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A couple of thoughts about St. Norberts and small schools in particular.Liberal Arts Schools Like St. Norbert Are FineI think St. Norbert's will be fine for a long time. Their endowment is over $100M (or very close to it), which, IMO, is solid for a good-but-not-elite liberal arts college. St. Norbert's has a strong alumni base that support the school. Every St. Norbert's grad that I know LOVES the school.There was a school in VA a few years back (Sweet Briar College) that threatened to close down. The alums rallied and saved the school--at least for now. I figure that if a school in rural VA can survive, so can a better school in semi-rural WI.Furthermore, I think there will always be a market for smaller schools for at least two reasons. 1) Smaller class sizes with profs who put teaching above research2) Sports: Kids love sports, want to keep playing, but aren't good enough to play at a D1 levelLiberal Arts Schools Like St. Norbert Are Not FineThere are some structural problems that indeed threaten small schools. 1) The Midwest is losing people to the Sun Belt at breakneck speed. There is a clamor within smaller schools to start recruiting students who live outside of the Midwest. There is also a push to focus heavily on the existing regional students, "first generation" and Hispanics in particular. Hence, you see Marquette's push to become a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI). It's no coincidence that MU has also recently been pushing its Catholic identity hard over the past few years.2) Religiosity is dropping among HS grads (and their parents). Small, private schools are almost always Mainline Protest, which is the fastest sinking ship in the Christian Ocean. This is true for Catholic schools as well, though, IMO, less so. Given what I said about Hispanics above, I wonder how Evangelical schools like Wheaton and North Park are faring.3) Now more than ever, people (read: parents) are questioning the value of a liberal arts degree. "History? What are you going to do with that?" Schools have responded. Take a look at the Superbar thread on UWSP, which is now essentially a trade school. Look at St. Norbert. They have recently started an MBA program. To many folks, "liberal arts MBA" sounds like an oxymoron. Carthage College added nursing as a major. Several other smaller schools that I know of are starting engineering programs. Anyway.
I have said it here before: getting an MBA from anything less than the top 20 program is a waste of time . An MBA should be a differentiating credential. An MBA from Saint Norbert’s has little more value than one from the University of Phoenix. Instead, get a masters in a discipline which bolsters ine’s credentials as a subject matter expert in a particular field (ie Biology, chemistry, physics, etc. )An MBA from a UW Whitewater, for instance, Is unlikely to open the big career doors. An MBA from a Michigan or a Stanford is a very different story .
Two SVPs I deal with at HBO, both have MBAs from Univ of Phoenix. I generally get what you are saying, but doesn't make it universally so.
Tell those guys to settle their beef with Dish Network so I don't miss the new season of Game of Thrones.
I have said it here before: getting an MBA from anything less than the top 20 program is a waste of time . An MBA should be a differentiating credential. An MBA from Saint Norbert’s has little more value than one from the University of Phoenix.
There are about 100 schools with $1B or more, though a number are part of a collective endowment like the University of Texas system, Texas A&M system, Tennessee, California, Pennsylvania and others.MU about $700M.
Keep in mind that until the late 1960s/early 1970s the Jesuit schools purposely did not have endowments. They raised enough to fund the school and used the rest to assist the poor.
Keep in mind that until the late 1960s/early 1970s the Jesuit schools purposely did not have endowments. They raised enough to fund the school and used the rest to assist the poor.So MU and the other Jesuits only had 50 years to build the endowment.