Here's a very interesting site a semi-regular poster shared with me. Take a long and hard objective look at this. Things that I found particularly interesting are graduation rates, endowment, and signature programs and how those programs are relavent today and for the future. Also enrollment trends since 2014 are very telling. Hiram is a classic case of a downward spiral.
Alan, I find it strange that this site lists UC has having medical and law schools, and completely overlooks our medical school, which in terms of enrollment is now the largest in the state. I don’t think this is anti-DO bias, I suspect it’s just plain ignorance, but it does tend to make me doubt much of the other facts listed on the site. When I see a site or a publication that makes errors in the areas I know about, it always in my mind makes me doubt what they say in areas that I know nothing about. That is, they have a credibility issue with me.
Maybe because UC’s Medical school has a reputation and is highly regarded?
Not sure what happened with the editing function, but below are my comments.
I happen to know the gentlemen Alan mentions in the link. He is a former administrator and has not only has worked with a lot of Ohio's colleges and universities, but he has visited every single one of them to do his research. He's got nothing against our medical college or our beloved Alma mater, but we just don't rank as high as some others. Having said that, I am amazed as to how many people are talking about our medical college in a positive way. I know a couple of doctors who are somewhat skeptical about DO's, but lately they have heaping praise upon us, probably because of our connection to the Cleveland Clinic etc.
Getting back to Dr. Jay Young's website, I think you can see where things are going for certain college and universities. The thing he has mentioned to me over and over again is educational synergies, enrollment and endowments.
Some places like Findlay College were in some trouble years again, but their standout Veterinarian program coupled with their Equestrian program has brought in students across the Midwest who can't find those combinations at a smaller college. Ashland seems to have righted the ship with their tuition freeze and some sort of job guarantee for certain majors, which I can't completely understand, but it seems to be working.
It is the lack of those types of synergies that are hurting places like Hiram, Wittenberg, Ohio Dominican etc. I don't quite have a handle on some of the bigger schools, obviously Akron's building program was a bust, but they do have other programs that help them. Print Journalism, once our bread and butter has taken a severe hit, but our Medical College has helped.
Part of me wonders how Wright State and Youngstown State are doing seeing as that they are facing a lot of competition in their respective Southwest and Northeast parts of the state. Northeast Ohio is in an demographics spiral to begin with, so there's a lot of tough sledding for any campus, especially places like Hiram. Obviously, Ohio State, Miami and Cincinnati will probably always be strong. The Ohio Five has few worries, Dennison with it's 2,000 students has an endowment larger than our's, and we are only second to Ohio State for state schools. Talk about a blow minding selling point for Dennison. Xavier, Dayton and John Carroll are in fine shape and bring in students from all over the place, which certainly helps.
Last Edited: 4/13/2020 10:21:17 AM by cbus cat fan