Reply to Denison vs Wesleyan vs Davidson vs Middlebury

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "Denison vs Wesleyan vs Davidson vs Middlebury"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All these schools are great, but Davidson is top-ranked. For years, Middlebury coasted on its reputation, but as metrics changed to outcomes, it ranked lower. Also, coming out of the Great Financial Crisis, Middlebury had some financial issues. Subsequently, it couldn’t compete as aggressively with other schools on financial aid and other investments. [/quote]
None of this is true.[/quote]

Perhaps not. Here's some info.
https://www.middlebury.edu/announcements/announcements/2025/04/budget-our-way-forward[/quote]

Seems like a reasonable approach to address a budget deficit. Middlebury's former president let things go for far too long. Hopefully the new president, who starts in July, will be more fiscally responsible. [/quote]

So the initial post about $ was pretty accurate. [/quote]

No, not at all as it implied financial issues which obviously do not exist.

It also implied that Middlebury could not keep up from a financial perspective which is also false. Middlebury has a pretty wealthy peer group that they measure their endowment against and they sit in the middle. They do not want to sit in the middle, they want to push their endowment over $2B by 2028 (which could now be a challenge) and they have made these changes out of recognition not any need.

Middlebury’s rankings slip is 100% correlated to the social justice changes made to the USNWR ranking rubric and is truly a reflection of the ‘garbage in garbage out’ changes that were made to primarily make public schools look better.

Middlebury is very wealthy and the small deficit that they have been carrying has zero impact on their operations. That said it is a good sign that they are moving to address it.

[/quote]

Good job! You sound like an attorney or board member who's skilled at spinning. [/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