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"What College Presidents Actually Do"

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Anonymous Shouting Thomas said...

My alma mater, the University of Illinois, recently built a new Alumni center on campus. They're pitching flagstones with the donor's name engraved thereon for $600 per.

This is my chance at immortality, right?

And, you can pay it off monthly.

5/17/07, 11:10 AM

Blogger ricpic said...

So Durden tells the alumni that Dickinson is a hot college. Surely that alone is not enough of a reason for them to ante-up? No, they must, for the most part, have remembered their alma mater with affection. They needed the reminder but without the reservoir of affection Durden's fund raising efforts would have come to much less.
Would such a technique work with the alumni of a diploma mill? In NYC I can think of 3 such places: NYU, Brooklyn College, Queens College. Hard to feel affection for those impersonal charmless campi. But many of their alumni are well off. Would they respond as the Dickinson alumni responded? Somehow I doubt it.

5/17/07, 1:54 PM

Anonymous floccina said...

A must read:

Richard Vedder's "Going Broke by Degree"

5/17/07, 2:07 PM

Anonymous James Kabala said...

NYU is a trendy place for college these days, although I don't know if that translates into genuine love for the place among alumni.

5/17/07, 3:44 PM

Anonymous Cato said...

I recall after Al Gore lost in 2000, after one of the most expensive campaigns in history, someone asked him if he'd be interested in the Harvard presidency. He jokingly replied that he wasn't that good at fund raising.

5/17/07, 6:16 PM

Anonymous Dave said...

"NYU, Brooklyn College, Queens College. Hard to feel affection for those impersonal charmless campi. But many of their alumni are well off. Would they respond as the Dickinson alumni responded? Somehow I doubt it."

I don't know if you've been to NYU in the last decade or so, but there are some obvious signs of large alumni donations, e.g., the Tisch School of the Arts, the Stern School of Business, etc. BTW, the plural of "campus" is "campuses", not "campi".

5/17/07, 6:42 PM

Anonymous Riot Nrrd said...

We'd be better off if no one funded colleges except by tuition. Their numbers would shrink somewhat, which would be good, because college attendance would come down to the historical percentages it was at when we were a successful nation and only smart people (or the stupid offspring of the rich who were not much competition for good jobs anyway) went to college. Then they could make college what it was in those days, rigorous.

5/17/07, 9:18 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Why is college so goddarned EXPENSIVE? Many peoples lives are being blighted by student loans. People borrow massive amounts of $$,which allows colleges to raise their rates,so people borrow more,and on it goes. They will argue that college is "worth it" as grads earn more--but I dont see why the rates have skyrocketed(or Ishould say have been allowed to skyrocket)so high!

5/18/07, 10:53 AM

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