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Post by C86 on Sept 15, 2021 12:26:59 GMT -5
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Post by C86 on Aug 20, 2021 16:07:36 GMT -5
Not entirely clear what the Alliance will do, except schedule some interconference games and try to outvote the SEC. And unless there is a gusher of money attached to Alliance membership, it's not going to last. A Big Ten/ACC merger would make sense geographically. Big Ten/Pac 12 merger would make sense culturally. The Big 10 and Pac 12 have a lot of historical ties. Plus 9 AAU members for the Pac 12, 4 for the ACC.
Striking though how the Big 8/12 is becoming an afterthought.
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Post by C86 on Aug 13, 2021 16:20:38 GMT -5
Valpo has been spending money on billboard ads in the Chicago area introducing the new name and logo. I can't really understand why. Recruiting for applicants maybe? It does tout its proximity to Chicago being only an hour away. From its website: As to where you’ll find us: Valpo is located just an hour’s drive from Chicago in Valparaiso, Indiana. We’re close to Lake Michigan and the famous Indiana State Dunes National Park, and an easy drive from just about anywhere in the Midwest. As the father of two daughters who just went through the college hunt, I can state with certainty, that no kid is going to Valpo to be a Beacon.
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Post by C86 on Aug 13, 2021 13:39:14 GMT -5
Valpo has been spending money on billboard ads in the Chicago area introducing the new name and logo. I can't really understand why.
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Post by C86 on Aug 10, 2021 17:31:34 GMT -5
The lighthouse logo is a bit incongruous for the Indiana cornfields. But whatever. This makes three schools in the area with light nicknames -- UIC Flames, Knox Prairie Fire (nee Siwash), and now Valpo Beacons.
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Post by C86 on Aug 4, 2021 10:40:01 GMT -5
Russky, I agree that Georgetown should have been more public about why Ernst was fired. I'm going to disagree, however, that Ernst's crimes were just against the University. Every spot Ernst sold was one that was not available to an innocent applicant. And for the players that he coached, how disheartening must it have been that he viewed the team as an ATM machine.
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Post by C86 on May 12, 2021 13:30:55 GMT -5
I think it depends on your definition of effective. If the Dean's primary mission is to raise the profile of the School of Fine Arts (and, of course raise money) then it's highly effective. If the mission is to reform the school budgeting process or update the degree requirements, then it's probably not a great hire.
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Post by C86 on Feb 9, 2021 18:41:22 GMT -5
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Post by C86 on Jan 30, 2021 16:24:40 GMT -5
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Post by C86 on Jan 21, 2021 15:38:33 GMT -5
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Post by C86 on Dec 1, 2020 14:05:22 GMT -5
I predict that when Georgetown gets its next dean of admissions, it will soon after go to the Common App. It simply makes sense for colleges, high schools, and applicants to use a common platform to manage the application process. In my experience, very selective schools require multiple additional essays from their applicants beyond the generic essay on the Common App. Applying to these schools is far more onerous than merely typing their name into the Common App and paying the fee. The selective schools that use the Common App manage to find outstanding students who meet their unique applicant profiles. Because it's been 17 years (eeek) since I've looked at either, does Georgetown ask any non-essay questions that are NOT on the common application? One that comes to mind is list any members of your family who went to Georgetown. But every school asks some form of that question. Also, what school you are applying to? I suspect it would not be hard to add those questions to the Common App.
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Post by C86 on Dec 1, 2020 9:58:23 GMT -5
I predict that when Georgetown gets its next dean of admissions, it will soon after go to the Common App. It simply makes sense for colleges, high schools, and applicants to use a common platform to manage the application process. In my experience, very selective schools require multiple additional essays from their applicants beyond the generic essay on the Common App. Applying to these schools is far more onerous than merely typing their name into the Common App and paying the fee. The selective schools that use the Common App manage to find outstanding students who meet their unique applicant profiles.
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Post by C86 on Nov 16, 2020 18:08:11 GMT -5
Forget it, Jake. It’s Georgetown.
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Post by C86 on Nov 14, 2020 13:49:10 GMT -5
I wonder the extent to which GU's decisions will affect admissions for the class of 25. By the time these applicants graduate from high school, they could have spent up to a year and a half learning remotely. Would they be more inclined to attend colleges that have stayed open this year, and therefore would be be perceived as likely to open in the fall of 21?
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Post by C86 on Oct 24, 2020 11:16:38 GMT -5
“Many of the universities with on-campus population have significantly larger campuses. Duke has 3,000 students back on roughly 1,000 acres. The non-medical portion of Georgetown's campus measures 77 acres. “ Tufts has brought back its undergrads, and its urban/suburban Medford campus is similar in size to GU’s. Tufts’ plan of continuous testing and immediate isolation of cases has been successful. Why couldn’t Georgetown adapt this playbook? coronavirus.tufts.edu/testing-metrics
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Post by C86 on Jul 9, 2020 13:44:51 GMT -5
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Post by C86 on Jul 6, 2020 11:01:30 GMT -5
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Post by C86 on Jul 5, 2020 16:50:42 GMT -5
Two responses, Russky
1) John Hughes movies aside, high schoolers may not engage in many of the risky behaviors of college students, but they do engage in (innocent) behaviors that could spread Covid. They are in crowded spaces for 6-7 hours a day. They travel to and from school, frequently on public transportation. They can live in households with multiple generations under one roof. My understanding is that universities are attempting to limit the activities of their on-campus students, in order to minimize those precise risks.
2) The need issue is fascinating. College may be seen as having less social need, but it has a way higher price tag. In some ways it is like a luxury good. But if college is expensive, and not viewed as socially necessary, one would think university administrators and faculties would be allied to move heaven and earth to open, if for no other reasons than to keep the money rolling in and to stop people from looking seriously at alternatives.
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Post by C86 on Jul 4, 2020 14:16:43 GMT -5
If it is not safe to reopen universities is it safe to reopen any school? The risk that this article cites —prolonged exposure in confined indoor spaces — exists in elementary and high schools. I think the one difference is that for some reason, the younger the child group, the less risk there seems to be of not just poor health outcomes, but infection spreading in general. Who knows why that is, but kids just don’t seem to be the vectors that even young adults a few years older are. That may justify opening some schools for younger kids, but physically there isn't much of a difference between, say, a junior or senior in high school and a college freshman. My daughters' old high school has 3400 kids in one 4 story building. Hard to see how that could be safe if it's necessary to avoid prolonged indoor exposure. It's a strange moment. There is a lot of discussion (and lot of op-ed pieces) arguing passionately that it is unsafe to reopen colleges. But I've seen little argument that it's unsafe to reopen high schools. To the contrary, the American Academy of Pediatrics has come out strongly with clinical guidance that K-12 schools should open in the fall. services.aap.org/en/pages/2019-novel-coronavirus-covid-19-infections/clinical-guidance/covid-19-planning-considerations-return-to-in-person-education-in-schools/
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Post by C86 on Jul 4, 2020 10:25:59 GMT -5
If it is not safe to reopen universities is it safe to reopen any school? The risk that this article cites —prolonged exposure in confined indoor spaces — exists in elementary and high schools.
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