What is wrong with High Point?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This kind of stuff about HPU is concerning.

“Moody’s downgraded their bonds to junk status after the campus borrowed $165 million in just a few short years. Tuition at High Point has increased 60 percent, reaching $37,800 this past year.”

https://www.aei.org/education/higher-education/a-college-both-left-and-right-should-be-angry-about/

“As debt ballooned, he got waivers to avoid breaching loan covenants, according to Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s. He raided the school’s meager $46 million endowment to buy real estate; among other things, the university now owns a half-empty shopping mall and a former Methodist retirement community that’s been converted to student housing. He got the school into derivatives investing, running up $8 million in losses.”

https://ncmetromayors.com/bubble-u-high-point-university-bloomberg-businessweek/

Anyone know how their finances are looking now?

They get a C or 2.1 out of 4.5 on the Forbes financial rating. I avoid schools below a B or B+. Plus the shenanigans above are too reminiscent of another president I would rather forget .

[Anonymous]

All this stuff on Highpoint is kind of nuts.

I have only known of them because you always hear about an athlete committing to them from time-to-time.

[Anonymous]

Dean Cain aka Superman's kid goes there, and he went to Princeton.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Based on the above posts and the linked articles, it would not surprise me one bit if the HPU president turns out to have a #MeToo problem. Or a second wife. Or a sketchy history with undergrad students.

The whole “Cult of Personality” thing feels like a red flag to me. That larger-than-life thing often travels with massive hubris and god-complex type decisions.

Hopefully, I’m wrong. But based on pattern recognition, I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if I’m right ….

The presidents son hazed a kid to death while a student at HPU and the president got him out of it.

In case anyone is unsure of the reference -
https://www.wfmynews2.com/article/news/local/judge-refuses-to-seal-records-in-alleged-hazing-death-lawsuit/83-297965645

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Academically, it's a community college. Aesthetically, it's a NESAC school. It's a finishing school for dim witted, but wealthy kids. It teaches them everything they need to be the confident but under qualified corporate leaders.

While I don’t usually pay much attention to the school rankings, you might be surprised by its ranking. It has a law school; a dental school; school of optometry; school of pharmacy; and schools of engineering, nursing, and education. That’s some community college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Based on the above posts and the linked articles, it would not surprise me one bit if the HPU president turns out to have a #MeToo problem. Or a second wife. Or a sketchy history with undergrad students.

The whole “Cult of Personality” thing feels like a red flag to me. That larger-than-life thing often travels with massive hubris and god-complex type decisions.

Hopefully, I’m wrong. But based on pattern recognition, I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if I’m right ….

The presidents son hazed a kid to death while a student at HPU and the president got him out of it.

In case anyone is unsure of the reference -
https://www.wfmynews2.com/article/news/local/judge-refuses-to-seal-records-in-alleged-hazing-death-lawsuit/83-297965645

And, no surprise, the son is now employed by his Dad/High Point as a “university relations” project coordinator.

https://www.highpoint.edu/faculty-staff/facility-operations/michael-qubein/

[Anonymous]

High Point's endowment was up to $173 million in 2023, so their financial position has improved significantly. I suspect that it's positioned for growth: their new crop of alumni is from a wealthy background and had a good time at HPU.

In general, Highpoint offers a particular niche product and they do it well. I definitely wouldn't go into debt for it, but in fairness, there are not that many colleges for which I would go into debt for an undergrad degree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Academically, it's a community college. Aesthetically, it's a NESAC school. It's a finishing school for dim witted, but wealthy kids. It teaches them everything they need to be the confident but under qualified corporate leaders.

While I don’t usually pay much attention to the school rankings, you might be surprised by its ranking. It has a law school; a dental school; school of optometry; school of pharmacy; and schools of engineering, nursing, and education. That’s some community college.

Doesn't mean those schools are any good.

[Anonymous]

Most colleges would look like this if they made everyone pay in full. It's a scam to charge families different amounts to subsidize others. Sad.

[Anonymous]

High Point is a regional college with a 79% acceptance rate and an 89% early acceptance rate. It might offer a good educational experience, but is not distinguished by academic selectivity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:High Point is a regional college with a 79% acceptance rate and an 89% early acceptance rate. It might offer a good educational experience, but is not distinguished by academic selectivity.

38% of their freshman class are private school graduates. Just tells you that going to private school doesn't mean you are going to an Ivy.

https://www.highpoint.edu/admissions/freshmen-class-profile/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:High Point is a regional college with a 79% acceptance rate and an 89% early acceptance rate. It might offer a good educational experience, but is not distinguished by academic selectivity.

38% of their freshman class are private school graduates. Just tells you that going to private school doesn't mean you are going to an Ivy.

https://www.highpoint.edu/admissions/freshmen-class-profile/

Christian schools I’ll bet

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:High Point is a regional college with a 79% acceptance rate and an 89% early acceptance rate. It might offer a good educational experience, but is not distinguished by academic selectivity.

38% of their freshman class are private school graduates. Just tells you that going to private school doesn't mean you are going to an Ivy.

https://www.highpoint.edu/admissions/freshmen-class-profile/

Someone has to graduate at the bottom of their high school class

[Anonymous]

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They then go on to make 6 figure incomes out of school, are happy and well adjusted adults, while you and your kind continue to hate. So sad.

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Anonymous wrote:High Point is the Cheesecake Factory of higher education: they make you think it's all fancy and customized, when in reality it's Applebees with tablecloths.

They have been very successful at carving out a very specific niche, targeting families who are:

- Wealthy
- Conservative
- Not setting the academic world on fire
- In need of a lot of hand-holding
- Willing to pay whatever it takes to ensure their child a) gets a 4-year degree and b) does so in an environment that prioritizes their comfort and desires.

They deliver a very specific, customer-friendly product. If that product differs significantly (in rigor, tone, breadth, depth, etc.) from that of most other schools, most of those families neither know nor care.

Data point: This is the only school I toured with my kid where our guide didn't point out, much less take us into, the library. But we did see the steakhouse and the concierge desk.

It has to be admitted, though, that High Point gets one thing right: being able to schmooze effectively, regardless of one's lack of brains, talent, ethics or work ethic will get you far in this country when you're white, hetero, Christian, Republican and rich (which is not to say that all affluent white, hetero people are devoid of brains, talent, conscientiousness or discipline. People from this second group, however, attend college somewhere other than High Point, usually at a school where one can get a legitimate education).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:[

They then go on to make 6 figure incomes out of school, are happy and well adjusted adults, while you and your kind continue to hate. So sad.

quote=Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:High Point is the Cheesecake Factory of higher education: they make you think it's all fancy and customized, when in reality it's Applebees with tablecloths.

They have been very successful at carving out a very specific niche, targeting families who are:

- Wealthy
- Conservative
- Not setting the academic world on fire
- In need of a lot of hand-holding
- Willing to pay whatever it takes to ensure their child a) gets a 4-year degree and b) does so in an environment that prioritizes their comfort and desires.

They deliver a very specific, customer-friendly product. If that product differs significantly (in rigor, tone, breadth, depth, etc.) from that of most other schools, most of those families neither know nor care.

Data point: This is the only school I toured with my kid where our guide didn't point out, much less take us into, the library. But we did see the steakhouse and the concierge desk.

It has to be admitted, though, that High Point gets one thing right: being able to schmooze effectively, regardless of one's lack of brains, talent, ethics or work ethic will get you far in this country when you're white, hetero, Christian, Republican and rich (which is not to say that all affluent white, hetero people are devoid of brains, talent, conscientiousness or discipline. People from this second group, however, attend college somewhere other than High Point, usually at a school where one can get a legitimate education).

Did you search out this two month old thread to dredge up in order to bash this place some more? Totally bizarre behavior.