It strikes me as a huge mistake to abandon varsity sports when half of the student population plays sports, even with sports costing 21% of the budget. One of the attractions of a school like that is that a kid who isn't good enough for a Division I or II school can have a chance to play.More PA small college issues. Cutting all D3 sports and athletic department, and transitioning to club sports.
Pa. college says it will end all NCAA sports teams, switch to clubs instead
As a result of the change, 29 people on the athletic staff will be let go, the school's president said.www.pennlive.com
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I honestly think that college is going to be dead within 3 years without varsity sports. What incentive to attend there is left?
The college has less than 300 students and has an unusual religious orientation. (Do you know who Emanuel Swedenborg was?) It's hard to see it surviving even with or without sports.
Here's the answer to the question:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emanuel_Swedenborg
Sounds like the guy really needed to get laid. Sorry, couldn't resist, especially since he was a life long bachelor!
Saint Francis University of Pennsylvania dropping from Division 1 to Division 3 sports. Saint Francis University of New York dropped all sports a few years ago.
www.sportico.com
Saint Francis Abandons ‘Unsustainable’ Division I for D-III
Saint Francis has announced its plans to reclassify as a Division III school, just a week after its men's basketball program made the NCAA Tournament.
www.sportico.com
Penny-wise and pound-foolish in my view, especially after they earned some attention by making the NCAA tournament. But it's better than dropping sports entirely.Saint Francis University of Pennsylvania dropping from Division 1 to Division 3 sports. Saint Francis University of New York dropped all sports a few years ago.
Saint Francis Abandons ‘Unsustainable’ Division I for D-III
Saint Francis has announced its plans to reclassify as a Division III school, just a week after its men's basketball program made the NCAA Tournament.
N.J. college just scored its largest-ever donation. Here’s how students can cash in.
The gift comes at a key time as the college is trying to keep top New Jersey students from choosing out-of-state schools.
Just saw this, that's a nice check. They have been growing past few years, prob anticipating the big applications drop off in cple years.
Their Presidential scholarship is $10k, which takes tuition+room/board to about $22k- $23k. My kid got it but not interested in the school.
Their Presidential scholarship is $10k, which takes tuition+room/board to about $22k- $23k. My kid got it but not interested in the school.
Interesting read here. Had cple buddies tell me some large sec schools offered their kids a very generous scholarship amount
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that Rosemont College, a small Catholic college has merged with nearby Villanova. Rosemont was founded by a Catholic order of women, and IMHO lost its raison d'etre when it become co-ed.
Nova buying up all the no name Catholics on the Main Line. First Cabrini, now Rosemont.
I think the schools in the most danger are private schools that aren't academically elite, religious, or a boarding school for rich kids. I'm looking at you, Rider.N.J. college just scored its largest-ever donation. Here’s how students can cash in.
The gift comes at a key time as the college is trying to keep top New Jersey students from choosing out-of-state schools.www.nj.com
A number of colleges lost their way when they tried to go mainstream, or get bigger, or expand their footprint.
I agree. Your point is not confined to colleges. I know of a couple of local institutions that felt they had to make huge investments in themselves to survive. In both cases, the investments themselves killed them.
A number of single-sex institutions have tried to save themselves by going coed. It often doesn't work. OTOH, Mills College in California tried desperately to survive as a women's college, but the pandemic killed it.
Men's only colleges have had a difficult half- century. The Ivies didn't go coed because of a desire for equality; they started admitting women because they felt that they were losing prospective male students to coed institutions. Of course, there was a time when Rutgers College was male-only.
Men's only colleges have had a difficult half- century. The Ivies didn't go coed because of a desire for equality; they started admitting women because they felt that they were losing prospective male students to coed institutions. Of course, there was a time when Rutgers College was male-only.
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