What kind of student would enjoy Holy Cross?

[Anonymous]

I'm not sure what the controversy is regarding the skillset of the HC president. A PP referenced a LAC that doesn't have a PhD as president; Bates recently appointed a law professor as president (but served in multiple dean roles and as head of the Goldman Sachs Foundation.) The president of Colby has a doctorate in education, which no academic considers the same as a PhD. Middlebury has an English professor, Bowdoin a psych professor - are they superior? Not really convinced here. Wesleyan's president may be.

The most interesting college president president, btw, is the new one at Yale - who made her mark in transforming SUNY's Stony Brook University. Sure, she has a traditional PhD but that's not what got her to Yale.

[Anonymous]

White. Catholic. Sporty. Basic. Intelligent. Fun. Volunteering rather than protesting.

[Anonymous]

Grad if 2 Ivy schools and agree Holy Cross does a very good job with turning out highly successful grads. Their alumni base is smaller in size than the Ivies but HC is laser focused on internships and helping fellow grads along the way. Having over 100 year relationship with most Ivy schools in football and Hoops doesn’t hurt either-connections.

[Anonymous]

^Agree HC is not a haven for protests totally different vibe compare to Wesleyan, Tufts, Barnard, Bates, or Wellesley.

[Anonymous]

Students focused on high paying careers not becoming assistant professors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:White. Catholic. Sporty. Basic. Intelligent. Fun. Volunteering rather than protesting.

+1

[Anonymous]

Social and outgoing.

[Anonymous]

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.

Why?

[Anonymous]

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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.

Yep, plenty don't want to promote to admin level because they rather research even after decades of doing "just" research.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure what the controversy is regarding the skillset of the HC president. A PP referenced a LAC that doesn't have a PhD as president; Bates recently appointed a law professor as president (but served in multiple dean roles and as head of the Goldman Sachs Foundation.) The president of Colby has a doctorate in education, which no academic considers the same as a PhD. Middlebury has an English professor, Bowdoin a psych professor - are they superior? Not really convinced here. Wesleyan's president may be.

The most interesting college president president, btw, is the new one at Yale - who made her mark in transforming SUNY's Stony Brook University. Sure, she has a traditional PhD but that's not what got her to Yale.

No, plenty do consider it the same as a PhD.

[Anonymous]

Kids that want to have a fun 4 years at a very good school. Will not see climate change protests at HC. Also Location wise, Worcester has improved and 2nd largest city in New England 1 hour to Boston.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure what the controversy is regarding the skillset of the HC president. A PP referenced a LAC that doesn't have a PhD as president; Bates recently appointed a law professor as president (but served in multiple dean roles and as head of the Goldman Sachs Foundation.) The president of Colby has a doctorate in education, which no academic considers the same as a PhD. Middlebury has an English professor, Bowdoin a psych professor - are they superior? Not really convinced here. Wesleyan's president may be.

The most interesting college president president, btw, is the new one at Yale - who made her mark in transforming SUNY's Stony Brook University. Sure, she has a traditional PhD but that's not what got her to Yale.

No, plenty do consider it the same as a PhD.

Actually, I disagree. Look at most of the faculty who teach EdD courses -- they have disciplinary PhDs (sociology, psychology, etc) rather than EdDs. The EdD is a great degree but doesn't tend to feed into careers in academic research.

[Anonymous]

HC has been a destination for smart Catholic kids for decades. School is seeking more diversity and is a powerhouse in business and medicine. Better pre-med than Colgate, Midd, and most Nescac schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: Better pre-med than Colgate, Midd, and most Nescac schools.

By what metric?

[Anonymous]

The kind of kid who is not quite smart enough for Notre Dame but really doesn't want to spend 4 years in Scranton, of course.