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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oberlin problem isn’t that it is woke bakery hating . If Oberlin was a  foul mouth breathing bastion of MAGA Christian crap it would be even worse off. Its problem is that it is expensive and struggling like many SLACs outside the top 10. At to this it’s in Ohio which is increasingly rivaling Indiana as the arm pit of the Midwest. Kenyon is also having problems.

Thank the opioid crisis, MAGA cult and racist Christian right for making Ohio one of the worst states to live in. [/quote]

Why do you give a sh*t? Don't send your kid here then but leave others who do alone.
This is all true, Oberlin is weathering it fairly well considering.[/quote]

This deflects from Oberlin’s challenges. In the 70’s and 80’s, Oberlin was the most rigorous and well thought of college in Ohio. Now it sits ranked 11th in the state by Niche. If you asked me in 1980 whether Ohio State would be ranked above Oberlin by a significant margin I would have been shocked. Now, rankings are often misleading and it still is the case that Oberlin offers an excellent education, but when ranked below schools like Cincinnati and Dayton one has to wonder what has happened. Oberlin is expensive- it needs some form of prestige and perceived rigor and opportunity to thrive. Blaming MAGA and politics doesn’t address matters for Oberlin. They can and should be doing better. (Still a good school, but schools today need to be strategic).

By the way a long time fan of the school. They hired a great coach to be their athletic director after stints at Northwestern and Auburn. Oberlin was progressive in that they didn’t care he was gay. Sounds like an easy call today but in the 80’s it was rare that people simply stepped up and did the right thing. Their prior AD was the incomparable Tommie Smith - the Mexico City gold medal winner in the 200m who was retaliated against for his protest at the podium. They should not shed their progressive ethic; rather they should infuse some common sense into it. [/quote][/quote]

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