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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]I feel like CTCL always brings out the snobs.[/b]

I know kids who have gone to Ursinus and McDaniel. McD actively promotes their programs for kids with learning differences, and the kids I know who have gone there seemed very happy. I have a harder time characterizing Ursinus, but I do hear good things.

It's funny how few East Coast schools are on the list. [/quote]

Maybe those who you label as snobs just have different standards and goals.

[b]Several of the CTCL are on the brink of financial disaster.[/b]

Job placement and recruiting is not good at most of these small colleges.

Retention rates and 6 year graduation rates at many of the CTCL schools are not good.

Students can get a good education at most schools if motivated and disciplined, but the more important issue is job placement & internship opportunities.

[b]I do not understand the focus on PhD placement for small college students as most humanities PhD struggle to find decent jobs.[/b]

CTCL is little more than a marketing organization for small relatively unknown schools most of which face significant financial hurdles.[/quote]

My DC, a Denison grad, is doing a STEM PhD as we speak.  With an endowment stated to over $1 billion in 2023, the Denison endowment per student is over $400,000.

Why do you assume that students pursuing PhD are doing so in humanities fields?[/quote]

Because that poster thinks big state schools are the best, only likes Computer Science and Engineering for majors, and doesn't understand the "research" part of research university. [/quote]

Northeastern U., which gets so much love and devotion on this board, has a per-student endowment of $47,861 - a fraction of Denison's.

But sure Jan, tell us about how the CTCL schools are just a scam.[/quote]

That's because Northeastern seems to be spending the endowment much more effectively and efficiently to produce results.
Retention rate, graduation rate, salary outcome, etc. all are way above Denison.
That's why also smarts kids come.

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