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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Middlebury Campus newspaper has been taken over by a bunch of ultra-liberal snowflakes who complain, complain, complain. Sad.

They provide no evidence to support their claim. Of course it's an editorial, so I guess they can say whatever they want.[/quote]
You can find a very quantitative article about this topic, but you just sound a bit allergic to journalism…
[url]https://www.middleburycampus.com/article/2025/10/large-class-sizes-impact-faculty-student-experience[/url][/quote]

Journalism? The article you linked to notes that "more than a dozen students" complained about class size. More than a dozen out of 2,700. It goes on to talk about 3-4 classes that are over-enrolled--out of 850.

There is no data showing the AVERAGE class size has increased, or that the student/faculty ratio has increased significantly. Where's the response from the administration? Oh, that's right. They didn't interview them for this article.

Manufactured outrage. [/quote]
The data is in the article from the office of institutional research…

Admin can also just refuse to answer students. You seem really secure in your lack of knowledge.[/quote]

There are two pieces of information from this article that reference institutional research. The first is that overall enrollment has increased by 73 students over the past six years. The second is that there is a shift in what Middlebury students are majoring in. There is no data about the number of classes that have been over-enrolled, or by what percentages. A good journalist would request comment from the administration. If they didn't get an answer, they would note that in the story. [/quote]

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