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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a little concerned by some of the posts about grade deflation because graduate/professional school will be on the horizon.  Also concerning is the announcement regarding voluntary furloughs for employees and leadership taking salary cuts.  However, I know that COVID-19's financial impact is being felt everywhere including the Ivies and there is widespread uncertainty in higher ed.  [/quote]
Schools that are best positioned are massive public research institutions that are often flagships and have state governments supportive of higher education (i.e. Berkeley, UCLA, Texas, Washington) or universities with massive endowments (UVA, Michigan, Ivies, Texas again).

W&M is neither a research institution, nor a flagship, nor does it have a large endowment for its size. The result will be increasing enrollment, decreasing standards and worse faculty due to lack of competitive salaries (which has been true for a while at the school). [/quote]

You tout the big public research schools for faculty.   Take a look at Niche ratings based on surveys.  If you look at Michigan, UCLA, Berkeley, Washington, Texas, UVA, and UNC, you will see that W&M scores higher than every single one of these schools in every single one of these ratings:

Professors put a lot of effort into their classes
Easy to get classes students want
Professors are passionate about what they teach
Professors care about student success
Professors are engaging and easy to understand
Professors are approachable and helpful

And what public university of W&M's size has a larger endowment?  
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I don't doubt that, I already said W&M faculty are more helpful than other public/research schools. The post you are replying to is about survival post-COVID though. [/quote]

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