Trinity School - Head of School letter

Why We Should Fear University, Inc.

 

Why We Shouldn't Think About College as a Business

"As 'Ivory Tower' shows, colleges invest in facilities and amenities, like multi-million dollar recreation centers or luxury dorms, to attract attendees, who have increasingly become more like customers than students. It's what many critics call the 'corporatism of college' (a very worthwhile article).....

I am always amazed that on every college tour, we spend more time on facilities rather than learning about how the school educates students. 

The article continues with "....a concept called multipotentiality, the ability to excel in multiple fields that are typically unrelated to each other. Multipotentiality has a handful of practical benefits. For example, learning skills in one area can translate to skills in another." 

 

 

 

Chinese students and political uncertainty drive rise in applications for financial courses 

"This year 50% of all international students in the FT ranking of global masters in finance course are from China." 

 "Freeman where 94% of this year's cohort are Chinese, is an extreme example but more people from China are seeking to study abroad. Chinese citizens account for more than 90% of students on masters in finance courses at Leeds University Business School in the  UK, the University of Maryland's Robert H Smith School of Business, and Fordham University's Gabelli School of Business in New York." 

Other points mentioned in the article which serve as additional reference points for our International Enrollment Management Under Trump discussions. 

• "He (Ira Solomon, Dean of Tulane's Freeman School) adds there is little sign that US President's Donald Trump's anti-immigration rhetoric has had any effect on the number of overseas applications."
• "...it is the fall in the value of sterling against other currencies after last June's Brexit referendum that is being credited with enhancing the attractiveness of UK institutions."

 

 

 

How Liberal Professors Are Ruining College

“Child prodigies rarely become adult geniuses who change the world…..What holds them back is that they don’t learn to be original…Creativity may be hard to nurture, but it’s easy to thwart…. You can’t program a child to become creative. Try to engineer a certain kind of success and the best you’ll bet is an ambitious robot. If you want your children to bring original ideas into the world, you need to let them pursue their passion, not yours.”