Seriously, has anyone outside of Virginia ever heard of JMU?
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Anonymous
Is that your only come back? People outside of this region don't know two VA regional schools. Must be stupid. Right... |
Anonymous
Someone needs to learn how to spell, don't bust a college's chops when you can't spell. So, all division 3 schools (that is what Christopher Newport University is in the athletics world) suck? |
Anonymous
Not anymore. Some GMU programs are pretty selective. It's just not popular with the NoVA crowd because kids want to go away to college. Strict Muslim families in NoVA send their daughters to GMU so they can continue living at home and not be corrupted by dorm life 
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Anonymous
| No. I wouldn't pay to send my kids to JMU or CNU. |
Anonymous
| I had never heard of it till this thread. |
Anonymous
| CNU used to be a community college. |
Anonymous
Nor would I. Neither provide a high quality education. |
Anonymous
This |
Anonymous
Sincere questions: Which schools do provide a high-quality education, in your estimation? And what do those schools provide that these schools lack? |
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When people say they've never heard of X university, it's often because people "hear of" colleges/universities that have football teams or basketball teams that get tv exposure. Most of us have little reason to know of the many colleges outside of our geographic ares.
I'm not a fan of big ticket college athletics -- but, the whole industry does serve a purpose of marketing the schools on a national level. |
Anonymous
| People outside the region have certainly heard of Georgetown University and the University of Virginia, but all of the other good colleges and universities in this region, perhaps yes or perhaps no. |
Anonymous
| DH works for an international accounting firm. They only recruit at two schools in VA, one of which is JMU. |
Anonymous
Quote: Just look at their research grants for the last 20 years. Review their most recent work. Take a look at their NSF applications. Also look at how many students drop out before graduating vs getting a degree vs. continuing at graduate school. Compared to a quality institution like University of Virginia or JHU, they rank extremely low. You want a solid foundation for your undergraduate education. Better schools attract better faculty that can give you that solid foundation. Studies have shown repeatedly that people learn best when they are surrounded by smart teachers, mentors, and peers. Further, universities at the top of their game in a particular field have shown repeatedly that they can secure grant funding for research. A student attending a quality institution has a significantly higher opportunity to perform research than someone attending JMU or CNU. In fact, the majority of students at universities such as CNU attend classes, but never get involved in research and grant proposals. It's like they are only going their for the piece of paper to get a job and not the education. There's other criteria that comes into play. That's just touching some of it. |
Anonymous
Probably because JMU grads don't command a high salary, and really, who needs a degree from Harvard to do accounting, anyway? Credits on the right, debits on the left. Not rocket science. |
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