Why is Northeastern (NEU) so popular with both parents and students these days?

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Anonymous wrote:The sockpuppet from the last three comments needs to better time their posts to be more convincing.

They boost NEU like it’s there job

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Anonymous wrote:The sockpuppet from the last three comments needs to better time their posts to be more convincing.

They boost NEU like it’s there job

Out of curiousity, what school did you attend? Because your antipathy towards NEU is pretty jarring.

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Anonymous wrote:The coop program has always seemed genuinely cool to me.

That said, in the areas I'm familiar with, the quality of the faculty are not remotely competitive with similarly-ranked universities. And it is extremely common knowledge that the president spent years gaming the USNWR rankings in every way possible--the entire institution was organized around that goal. It worked! But I don't think it represented any big increase in quality, and the people I know who worked there during that era all despised the way it governed everything.

I would guess the popularity means that there's a much bigger market for coop type programs than people used to think. And I definitely understand why many people would prioritize that over having access to "world class faculty" or whatever. If your kid isn't going to do academic research, then the difference between the faculty at Northeastern and at Harvard is probably immaterial.

The school has improved vastly in every way if that's what gaming is about. Who would be the best judge of the 'quality'? the industry and employers who are actually willing to pay for the products.  It looks like Northeastern's quality is highly respected.

There's a misunderstanding about coop at Northeastern. 
There are about 39 R1 private universities in the US, and Northeastern is one of them.
In case you don't what that is about,  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_research_universities_in_the_United_States
It especially has high research activities in the areas of CS, engineering, STEM.
For example, https://csrankings.org/#/index?all&us  this ranking is based on research activities.
So there are plenty of research activities and students are involved in research.

Unless you are a trust fund kid, everyone is highly interested in internships these days.
Coop is basically an internship but with much more flexibility and better support from the school.

Here's what the gaming is about. https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2014/08/26/how-northeastern-gamed-the-college-rankings/

well, that piece just confirms what I thought. 1996 = commuter school. I lived in Boston and coumd not understand the NEU booster here

I guess you turn your nose up to Boston College also? Because a couple of decades before Northeastern was a commuter school, so was BC.

https://beacon.bc.edu/the-long-view/

But by 1964, when he graduated, Pat had begun to see rapid change on the horizon with the opening of three residence halls—Roncalli, Williams, and Walsh—to accommodate the growing number of students who needed to live at the Heights.

“Boston College was considered a commuter school back then,” says Pat Stokes. “And now students come from across the country and all over the world,” he continues. “We have some of the top programs, and we are recognized throughout the United States.”

Northeastern was not a commuter school in 1996. Maybe in 1956 - I actually know someone who attended during that time. NEU was always a top engineering school and still is. In fact, BU has always been a commuter school, and MIT and Harvard both started as commuter schools.

It is not as if any of those are commuter schools current day, such as Mason.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The coop program has always seemed genuinely cool to me.

That said, in the areas I'm familiar with, the quality of the faculty are not remotely competitive with similarly-ranked universities. And it is extremely common knowledge that the president spent years gaming the USNWR rankings in every way possible--the entire institution was organized around that goal. It worked! But I don't think it represented any big increase in quality, and the people I know who worked there during that era all despised the way it governed everything.

I would guess the popularity means that there's a much bigger market for coop type programs than people used to think. And I definitely understand why many people would prioritize that over having access to "world class faculty" or whatever. If your kid isn't going to do academic research, then the difference between the faculty at Northeastern and at Harvard is probably immaterial.

The school has improved vastly in every way if that's what gaming is about. Who would be the best judge of the 'quality'? the industry and employers who are actually willing to pay for the products.  It looks like Northeastern's quality is highly respected.

There's a misunderstanding about coop at Northeastern. 
There are about 39 R1 private universities in the US, and Northeastern is one of them.
In case you don't what that is about,  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_research_universities_in_the_United_States
It especially has high research activities in the areas of CS, engineering, STEM.
For example, https://csrankings.org/#/index?all&us  this ranking is based on research activities.
So there are plenty of research activities and students are involved in research.

Unless you are a trust fund kid, everyone is highly interested in internships these days.
Coop is basically an internship but with much more flexibility and better support from the school.

Here's what the gaming is about. https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2014/08/26/how-northeastern-gamed-the-college-rankings/

well, that piece just confirms what I thought. 1996 = commuter school. I lived in Boston and coumd not understand the NEU booster here

I guess you turn your nose up to Boston College also? Because a couple of decades before Northeastern was a commuter school, so was BC.

https://beacon.bc.edu/the-long-view/

But by 1964, when he graduated, Pat had begun to see rapid change on the horizon with the opening of three residence halls—Roncalli, Williams, and Walsh—to accommodate the growing number of students who needed to live at the Heights.

“Boston College was considered a commuter school back then,” says Pat Stokes. “And now students come from across the country and all over the world,” he continues. “We have some of the top programs, and we are recognized throughout the United States.”

MIT was also mainly considered a trade school until 1950s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology
"Still, as late as 1949, the Lewis Committee lamented in its report on the state of education at MIT that "the Institute is widely conceived as basically a vocational school"

Every school started small and local.
What matters is today.

+1

The but it WAS....it USED TO BE, etc.. need to get a grip.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The sockpuppet from the last three comments needs to better time their posts to be more convincing.

They boost NEU like it’s there job

Out of curiousity, what school did you attend? Because your antipathy towards NEU is pretty jarring.

+1. Psychotic, is more like it. OP, whom are you targeting? Someone in particular? You do not seem stable. I can not believe this thread has not been locked.

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Anonymous wrote:The coop program has always seemed genuinely cool to me.

That said, in the areas I'm familiar with, the quality of the faculty are not remotely competitive with similarly-ranked universities. And it is extremely common knowledge that the president spent years gaming the USNWR rankings in every way possible--the entire institution was organized around that goal. It worked! But I don't think it represented any big increase in quality, and the people I know who worked there during that era all despised the way it governed everything.

I would guess the popularity means that there's a much bigger market for coop type programs than people used to think. And I definitely understand why many people would prioritize that over having access to "world class faculty" or whatever. If your kid isn't going to do academic research, then the difference between the faculty at Northeastern and at Harvard is probably immaterial.

The school has improved vastly in every way if that's what gaming is about. Who would be the best judge of the 'quality'? the industry and employers who are actually willing to pay for the products.  It looks like Northeastern's quality is highly respected.

There's a misunderstanding about coop at Northeastern. 
There are about 39 R1 private universities in the US, and Northeastern is one of them.
In case you don't what that is about,  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_research_universities_in_the_United_States
It especially has high research activities in the areas of CS, engineering, STEM.
For example, https://csrankings.org/#/index?all&us  this ranking is based on research activities.
So there are plenty of research activities and students are involved in research.

Unless you are a trust fund kid, everyone is highly interested in internships these days.
Coop is basically an internship but with much more flexibility and better support from the school.

Here's what the gaming is about. https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2014/08/26/how-northeastern-gamed-the-college-rankings/

well, that piece just confirms what I thought. 1996 = commuter school. I lived in Boston and coumd not understand the NEU booster here

I guess you turn your nose up to Boston College also? Because a couple of decades before Northeastern was a commuter school, so was BC.

https://beacon.bc.edu/the-long-view/

But by 1964, when he graduated, Pat had begun to see rapid change on the horizon with the opening of three residence halls—Roncalli, Williams, and Walsh—to accommodate the growing number of students who needed to live at the Heights.

“Boston College was considered a commuter school back then,” says Pat Stokes. “And now students come from across the country and all over the world,” he continues. “We have some of the top programs, and we are recognized throughout the United States.”

MIT was also mainly considered a trade school until 1950s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology
"Still, as late as 1949, the Lewis Committee lamented in its report on the state of education at MIT that "the Institute is widely conceived as basically a vocational school"

Every school started small and local.
What matters is today.

+1

The but it WAS....it USED TO BE, etc.. need to get a grip.

It was! I know some fascinating stories about MIT alum and how they paid for school just before that era.

I think Mason might be what OP is thinking of?

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Anonymous wrote:The sockpuppet from the last three comments needs to better time their posts to be more convincing.

They boost NEU like it’s there job

LOL OP gets paid a nickel for each time they use that word.

DELICIOUS.

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Anonymous wrote:OP started this thread to troll. I am wondering if OP is more proud or less proud that this has droned on for 43 pages?

I would be embarrassed if I was OP. Not only by the number of pages, but by being so obviously offended by all that is Northeastern, and drawing out their rejection by 43 pages.

OP basically just had a 43 page hissy fit temper tantrum. And it is DELICIOUS!

Or how about the more likely scenario - OP is a parent with a legitimate question and weird booster person dragged this out by attacking anyone who disagrees that NEU is not the best school ever.

You love that word! So funny! Actually, I don't know of anyone who would start a disingenuous thread about a school and continue to troll it if they were not flat out rejected.

You know what my word of the moment is? DELICIOUS. OP's troll post and anger about a school that rejected him is DELICIOUS.

You need to lay off that second glass of wine lady.

Oh wow, are you attacking someone personally? Gee, I hope not. That would not be very smart.

Are you really wondering why NEU said no to you? Still? Yikes.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The coop program has always seemed genuinely cool to me.

That said, in the areas I'm familiar with, the quality of the faculty are not remotely competitive with similarly-ranked universities. And it is extremely common knowledge that the president spent years gaming the USNWR rankings in every way possible--the entire institution was organized around that goal. It worked! But I don't think it represented any big increase in quality, and the people I know who worked there during that era all despised the way it governed everything.

I would guess the popularity means that there's a much bigger market for coop type programs than people used to think. And I definitely understand why many people would prioritize that over having access to "world class faculty" or whatever. If your kid isn't going to do academic research, then the difference between the faculty at Northeastern and at Harvard is probably immaterial.

The school has improved vastly in every way if that's what gaming is about. Who would be the best judge of the 'quality'? the industry and employers who are actually willing to pay for the products.  It looks like Northeastern's quality is highly respected.

There's a misunderstanding about coop at Northeastern. 
There are about 39 R1 private universities in the US, and Northeastern is one of them.
In case you don't what that is about,  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_research_universities_in_the_United_States
It especially has high research activities in the areas of CS, engineering, STEM.
For example, https://csrankings.org/#/index?all&us  this ranking is based on research activities.
So there are plenty of research activities and students are involved in research.

Unless you are a trust fund kid, everyone is highly interested in internships these days.
Coop is basically an internship but with much more flexibility and better support from the school.

Here's what the gaming is about. https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2014/08/26/how-northeastern-gamed-the-college-rankings/

well, that piece just confirms what I thought. 1996 = commuter school. I lived in Boston and coumd not understand the NEU booster here

I guess you turn your nose up to Boston College also? Because a couple of decades before Northeastern was a commuter school, so was BC.

https://beacon.bc.edu/the-long-view/

But by 1964, when he graduated, Pat had begun to see rapid change on the horizon with the opening of three residence halls—Roncalli, Williams, and Walsh—to accommodate the growing number of students who needed to live at the Heights.

“Boston College was considered a commuter school back then,” says Pat Stokes. “And now students come from across the country and all over the world,” he continues. “We have some of the top programs, and we are recognized throughout the United States.”

Northeastern was not a commuter school in 1996. Maybe in 1956 - I actually know someone who attended during that time. NEU was always a top engineering school and still is. In fact, BU has always been a commuter school, and MIT and Harvard both started as commuter schools.

It is not as if any of those are commuter schools current day, such as Mason.

Did you even read the article? https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2014/08/26/how-northeastern-gamed-the-college-rankings/

"In 1996, Richard Freeland looked across the sea of crumbling parking lots that was Northeastern University and saw an opportunity few others could. As the school’s new president, he had inherited a third-tier, blue-collar, commuter-based university whose defining campus feature was a collection of modest utilitarian buildings south of Huntington Avenue, with a sprinkling of newly planted trees."

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The coop program has always seemed genuinely cool to me.

That said, in the areas I'm familiar with, the quality of the faculty are not remotely competitive with similarly-ranked universities. And it is extremely common knowledge that the president spent years gaming the USNWR rankings in every way possible--the entire institution was organized around that goal. It worked! But I don't think it represented any big increase in quality, and the people I know who worked there during that era all despised the way it governed everything.

I would guess the popularity means that there's a much bigger market for coop type programs than people used to think. And I definitely understand why many people would prioritize that over having access to "world class faculty" or whatever. If your kid isn't going to do academic research, then the difference between the faculty at Northeastern and at Harvard is probably immaterial.

The school has improved vastly in every way if that's what gaming is about. Who would be the best judge of the 'quality'? the industry and employers who are actually willing to pay for the products.  It looks like Northeastern's quality is highly respected.

There's a misunderstanding about coop at Northeastern. 
There are about 39 R1 private universities in the US, and Northeastern is one of them.
In case you don't what that is about,  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_research_universities_in_the_United_States
It especially has high research activities in the areas of CS, engineering, STEM.
For example, https://csrankings.org/#/index?all&us  this ranking is based on research activities.
So there are plenty of research activities and students are involved in research.

Unless you are a trust fund kid, everyone is highly interested in internships these days.
Coop is basically an internship but with much more flexibility and better support from the school.

Here's what the gaming is about. https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2014/08/26/how-northeastern-gamed-the-college-rankings/

well, that piece just confirms what I thought. 1996 = commuter school. I lived in Boston and coumd not understand the NEU booster here

I guess you turn your nose up to Boston College also? Because a couple of decades before Northeastern was a commuter school, so was BC.

https://beacon.bc.edu/the-long-view/

But by 1964, when he graduated, Pat had begun to see rapid change on the horizon with the opening of three residence halls—Roncalli, Williams, and Walsh—to accommodate the growing number of students who needed to live at the Heights.

“Boston College was considered a commuter school back then,” says Pat Stokes. “And now students come from across the country and all over the world,” he continues. “We have some of the top programs, and we are recognized throughout the United States.”

Northeastern was not a commuter school in 1996. Maybe in 1956 - I actually know someone who attended during that time. NEU was always a top engineering school and still is. In fact, BU has always been a commuter school, and MIT and Harvard both started as commuter schools.

It is not as if any of those are commuter schools current day, such as Mason.

Did you even read the article? https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2014/08/26/how-northeastern-gamed-the-college-rankings/

"In 1996, Richard Freeland looked across the sea of crumbling parking lots that was Northeastern University and saw an opportunity few others could. As the school’s new president, he had inherited a third-tier, blue-collar, commuter-based university whose defining campus feature was a collection of modest utilitarian buildings south of Huntington Avenue, with a sprinkling of newly planted trees."

I am telling you, it might make for a good story for those who don't know any better - but it was not primarily a commuter school in 1996. Yes, it sounds much better to read as a rags to riches story, I will give it that. It even provides fodder for OP and those like them. What else would they do with their time, if not come to an anonymous board to pout about a school that rejected them for obvious reasons?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The coop program has always seemed genuinely cool to me.

That said, in the areas I'm familiar with, the quality of the faculty are not remotely competitive with similarly-ranked universities. And it is extremely common knowledge that the president spent years gaming the USNWR rankings in every way possible--the entire institution was organized around that goal. It worked! But I don't think it represented any big increase in quality, and the people I know who worked there during that era all despised the way it governed everything.

I would guess the popularity means that there's a much bigger market for coop type programs than people used to think. And I definitely understand why many people would prioritize that over having access to "world class faculty" or whatever. If your kid isn't going to do academic research, then the difference between the faculty at Northeastern and at Harvard is probably immaterial.

The school has improved vastly in every way if that's what gaming is about. Who would be the best judge of the 'quality'? the industry and employers who are actually willing to pay for the products.  It looks like Northeastern's quality is highly respected.

There's a misunderstanding about coop at Northeastern. 
There are about 39 R1 private universities in the US, and Northeastern is one of them.
In case you don't what that is about,  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_research_universities_in_the_United_States
It especially has high research activities in the areas of CS, engineering, STEM.
For example, https://csrankings.org/#/index?all&us  this ranking is based on research activities.
So there are plenty of research activities and students are involved in research.

Unless you are a trust fund kid, everyone is highly interested in internships these days.
Coop is basically an internship but with much more flexibility and better support from the school.

Here's what the gaming is about. https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2014/08/26/how-northeastern-gamed-the-college-rankings/

well, that piece just confirms what I thought. 1996 = commuter school. I lived in Boston and coumd not understand the NEU booster here

I guess you turn your nose up to Boston College also? Because a couple of decades before Northeastern was a commuter school, so was BC.

https://beacon.bc.edu/the-long-view/

But by 1964, when he graduated, Pat had begun to see rapid change on the horizon with the opening of three residence halls—Roncalli, Williams, and Walsh—to accommodate the growing number of students who needed to live at the Heights.

“Boston College was considered a commuter school back then,” says Pat Stokes. “And now students come from across the country and all over the world,” he continues. “We have some of the top programs, and we are recognized throughout the United States.”

Northeastern was not a commuter school in 1996. Maybe in 1956 - I actually know someone who attended during that time. NEU was always a top engineering school and still is. In fact, BU has always been a commuter school, and MIT and Harvard both started as commuter schools.

It is not as if any of those are commuter schools current day, such as Mason.

Did you even read the article? https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2014/08/26/how-northeastern-gamed-the-college-rankings/

"In 1996, Richard Freeland looked across the sea of crumbling parking lots that was Northeastern University and saw an opportunity few others could. As the school’s new president, he had inherited a third-tier, blue-collar, commuter-based university whose defining campus feature was a collection of modest utilitarian buildings south of Huntington Avenue, with a sprinkling of newly planted trees."

And now it is a vibrant, world-class university. Is it shameful that they have improved so much? Have you seen the new science building?
https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2023/06/08/northeastern-university-exp-building.html

Why is it so bad that they have become such a prestigious university? Does it hurt you personally?

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Hmm, seem to be missing a school

LOL. Great and timely article to put this Northeastern issue to rest.

LOL you have posted this article on at least THREE threads this morning. You are surely on a mission, aren't you? Would that mission be for parents who get their college info from anonymous boards?

Hilarious! That chip on your shoulder sure is heavy.

PP here. No I just posted the photo as many might not click on the link provided. I didn't post that link and it was the first time I saw the article, which does NOT include Northeastern. Case closed!!

They picked 10 schools outside of like T15, and some of the highly selective and popular schools like WashU, Tufts, NYU, BU, WF, Northeastern, etc. are not on that random list. So what? but if it makes you feel better LOL

+1. And other PP is so emotional and off kilter too. "Case closed!!" LOL. Thank you for this. OMG this is great.

But please, keep posting your meaningless lists, by all means.

All the schools you listed are all sinking, including Northeastern. All on their way down. That's why they are not on the list.

2023/2024 USNWR Ranking:
WashU 15/24
Tufts 32/40
NYU 25/35
BU 41/43
WF 29/47
NEU 44/53

USNWR put much more weight on how many poor students they have.
I would care much more on overall quality of the students by merits than how poor they are.
You pick the schools with more poor students if that's your priority.

+1
Sadly, an uninformed family who’s only looking at rankings could make bad decisions…

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Anonymous wrote:The coop program has always seemed genuinely cool to me.

That said, in the areas I'm familiar with, the quality of the faculty are not remotely competitive with similarly-ranked universities. And it is extremely common knowledge that the president spent years gaming the USNWR rankings in every way possible--the entire institution was organized around that goal. It worked! But I don't think it represented any big increase in quality, and the people I know who worked there during that era all despised the way it governed everything.

I would guess the popularity means that there's a much bigger market for coop type programs than people used to think. And I definitely understand why many people would prioritize that over having access to "world class faculty" or whatever. If your kid isn't going to do academic research, then the difference between the faculty at Northeastern and at Harvard is probably immaterial.

The school has improved vastly in every way if that's what gaming is about. Who would be the best judge of the 'quality'? the industry and employers who are actually willing to pay for the products.  It looks like Northeastern's quality is highly respected.

There's a misunderstanding about coop at Northeastern. 
There are about 39 R1 private universities in the US, and Northeastern is one of them.
In case you don't what that is about,  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_research_universities_in_the_United_States
It especially has high research activities in the areas of CS, engineering, STEM.
For example, https://csrankings.org/#/index?all&us  this ranking is based on research activities.
So there are plenty of research activities and students are involved in research.

Unless you are a trust fund kid, everyone is highly interested in internships these days.
Coop is basically an internship but with much more flexibility and better support from the school.

Here's what the gaming is about. https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2014/08/26/how-northeastern-gamed-the-college-rankings/

well, that piece just confirms what I thought. 1996 = commuter school. I lived in Boston and coumd not understand the NEU booster here

I guess you turn your nose up to Boston College also? Because a couple of decades before Northeastern was a commuter school, so was BC.

https://beacon.bc.edu/the-long-view/

But by 1964, when he graduated, Pat had begun to see rapid change on the horizon with the opening of three residence halls—Roncalli, Williams, and Walsh—to accommodate the growing number of students who needed to live at the Heights.

“Boston College was considered a commuter school back then,” says Pat Stokes. “And now students come from across the country and all over the world,” he continues. “We have some of the top programs, and we are recognized throughout the United States.”

Northeastern was not a commuter school in 1996. Maybe in 1956 - I actually know someone who attended during that time. NEU was always a top engineering school and still is. In fact, BU has always been a commuter school, and MIT and Harvard both started as commuter schools.

It is not as if any of those are commuter schools current day, such as Mason.

Did you even read the article? https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2014/08/26/how-northeastern-gamed-the-college-rankings/

"In 1996, Richard Freeland looked across the sea of crumbling parking lots that was Northeastern University and saw an opportunity few others could. As the school’s new president, he had inherited a third-tier, blue-collar, commuter-based university whose defining campus feature was a collection of modest utilitarian buildings south of Huntington Avenue, with a sprinkling of newly planted trees."

Yes, the school marketed the hell out of itself since 1996. Thats's what the article says. No school changes that fast. if you want to go for smoke and mirrors when making the most important decision of your kid's life, then do it. And I was a Bostonian and know of what I speak. My law professor friends at NEU are equally baffled and say "it's not worth the money". But if you buy in in a trend, you run a very grave risk of making a mistake.

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Anonymous wrote:The coop program has always seemed genuinely cool to me.

That said, in the areas I'm familiar with, the quality of the faculty are not remotely competitive with similarly-ranked universities. And it is extremely common knowledge that the president spent years gaming the USNWR rankings in every way possible--the entire institution was organized around that goal. It worked! But I don't think it represented any big increase in quality, and the people I know who worked there during that era all despised the way it governed everything.

I would guess the popularity means that there's a much bigger market for coop type programs than people used to think. And I definitely understand why many people would prioritize that over having access to "world class faculty" or whatever. If your kid isn't going to do academic research, then the difference between the faculty at Northeastern and at Harvard is probably immaterial.

The school has improved vastly in every way if that's what gaming is about. Who would be the best judge of the 'quality'? the industry and employers who are actually willing to pay for the products.  It looks like Northeastern's quality is highly respected.

There's a misunderstanding about coop at Northeastern. 
There are about 39 R1 private universities in the US, and Northeastern is one of them.
In case you don't what that is about,  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_research_universities_in_the_United_States
It especially has high research activities in the areas of CS, engineering, STEM.
For example, https://csrankings.org/#/index?all&us  this ranking is based on research activities.
So there are plenty of research activities and students are involved in research.

Unless you are a trust fund kid, everyone is highly interested in internships these days.
Coop is basically an internship but with much more flexibility and better support from the school.

Here's what the gaming is about. https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2014/08/26/how-northeastern-gamed-the-college-rankings/

well, that piece just confirms what I thought. 1996 = commuter school. I lived in Boston and coumd not understand the NEU booster here

I guess you turn your nose up to Boston College also? Because a couple of decades before Northeastern was a commuter school, so was BC.

https://beacon.bc.edu/the-long-view/

But by 1964, when he graduated, Pat had begun to see rapid change on the horizon with the opening of three residence halls—Roncalli, Williams, and Walsh—to accommodate the growing number of students who needed to live at the Heights.

“Boston College was considered a commuter school back then,” says Pat Stokes. “And now students come from across the country and all over the world,” he continues. “We have some of the top programs, and we are recognized throughout the United States.”

Northeastern was not a commuter school in 1996. Maybe in 1956 - I actually know someone who attended during that time. NEU was always a top engineering school and still is. In fact, BU has always been a commuter school, and MIT and Harvard both started as commuter schools.

It is not as if any of those are commuter schools current day, such as Mason.

Did you even read the article? https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2014/08/26/how-northeastern-gamed-the-college-rankings/

"In 1996, Richard Freeland looked across the sea of crumbling parking lots that was Northeastern University and saw an opportunity few others could. As the school’s new president, he had inherited a third-tier, blue-collar, commuter-based university whose defining campus feature was a collection of modest utilitarian buildings south of Huntington Avenue, with a sprinkling of newly planted trees."

Yes, the school marketed the hell out of itself since 1996. Thats's what the article says. No school changes that fast. if you want to go for smoke and mirrors when making the most important decision of your kid's life, then do it. And I was a Bostonian and know of what I speak. My law professor friends at NEU are equally baffled and say "it's not worth the money". But if you buy in in a trend, you run a very grave risk of making a mistake.

So you were a former Bostonian who used to remember when Northeastern wasn't as good of a university it is now, and converse with your multiple law professor friends who claim that the school at which they teach "is not worth the money."

I'd like to buy "What didn't happen for $100", Alec.

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Anonymous wrote:The coop program has always seemed genuinely cool to me.

That said, in the areas I'm familiar with, the quality of the faculty are not remotely competitive with similarly-ranked universities. And it is extremely common knowledge that the president spent years gaming the USNWR rankings in every way possible--the entire institution was organized around that goal. It worked! But I don't think it represented any big increase in quality, and the people I know who worked there during that era all despised the way it governed everything.

I would guess the popularity means that there's a much bigger market for coop type programs than people used to think. And I definitely understand why many people would prioritize that over having access to "world class faculty" or whatever. If your kid isn't going to do academic research, then the difference between the faculty at Northeastern and at Harvard is probably immaterial.

The school has improved vastly in every way if that's what gaming is about. Who would be the best judge of the 'quality'? the industry and employers who are actually willing to pay for the products.  It looks like Northeastern's quality is highly respected.

There's a misunderstanding about coop at Northeastern. 
There are about 39 R1 private universities in the US, and Northeastern is one of them.
In case you don't what that is about,  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_research_universities_in_the_United_States
It especially has high research activities in the areas of CS, engineering, STEM.
For example, https://csrankings.org/#/index?all&us  this ranking is based on research activities.
So there are plenty of research activities and students are involved in research.

Unless you are a trust fund kid, everyone is highly interested in internships these days.
Coop is basically an internship but with much more flexibility and better support from the school.

Here's what the gaming is about. https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2014/08/26/how-northeastern-gamed-the-college-rankings/

well, that piece just confirms what I thought. 1996 = commuter school. I lived in Boston and coumd not understand the NEU booster here

I guess you turn your nose up to Boston College also? Because a couple of decades before Northeastern was a commuter school, so was BC.

https://beacon.bc.edu/the-long-view/

But by 1964, when he graduated, Pat had begun to see rapid change on the horizon with the opening of three residence halls—Roncalli, Williams, and Walsh—to accommodate the growing number of students who needed to live at the Heights.

“Boston College was considered a commuter school back then,” says Pat Stokes. “And now students come from across the country and all over the world,” he continues. “We have some of the top programs, and we are recognized throughout the United States.”

Northeastern was not a commuter school in 1996. Maybe in 1956 - I actually know someone who attended during that time. NEU was always a top engineering school and still is. In fact, BU has always been a commuter school, and MIT and Harvard both started as commuter schools.

It is not as if any of those are commuter schools current day, such as Mason.

Did you even read the article? https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2014/08/26/how-northeastern-gamed-the-college-rankings/

"In 1996, Richard Freeland looked across the sea of crumbling parking lots that was Northeastern University and saw an opportunity few others could. As the school’s new president, he had inherited a third-tier, blue-collar, commuter-based university whose defining campus feature was a collection of modest utilitarian buildings south of Huntington Avenue, with a sprinkling of newly planted trees."

Yes, the school marketed the hell out of itself since 1996. Thats's what the article says. No school changes that fast. if you want to go for smoke and mirrors when making the most important decision of your kid's life, then do it. And I was a Bostonian and know of what I speak. My law professor friends at NEU are equally baffled and say "it's not worth the money". But if you buy in in a trend, you run a very grave risk of making a mistake.

So you were a former Bostonian who used to remember when Northeastern wasn't as good of a university it is now, and converse with your multiple law professor friends who claim that the school at which they teach "is not worth the money."

I'd like to buy "What didn't happen for $100", Alec.

LOL. Same. What a loser.