Reply to State report says 7 Virginia universities should be monitored as enrollment cliff approaches

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "State report says 7 Virginia universities should be monitored as enrollment cliff approaches"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Radford alumna here. Former campus tour guide, student leader and now active volunteer 
with a particular interest in recruitment.

Radford has lost its identity and origin story that is nearly identical to JMU’s; both began as all-female state normal schools for teacher training. Both schools were purposely selected for geographical convenience to efficiently address the needs for college educated teachers to staff schools in their respective areas.

JMU and Radford went coed and gained university status roughly same time yet Radford has struggled to close the 4:1 female :male ratio and I’d argue, poured money into expanding programs that were too innovative. 
Radford lost ground soon after going coed, while JMU leapt ahead and surpassed it.

RU became the easy-entry/safe/party school (and the only college that would accept me) while JMU got the clever moniker of Just Missed U(VA).

Below from Radford library archives:

Radford College was merged with Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1944, becoming Radford College, the Women's Division of Virginia Polytechnic Institute, a formal arrangement that lasted until 1964. This collection includes preliminary studies about the merger, letters from Governor Colgate Darden, enrollment studies, newspaper clippings pertaining to the merger, correspondence and internal memos related to curricular and structural logistics and problems related to the merger, reports to the Board of Visitors, and detailed studies about the impact of the merger on the Home Economics Departments at both schools.
[/quote]

Very interesting. Which programs at Radford were too innovative? [/quote

PP Maybe mischaracterized but first thought was Davis College of Business.
Read the room, Radford. Focus upon providing a solid liberal arts education, and heavily promote solid majors and departments of speech & communication disorders, nursing and educating future teachers. 
[/quote]

Business is popular at Radford and they have a new building [/quote]

PP alumna quoted and re: business. Let business majors attend Tech. I’d have liked RU to strengthen recruiting and or infrastructure and or top traditional majors instead.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics