What kind of student would enjoy Holy Cross?

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Anonymous wrote:New President is magna cum laude grad of Brown and grad of Harvard Law looks like a great hire also former dean of Boston College Law School.

Yes, but those are not the qualifications for an undergraduate college president. Just stating a fact; it’s incontrovertible unless — as I suspect is the case — you are completely ignorant as to how academia works. You can acknowledge that they bent the rules for him, because he obviously lavked the necessary qualifications, and still assert that he is doing a good job. It’s OK.

Other SLACs have started to break from the model of a scholar/president. I know of at least one MBA president at a top 50 LAC. Shockingly, people have found that the skills required for great research and teaching don't necessarily overlap with the administrative and fundraising skills needed for higher ed administration.

Name it.

But…sigh. 1/700 searches over the last 20 years? You really want to go there? There are minimal qualifications to be considered. You can disagree about what those qualifications should be. But there is no question: the HC pres did not have those qualifications. Or even any undergrad teaching experience…

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:New President is magna cum laude grad of Brown and grad of Harvard Law looks like a great hire also former dean of Boston College Law School.

Yes, but those are not the qualifications for an undergraduate college president. Just stating a fact; it’s incontrovertible unless — as I suspect is the case — you are completely ignorant as to how academia works. You can acknowledge that they bent the rules for him, because he obviously lavked the necessary qualifications, and still assert that he is doing a good job. It’s OK.

Other SLACs have started to break from the model of a scholar/president. I know of at least one MBA president at a top 50 LAC. Shockingly, people have found that the skills required for great research and teaching don't necessarily overlap with the administrative and fundraising skills needed for higher ed administration.

And the fact that the most recent batch of 'acting' Ivy presidents are actually hospital administrators more than scholars is not an accident either.

Talking about primarily undergrad institutions. And, other than the Columbia journalst fiasco, those MDs you are referring to also have a Ph.D.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:New President is magna cum laude grad of Brown and grad of Harvard Law looks like a great hire also former dean of Boston College Law School.

Yes, but those are not the qualifications for an undergraduate college president. Just stating a fact; it’s incontrovertible unless — as I suspect is the case — you are completely ignorant as to how academia works. You can acknowledge that they bent the rules for him, because he obviously lavked the necessary qualifications, and still assert that he is doing a good job. It’s OK.

Other SLACs have started to break from the model of a scholar/president. I know of at least one MBA president at a top 50 LAC. Shockingly, people have found that the skills required for great research and teaching don't necessarily overlap with the administrative and fundraising skills needed for higher ed administration.

And the fact that the most recent batch of 'acting' Ivy presidents are actually hospital administrators more than scholars is not an accident either.

Talking about primarily undergrad institutions. And, other than the Columbia journalst fiasco, those MDs you are referring to also have a Ph.D.

But if they have not done research in 30 years, does it matter? I agree that the core function of higher education institutions is to foster the development and sharing of new knowledge. But the primary task of the current higher ed president is to raise money. While faculty with PhDs need to have control over core decisions on curriculum etc, I have no problem with administrators who are not research active. And a JD is a terminal degree.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This school is a hidden gem and they were smart to hire a non-Jesuit as the Holy Cross President. Also new admissions team going after geographic diversity more kids from the West Coast and South.

Well, he may or may not be a good president, but nobody — I mean nobody — is ever appointed president of a primarily undergraduate college without being a PH.D., tenured academic. A JD does not cut it…unless.

Sleep it off & come back when you’re feeling better.

[Anonymous]

Do Holy Cross students ever take advantage of the consortium they have with Worcester Tech, Clark, & other colleges in the area?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do Holy Cross students ever take advantage of the consortium they have with Worcester Tech, Clark, & other colleges in the area?

I don’t see why they would.

[Anonymous]

Not sure if HC has 3/2 program with WPI

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Do Holy Cross students ever take advantage of the consortium they have with Worcester Tech, Clark, & other colleges in the area?

I don’t see why they would.

Clark is especially good in subjects like psychology & geography, & WPI has a ton of good STEM offerings. Both have business classes HC does not offer.

[Anonymous]

HC has accelerated masters program with WPI. Don’t think much interaction with Clark

[Anonymous]

I went to Holy Cross and never heard highway noise.

I know Worcester isn’t a glamorous city but its big enough to have all the basics students need plus some interesting restaurants and weekend access to Boston.

It is a good option for a kid who wants a SLAC but doesn’t want to be somewhere rural or remote.

[Anonymous]

Holy Cross is a good fit for welll-rounded kids that want to be challenged academically and take advantage of one of this country’s best alumni network. Also not many top LAC’s near a major city.

[Anonymous]

^Holy Cross grads are way over-represented on major company boardrooms. Much more so than Bowdoin, Amherst, or Davidson.

[Anonymous]

Great option for kids who want a strong school near Boston as opposed to most other LAC’s located in the middle of nowhere.

[Anonymous]

Kids drawn to Holy Cross will be top students and like the sports atmosphere there. As an aside this week was the Masters golf tournament at Augusta National, and HC is one of the very few schools that claims s PGA player that played it 10 times over his career. Also membership at Augusta National is epitome of exclusivity and yes HC grads are members.

[Anonymous]

I like HC but how does a HC grad separate themselves from the competition for boston jobs?

Boston isn’t nyc in scale and HC has to compete with H, MIT, BC, TUFTS, Dartmouth, Wellesley, nescacs….

That seems…daunting