtually adjoins the hospital. It would seem a natural to move in that direction. The legal and business schools would be natural fits as well. As with our undergraduate programs, I would prefer that we pick a limited number of schools and be the best we can be with a limited number of students.
As for land, Wofford has a lot of land if we no longer need fields for the Panthers. We also have the ability to grow further, if perhaps in different locations. One of the best moves the College ever made was in the mid to late 80's when they purchased everything they could on the north and east sides of the campus.
I have watched with interest as Wake Forest grows and expands here in Winston-Salem. Recently they moved the medical school totally away from the hospital into the downtown area. Work is done on mannequins electronically made for medical study. The students can go to the hospital for practical work, but the school is off campus. WFU has built classroom buildings in old warehouses downtown and also dorms. It works, and it melds the College/University into the city. They have just built new buildings on campus for their law school and business schools. Grad students can live off campus.
walliver wrote:I would much rather follow the Davidson model (except with real football) than become another Elon or High Point.
High Point has incredible facilities. It's almost an embarrassment of riches, but it is over the top, borderline contrived and comes off like one big put on by an administration that functions like a cult of personality for the president. At first look, my son was hooked, but the more he's thought about it, researched it and thought about it High Point has almost become a punchline for being over the top. I'm proud that he is able to draw the distinction and glad that it is off our list. Fast growth is one thing, but what they are doing seems dangerously fast and very prone to crashing once the money spigot is turned off.
Ruckus wrote:Jury is still out on that one. Only 5 committed that I have seen today. Am I missing some?
FU has about 10.
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