I was just there last fall and the buildings and campus are BEAUTIFUL. Extremely clean, beautiful mountain backdrop, nice kids, excellent landscaping, modern interiors of dorms and academic buildings.

That's all I know. Superficial at best but I loved it.

One of my siblings' kids goes there and really enjoys it. She's a bright, caring young woman whose parents steered her to a smaller college. They didn't go to T20 schools so they were more interested in a place where she'd get attention and a chance to shine than a school with more name recognition. I'm not aware of any financial issues with the school that are impacting her experience.

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Anonymous wrote:In financial trouble.

Cite?

Reducing tuition. Low enrollment. Small endowment.

Gimmicks to attract students.

https://cardinalnews.org/2023/05/25/roanoke-colleges-rebrand-plan-includes-an-mba-program-football-and-even-a-food-truck/

You might be confused. You think making it more affordable to attract more students is a sign of trouble? Your cite makes Roanoke look innovative which is the opposite of financial issues.

It's hard to say what exactly would be the "opposite" of financial issues. My first thought was having of exorbitant wealth. "Innovative" did not come to mind. In any case, Roanoke, like many private colleges of its size and stature, has faced declining enrolment and needs students badly. Not unique to Roanoke and not something that can be denied.

Roanoke has more undergraduate students than W&L. Does W&L need students badly?

Absolutely not! As is evidenced by their 20% acceptance rate, there is more than enough demand for a Washington & Lee education.

So Roanoke’s size is actually irrelevant?Why are you worried about acceptance rate? JMU accepts 76%, similar to Roanoke’s 79%. Is JMU in financial trouble?

I have no idea. Maybe. I do know that Roanoke does not receive state funding in the same way that JMU does.

Do you think every private college that isn’t selective is in financial trouble? In other words, every college in VA that isn’t W&L and UR.

Absolutely not! I do think that most schools in financial trouble are unselective private schools.

How do you define unselective? Do you have any actual evidence that Roanoke is in financial trouble?

Did you read the article posted earlier? They couldn't afford to re-start their football team. Their endowment is a measly $100 million. Declining enrollment, tuition dependent.

What are you talking about? Their football team was restarted and had a winning record. Who said enrollment is declining?

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Anonymous wrote:In financial trouble.

Cite?

Reducing tuition. Low enrollment. Small endowment.

Gimmicks to attract students.

https://cardinalnews.org/2023/05/25/roanoke-colleges-rebrand-plan-includes-an-mba-program-football-and-even-a-food-truck/

You might be confused. You think making it more affordable to attract more students is a sign of trouble? Your cite makes Roanoke look innovative which is the opposite of financial issues.

It's hard to say what exactly would be the "opposite" of financial issues. My first thought was having of exorbitant wealth. "Innovative" did not come to mind. In any case, Roanoke, like many private colleges of its size and stature, has faced declining enrolment and needs students badly. Not unique to Roanoke and not something that can be denied.

Roanoke has more undergraduate students than W&L. Does W&L need students badly?

Absolutely not! As is evidenced by their 20% acceptance rate, there is more than enough demand for a Washington & Lee education.

So Roanoke’s size is actually irrelevant?Why are you worried about acceptance rate? JMU accepts 76%, similar to Roanoke’s 79%. Is JMU in financial trouble?

I have no idea. Maybe. I do know that Roanoke does not receive state funding in the same way that JMU does.

Do you think every private college that isn’t selective is in financial trouble? In other words, every college in VA that isn’t W&L and UR.

Absolutely not! I do think that most schools in financial trouble are unselective private schools.

How do you define unselective? Do you have any actual evidence that Roanoke is in financial trouble?

I don't know how I would define unselective but Roanoke definitely is unselective. Maybe ~80% acceptance rate is the line?

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Anonymous wrote:In financial trouble.

Cite?

Reducing tuition. Low enrollment. Small endowment.

Gimmicks to attract students.

https://cardinalnews.org/2023/05/25/roanoke-colleges-rebrand-plan-includes-an-mba-program-football-and-even-a-food-truck/

You might be confused. You think making it more affordable to attract more students is a sign of trouble? Your cite makes Roanoke look innovative which is the opposite of financial issues.

It's hard to say what exactly would be the "opposite" of financial issues. My first thought was having of exorbitant wealth. "Innovative" did not come to mind. In any case, Roanoke, like many private colleges of its size and stature, has faced declining enrolment and needs students badly. Not unique to Roanoke and not something that can be denied.

Roanoke has more undergraduate students than W&L. Does W&L need students badly?

Absolutely not! As is evidenced by their 20% acceptance rate, there is more than enough demand for a Washington & Lee education.

So Roanoke’s size is actually irrelevant?Why are you worried about acceptance rate? JMU accepts 76%, similar to Roanoke’s 79%. Is JMU in financial trouble?

I have no idea. Maybe. I do know that Roanoke does not receive state funding in the same way that JMU does.

Do you think every private college that isn’t selective is in financial trouble? In other words, every college in VA that isn’t W&L and UR.

Absolutely not! I do think that most schools in financial trouble are unselective private schools.

How do you define unselective? Do you have any actual evidence that Roanoke is in financial trouble?

Did you read the article posted earlier? They couldn't afford to re-start their football team. Their endowment is a measly $100 million. Declining enrollment, tuition dependent.

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Anonymous wrote:In financial trouble.

Cite?

Reducing tuition. Low enrollment. Small endowment.

Gimmicks to attract students.

https://cardinalnews.org/2023/05/25/roanoke-colleges-rebrand-plan-includes-an-mba-program-football-and-even-a-food-truck/

You might be confused. You think making it more affordable to attract more students is a sign of trouble? Your cite makes Roanoke look innovative which is the opposite of financial issues.

It's hard to say what exactly would be the "opposite" of financial issues. My first thought was having of exorbitant wealth. "Innovative" did not come to mind. In any case, Roanoke, like many private colleges of its size and stature, has faced declining enrolment and needs students badly. Not unique to Roanoke and not something that can be denied.

Roanoke has more undergraduate students than W&L. Does W&L need students badly?

Absolutely not! As is evidenced by their 20% acceptance rate, there is more than enough demand for a Washington & Lee education.

So Roanoke’s size is actually irrelevant?Why are you worried about acceptance rate? JMU accepts 76%, similar to Roanoke’s 79%. Is JMU in financial trouble?

I have no idea. Maybe. I do know that Roanoke does not receive state funding in the same way that JMU does.

Do you think every private college that isn’t selective is in financial trouble? In other words, every college in VA that isn’t W&L and UR.

Absolutely not! I do think that most schools in financial trouble are unselective private schools.

How do you define unselective? Do you have any actual evidence that Roanoke is in financial trouble?

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Anonymous wrote:Strangely a LOT of comments are going missing

In this thread?

Yep. Seems like there’s some censorship

A lot of claims that folks can’t provide evidence to support.

Do people need a claim and evidence sheet every time they post here now? Sheesh, it’s becoming Reddit.

You can't be serious. You think you can throw out a claim with no citation and people will just... believe you? That's not how it works. You make the claim, you provide the evidence.
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That is certainly not the standard on an anonymous forum like DCUM. This isn’t exactly a court of law with rules of evidence.

Are you new here? Provide evidence or get called out. DP.

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Anonymous wrote:Strangely a LOT of comments are going missing

In this thread?

Yep. Seems like there’s some censorship

A lot of claims that folks can’t provide evidence to support.

Do people need a claim and evidence sheet every time they post here now? Sheesh, it’s becoming Reddit.

You can't be serious. You think you can throw out a claim with no citation and people will just... believe you? That's not how it works. You make the claim, you provide the evidence.
DP

That is certainly not the standard on an anonymous forum like DCUM. This isn’t exactly a court of law with rules of evidence.

We visited and really loved it.

Kid picked JMU. But it had a warm, sweet vibe, and would be great for an outdoorsy B+ student interested in the liberal arts. Transportation out of Roanoke seemed convenient enough.

My 3.4 GPA/1250 SAT kid got a good merit offer.

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Anonymous wrote:In financial trouble.

Cite?

Reducing tuition. Low enrollment. Small endowment.

Gimmicks to attract students.

https://cardinalnews.org/2023/05/25/roanoke-colleges-rebrand-plan-includes-an-mba-program-football-and-even-a-food-truck/

You might be confused. You think making it more affordable to attract more students is a sign of trouble? Your cite makes Roanoke look innovative which is the opposite of financial issues.

It's hard to say what exactly would be the "opposite" of financial issues. My first thought was having of exorbitant wealth. "Innovative" did not come to mind. In any case, Roanoke, like many private colleges of its size and stature, has faced declining enrolment and needs students badly. Not unique to Roanoke and not something that can be denied.

Roanoke has more undergraduate students than W&L. Does W&L need students badly?

Absolutely not! As is evidenced by their 20% acceptance rate, there is more than enough demand for a Washington & Lee education.

So Roanoke’s size is actually irrelevant?Why are you worried about acceptance rate? JMU accepts 76%, similar to Roanoke’s 79%. Is JMU in financial trouble?

I have no idea. Maybe. I do know that Roanoke does not receive state funding in the same way that JMU does.

Do you think every private college that isn’t selective is in financial trouble? In other words, every college in VA that isn’t W&L and UR.

Absolutely not! I do think that most schools in financial trouble are unselective private schools.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In financial trouble.

Cite?

Reducing tuition. Low enrollment. Small endowment.

Gimmicks to attract students.

https://cardinalnews.org/2023/05/25/roanoke-colleges-rebrand-plan-includes-an-mba-program-football-and-even-a-food-truck/

You might be confused. You think making it more affordable to attract more students is a sign of trouble? Your cite makes Roanoke look innovative which is the opposite of financial issues.

It's hard to say what exactly would be the "opposite" of financial issues. My first thought was having of exorbitant wealth. "Innovative" did not come to mind. In any case, Roanoke, like many private colleges of its size and stature, has faced declining enrolment and needs students badly. Not unique to Roanoke and not something that can be denied.

Roanoke has more undergraduate students than W&L. Does W&L need students badly?

Absolutely not! As is evidenced by their 20% acceptance rate, there is more than enough demand for a Washington & Lee education.

So Roanoke’s size is actually irrelevant?Why are you worried about acceptance rate? JMU accepts 76%, similar to Roanoke’s 79%. Is JMU in financial trouble?

I have no idea. Maybe. I do know that Roanoke does not receive state funding in the same way that JMU does.

Do you think every private college that isn’t selective is in financial trouble? In other words, every college in VA that isn’t W&L and UR.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In financial trouble.

Cite?

Reducing tuition. Low enrollment. Small endowment.

Gimmicks to attract students.

https://cardinalnews.org/2023/05/25/roanoke-colleges-rebrand-plan-includes-an-mba-program-football-and-even-a-food-truck/

You might be confused. You think making it more affordable to attract more students is a sign of trouble? Your cite makes Roanoke look innovative which is the opposite of financial issues.

It's hard to say what exactly would be the "opposite" of financial issues. My first thought was having of exorbitant wealth. "Innovative" did not come to mind. In any case, Roanoke, like many private colleges of its size and stature, has faced declining enrolment and needs students badly. Not unique to Roanoke and not something that can be denied.

Roanoke has more undergraduate students than W&L. Does W&L need students badly?

Absolutely not! As is evidenced by their 20% acceptance rate, there is more than enough demand for a Washington & Lee education.

So Roanoke’s size is actually irrelevant?Why are you worried about acceptance rate? JMU accepts 76%, similar to Roanoke’s 79%. Is JMU in financial trouble?

I have no idea. Maybe. I do know that Roanoke does not receive state funding in the same way that JMU does.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In financial trouble.

Cite?

Reducing tuition. Low enrollment. Small endowment.

Gimmicks to attract students.

https://cardinalnews.org/2023/05/25/roanoke-colleges-rebrand-plan-includes-an-mba-program-football-and-even-a-food-truck/

You might be confused. You think making it more affordable to attract more students is a sign of trouble? Your cite makes Roanoke look innovative which is the opposite of financial issues.

It's hard to say what exactly would be the "opposite" of financial issues. My first thought was having of exorbitant wealth. "Innovative" did not come to mind. In any case, Roanoke, like many private colleges of its size and stature, has faced declining enrolment and needs students badly. Not unique to Roanoke and not something that can be denied.

Roanoke has more undergraduate students than W&L. Does W&L need students badly?

Absolutely not! As is evidenced by their 20% acceptance rate, there is more than enough demand for a Washington & Lee education.

So Roanoke’s size is actually irrelevant?Why are you worried about acceptance rate? JMU accepts 76%, similar to Roanoke’s 79%. Is JMU in financial trouble?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In financial trouble.

Cite?

Reducing tuition. Low enrollment. Small endowment.

Gimmicks to attract students.

https://cardinalnews.org/2023/05/25/roanoke-colleges-rebrand-plan-includes-an-mba-program-football-and-even-a-food-truck/

You might be confused. You think making it more affordable to attract more students is a sign of trouble? Your cite makes Roanoke look innovative which is the opposite of financial issues.

It's hard to say what exactly would be the "opposite" of financial issues. My first thought was having of exorbitant wealth. "Innovative" did not come to mind. In any case, Roanoke, like many private colleges of its size and stature, has faced declining enrolment and needs students badly. Not unique to Roanoke and not something that can be denied.

Roanoke has more undergraduate students than W&L. Does W&L need students badly?

Absolutely not! As is evidenced by their 20% acceptance rate, there is more than enough demand for a Washington & Lee education.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In financial trouble.

Cite?

Reducing tuition. Low enrollment. Small endowment.

Gimmicks to attract students.

https://cardinalnews.org/2023/05/25/roanoke-colleges-rebrand-plan-includes-an-mba-program-football-and-even-a-food-truck/

You might be confused. You think making it more affordable to attract more students is a sign of trouble? Your cite makes Roanoke look innovative which is the opposite of financial issues.

It's hard to say what exactly would be the "opposite" of financial issues. My first thought was having of exorbitant wealth. "Innovative" did not come to mind. In any case, Roanoke, like many private colleges of its size and stature, has faced declining enrolment and needs students badly. Not unique to Roanoke and not something that can be denied.

Roanoke has more undergraduate students than W&L. Does W&L need students badly?