Would a Hillsdale graduate have reduced professional opportunities?

[Anonymous]

The problem is that entry-level jobs get 100s of resumes. They can select whoever they want for interviews. No reason to select Hillsdale when there's so many others to choose from. No one wants to interview the kid and find out he's a maga-type or misogynist that will create trouble in the office. They will avoid interviewing instead. Ignorance is bliss.

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Anonymous wrote:Hillsdale will be treated like ones from Liberty or Notre Dame. At certain employers they won't want to hire from these types of schools. Same for Florida, Alabama, etc.

Notre Dame is light years above Hillsdale and Liberty.

Hillsdale is light years ahead of Liberty. Its academic rigor is much closer to Notre Dame.

Fine, but both are conservative, evangelical Christian schools. Very much a FAR different thing than a Catholic school.

What is an “evangelical” school, exactly? Liberty requires chapel attendance, Hillsdale does not. Liberty requires your essay detail a student’s faith journey, Hillsdale has no such requirement. Liberty is associated with the Southern Baptists, Hillsdale is independent and nonsectarian.

Independent in what way? This is the list of "honorary degree recipients":

"Hillsdale College will confer honorary doctorates on Charlie and Erika Kirk in May. Previous honorary degree recipients include Justice Clarence Thomas, Edwin J. Feulner, Bishop Robert Barron, Patrick L. and Lesly Sajak, and Victor Davis Hanson."

Pat Sajak is chairman of their board btw.

Independent in that they’re not affiliated with a church or denomination. I assumed you’d catch that from the context.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, people may not admit it, but a lot of people making hiring decisions in the DC and other areas along the East Coast will toss a resume with Hillsdale on it in the trash can.

Lol, pretty soon after the MAGA makeover of Washington is complete, a Hillsdale degree will be practically required to get a job in this town. (Or at least an SEC degree).

It’s amazing how many DCUMers still don’t get it- it’s the Ivy/ WASP type liberals who will be going begging in the new America.

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Anonymous wrote:What is wrong with Notre Dame?

They have republicans there. Not more than Democrats (more students, in surveys, say they are Democrats than Republicans), but there are definitely present and vocal conservative students, and lots of conservative alumni.

This is bad? You would rather send your kid to an echo chamber?

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Anonymous wrote:No. It’s a perfectly good liberal arts school.

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The crowd on this forum are of course going to trash it, but luckily, they only represent a tiny sliver of our population. Hillsdale is a highly regarded SLAC with a 21% acceptance rate. The students who choose it are highly academic and motivated. I love the classical liberal arts curriculum and would have been very happy if any of my kids chose to go there.

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Anonymous wrote:It strikes me as a college brand that (if familiar with the college) be polarizing cutting both ways. Some will be drawn to graduates and others may look askance. Many will likely not have heard of it outside certain circles and regions I would think so probably not a big deal in that case.

Asking the question suggests concern. There are many other options out there if worried.

I agree. There are some people who won’t give a Hillsdale or Liberty grad a chance. Others don’t haven’t heard of it. And still other don’t care.

Hillsdale is nothing like Liberty. Nothing at all.

[Anonymous]

There are multiple Hillsdale alum on the WSJ editorial board.

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Anonymous wrote:No. It’s a perfectly good liberal arts school.

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The crowd on this forum are of course going to trash it, but luckily, they only represent a tiny sliver of our population. Hillsdale is a highly regarded SLAC with a 21% acceptance rate. The students who choose it are highly academic and motivated. I love the classical liberal arts curriculum and would have been very happy if any of my kids chose to go there.

Your perspective is well taken, but I think that it’s a significant issue that the crowd on this forum represents a considerable amount of hiring power in a major job hub. -OP

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Anonymous wrote:Hillsdale will be treated like ones from Liberty or Notre Dame. At certain employers they won't want to hire from these types of schools. Same for Florida, Alabama, etc.

Notre Dame is light years above Hillsdale and Liberty.

Hillsdale is light years ahead of Liberty. Its academic rigor is much closer to Notre Dame.

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They're not even in the same league.

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Anonymous wrote:Hillsdale will be treated like ones from Liberty or Notre Dame. At certain employers they won't want to hire from these types of schools. Same for Florida, Alabama, etc.

Notre Dame is light years above Hillsdale and Liberty.

Hillsdale is light years ahead of Liberty. Its academic rigor is much closer to Notre Dame.

Fine, but both are conservative, evangelical Christian schools. Very much a FAR different thing than a Catholic school.

Hillsdale is not an evangelical school. Honestly, some of you have no idea what you're talking about.
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Anonymous wrote:There are so many flaws in this argument that I can see why a degree from here would limit kids in the non-maga world. Reasoning is clearly not valued.

https://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/launching-a-second-scientific-revolution/

You are admitting what is already abundantly obvious - you're unable to follow along with what is a clearly reasoned argument. I mean, seriously?

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, people may not admit it, but a lot of people making hiring decisions in the DC and other areas along the East Coast will toss a resume with Hillsdale on it in the trash can.

Lol, pretty soon after the MAGA makeover of Washington is complete, a Hillsdale degree will be practically required to get a job in this town. (Or at least an SEC degree).

It’s amazing how many DCUMers still don’t get it- it’s the Ivy/ WASP type liberals who will be going begging in the new America.

In your nightmarish dreams.

I wouldn’t hire a Hillsdale grad unless something in their resume suggested that they were branching out from their unreflective upbringing.

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Anonymous wrote:No. It’s a perfectly good liberal arts school.

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The crowd on this forum are of course going to trash it, but luckily, they only represent a tiny sliver of our population. Hillsdale is a highly regarded SLAC with a 21% acceptance rate. The students who choose it are highly academic and motivated. I love the classical liberal arts curriculum and would have been very happy if any of my kids chose to go there.

Your perspective is well taken, but I think that it’s a significant issue that the crowd on this forum represents a considerable amount of hiring power in a major job hub. -OP

Oh wow... no. No, they don't. You're ascribing far too much authority to a miniscule group of people who pretend to be far more powerful than they actually are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son is clean cut/strait laced. He’s not particularly into politics. However, he likes the traditional atmosphere at Hillsdale.

I think that it would definitely limit his employment and professional prospects to graduate from this school. Certainly my colleagues from the Bethesda area would trash his resume.

Curious if others agree.

Unless his goal is to work in Christian or explicitly conservative arenas (which it doesn't sound like it is), I'd agree and suggest drilling down on what "traditional atmosphere" means to him in order to look for other schools that replicate some aspects.

From Hillsdale's website https://www.hillsdale.edu/about/college-profile/:
"Employment Highlights: Abbott, American Battlefield Trust, Archdiocese of Boston, Canadian Football League, Classic Learning Test, Deloitte, U.S. Department of Defense, Federalist Society, Great Hearts Academies, Heritage Foundation, U.S. House of Representatives Office, Intercollegiate Studies Institute, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Michigan House of Representatives, Michigan Secretary of State"

I attended a slightly more religious Hillsdale-esque school that also doesn't take government - Grove City College - and for a number of reasons, there was not a snowball's chance I was encouraging my kid to do the same. (In my case back in early 2000's, I don't think the ideological bent hurt my job hunt as much as the lack of name recognition outside of Western PA and conservative religious circles. But I think in current climate, my alma mater would carry unwanted baggage .

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Anonymous wrote:There are multiple Hillsdale alum on the WSJ editorial board.

I think it is a plus if you are trying to work in the conservative sphere and could be see as a negative or neutral anywhere else.