JMU 2040 plan draft

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Anonymous wrote:Hit submit too early. Once W&M adds direct admit to their business school in the next year, I think "top choice for business" is going to be permanently engraved as UVA/WM.

I actually didn't know that WM had a business school...interesting.

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Anonymous wrote:If they want to compete with VT, they need to invest in their engineering program and eliminate some of the liberal arts requirements.

Genuine question: Why would it be smart for JMU to invest in a program (engineering) that's already strong at another institution in VA? Why not differentiate?

Exactly. Engineering is VT’s thing, but the rest of their majors are nothing special.

Sigh. There you are again. VT is excellent all around. Troll harder.

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Anonymous wrote:You should all just be happy that we have an abundance of competitive public universities in our state.

Seriously! These pissing matches are ridiculous.

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Anonymous wrote:Yawn. Enjoy your little bro conference.

God forbid you lose to VMI.

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I’d be interested to see VT’s 2040 plan.

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Anonymous wrote:JMU wants to be considered a peer of UVA and VT so badly. It’s embarrassing.

VT wants to be considered a peer of UVA so badly that it is embarrassing.

VT is closer to JMU than VT…my DS was accepted at both but not UVA and chose JMU btw…

Not long ago JMU wasn’t R1 and was FCS for football. VT achieved those milestones long before JMU. From a research and athletics standpoint, it’s not close.

Yet. VT won’t even play JMU in football because they can’t win. Give JMU 5-10 more years as a R1 and we shall see….

You’re in the sunbelt lol It’s actually because of changes to how the big conferences schedule, you clearly wouldn’t understand. Also, how’s PhD production going at JMU? Research VT PhD output and report back.

No one was happier than VT AD Whit Babcock(JMU alum) that the ACC gave him an off-ramp to weasel out of the JMU game. By all means, keep VMI on the schedule. HAHAHAHAHA!

As for PhDs, JMU concentrates on undergrad excellence. It’s why USNWR ranks JMU #22 for Best Undergrad Teaching, just ahead of Georgetown, but further ahead of UVA, Harvard, Berkeley and UCLA. Sadly VT didn’t make the list.

There's a R1 VA school ranked #12 on that list that disproves that you can't have both undergrad excellence and higher PHD production/research.

VT can’t seem to manage that, though. They didn’t even make the list.

VT has never prioritized the undergraduate experience in my opinion

Do you have kids there? I have two. Both are having excellent undergrad experiences. One is in STEM, the other liberal arts. Both have personal relationships with professors and first-rate advising.

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Anonymous wrote:Increase the on-campus housing capacity to at least 60% of the student body.

That’s a lot of revenue they’ll recapture and will bring down off campus housing prices.

If people are actually willing to move back on campus after a decades long culture of expecting to move off after freshman year.

They just changed the housing requirement to 3 years at my DC’s school and built a lot of new dorms. The kids were annoyed, but it really does build community by requiring on campus housing. It also brings down housing costs for off campus rentals. I think it is great.

Interesting. I agree it’s a good thing but let’s be honest, kids go to JMU to party, not sing songs around the fireplace in the dorm. Being off campus allows underage kids to more easily party.

DP. You sound like a moron. There’s a lot more to JMU than parties. Please grow up.

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Anonymous wrote:Hit submit too early. Once W&M adds direct admit to their business school in the next year, I think "top choice for business" is going to be permanently engraved as UVA/WM.

I actually didn't know that WM had a business school...interesting.

+1

The "its a liberal arts school" posters on here have clearly not been paying enough attention

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Anonymous wrote:Yawn. Enjoy your little bro conference.

God forbid you lose to VMI.

Maybe focus less on VT and more on your little bro conference.

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.jmu.edu/pair/strategic-planning/_docs/strategicplandraft_jan2026.pdf

Does this seem problematic to anyone else? Acceptance rate dropping to 40%. "Increase the on-campus housing capacity to at least 60% of the student body". They want to raise research spending from $20mil => $50mil+. Does VA really need a 7th R1 institution besides UVA, VT, WM, ODU, VCU, GMU?

Sounds like they don't want to serve the students they currently do and chase prestige instead. But to what end?

How is it "problematic" for any university to set long-term plans that will improve its reputation, research impact and revenue? It seems like students at any school would be well-served by having more practical and research opportunities. Besides a 40% acceptance rate is still a safety for the typical DCUM kid.

Why make digs at the current population of students? My JMU student had a weighted 4.0, good grades, a 34 ACT and was in the top quarter of his class at one of the better FCPS high schools. It wouldnt be unreasonable for him to go to a school with a 40% acceptance rate.

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.jmu.edu/pair/strategic-planning/_docs/strategicplandraft_jan2026.pdf

Does this seem problematic to anyone else? Acceptance rate dropping to 40%. "Increase the on-campus housing capacity to at least 60% of the student body". They want to raise research spending from $20mil => $50mil+. Does VA really need a 7th R1 institution besides UVA, VT, WM, ODU, VCU, GMU?

Sounds like they don't want to serve the students they currently do and chase prestige instead. But to what end?

How is it "problematic" for any university to set long-term plans that will improve its reputation, research impact and revenue? It seems like students at any school would be well-served by having more practical and research opportunities. Besides a 40% acceptance rate is still a safety for the typical DCUM kid.

Why make digs at the current population of students? My JMU student had a weighted 4.0, good grades, a 34 ACT and was in the top quarter of his class at one of the better FCPS high schools. It wouldnt be unreasonable for him to go to a school with a 40% acceptance rate.

I don't think it's a dig to say "this will make the school less accessible to the students it currently serves". It sounds like there are a number of people in this thread who are ok with "sacrificing" the bottom 50% at JMU to boost the top 50%.

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.jmu.edu/pair/strategic-planning/_docs/strategicplandraft_jan2026.pdf

Does this seem problematic to anyone else? Acceptance rate dropping to 40%. "Increase the on-campus housing capacity to at least 60% of the student body". They want to raise research spending from $20mil => $50mil+. Does VA really need a 7th R1 institution besides UVA, VT, WM, ODU, VCU, GMU?

Sounds like they don't want to serve the students they currently do and chase prestige instead. But to what end?

How is it "problematic" for any university to set long-term plans that will improve its reputation, research impact and revenue? It seems like students at any school would be well-served by having more practical and research opportunities. Besides a 40% acceptance rate is still a safety for the typical DCUM kid.

Why make digs at the current population of students? My JMU student had a weighted 4.0, good grades, a 34 ACT and was in the top quarter of his class at one of the better FCPS high schools. It wouldnt be unreasonable for him to go to a school with a 40% acceptance rate.

This thread got hijacked by the usual mudslinging. One valid point made earlier is that it does not seem possible for JMU to get to a 40% acceptance rate from the current (roughly) 70% without a huge increase in applicants. Past big increases were due in substantial part to joining the Common App and the trend for students to apply to a greater number of schools. JMU is enjoying an increase in its profile and is a wonderful school, but that isn't enough for it to maintain its enrollment AND reject a much greater percentage of applicants.

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.jmu.edu/pair/strategic-planning/_docs/strategicplandraft_jan2026.pdf

Does this seem problematic to anyone else? Acceptance rate dropping to 40%. "Increase the on-campus housing capacity to at least 60% of the student body". They want to raise research spending from $20mil => $50mil+. Does VA really need a 7th R1 institution besides UVA, VT, WM, ODU, VCU, GMU?

Sounds like they don't want to serve the students they currently do and chase prestige instead. But to what end?

How is it "problematic" for any university to set long-term plans that will improve its reputation, research impact and revenue? It seems like students at any school would be well-served by having more practical and research opportunities. Besides a 40% acceptance rate is still a safety for the typical DCUM kid.

Why make digs at the current population of students? My JMU student had a weighted 4.0, good grades, a 34 ACT and was in the top quarter of his class at one of the better FCPS high schools. It wouldnt be unreasonable for him to go to a school with a 40% acceptance rate.

I don't think it's a dig to say "this will make the school less accessible to the students it currently serves". It sounds like there are a number of people in this thread who are ok with "sacrificing" the bottom 50% at JMU to boost the top 50%.

You are correct. I would not have a problem with that.

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sometimes i read jmu as jhu

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.jmu.edu/pair/strategic-planning/_docs/strategicplandraft_jan2026.pdf

Does this seem problematic to anyone else? Acceptance rate dropping to 40%. "Increase the on-campus housing capacity to at least 60% of the student body". They want to raise research spending from $20mil => $50mil+. Does VA really need a 7th R1 institution besides UVA, VT, WM, ODU, VCU, GMU?

Sounds like they don't want to serve the students they currently do and chase prestige instead. But to what end?

How is it "problematic" for any university to set long-term plans that will improve its reputation, research impact and revenue? It seems like students at any school would be well-served by having more practical and research opportunities. Besides a 40% acceptance rate is still a safety for the typical DCUM kid.

Why make digs at the current population of students? My JMU student had a weighted 4.0, good grades, a 34 ACT and was in the top quarter of his class at one of the better FCPS high schools. It wouldnt be unreasonable for him to go to a school with a 40% acceptance rate.

I don't think it's a dig to say "this will make the school less accessible to the students it currently serves". It sounds like there are a number of people in this thread who are ok with "sacrificing" the bottom 50% at JMU to boost the top 50%.

You are correct. I would not have a problem with that.

It’ll never happen. Colleges don’t just magically enroll more students of a stronger academic ability without finding a pot of good for scholarships. VA just has too many amazing colleges upstream from JMU that will always eat first. Always.