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[quote=Anonymous][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]

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

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You don't know much about endowments, do you?[/quote]

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