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#91
Valpo Football / Re: 2024 Recruiting
Last post by valpofb16 - February 17, 2024, 08:27:39 AMNew Commit: Bertrand Berry 6'1 215 DE/OLB Highland HS AZ
Other offers: Concordia College
Notes: Son of former NFL player Bertrand Berry
Other offers: Concordia College
Notes: Son of former NFL player Bertrand Berry
#92
Valpo Basketball / Re: Game #27, MVC 16 at Missou...
Last post by AB - February 16, 2024, 07:29:54 PMBears 87 Brown and Gold 66. Bears...most underachieving coach in the league
#93
Valpo Basketball / Re: New Episode - March to the...
Last post by MarchArchPod - February 16, 2024, 01:06:21 PMBrand New Episode of the show, talking all the goings on in the Valley. We talk all the news, games and what's on tap going forward. We're also joined by the Commissioner of the Missouri Valley Conference, Jeff Jackson. He stops by the talk about everything going on in the Valley, on and off the court. Fun show as always, check it out!
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3K7SE4h3gbY4fpp9HSBvfm?si=p_zVcfLHQDK-iktz10Ry5g
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-march-to-the-arch-podcast/id1478136026?i=1000645566785
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3K7SE4h3gbY4fpp9HSBvfm?si=p_zVcfLHQDK-iktz10Ry5g
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-march-to-the-arch-podcast/id1478136026?i=1000645566785
#94
Valpo Basketball / Re: Game #27, MVC 16 at Missou...
Last post by tiny707 - February 16, 2024, 09:06:59 AMMissouri State: 90
Valpo: 64
Joe Vick starts.
Valpo: 64
Joe Vick starts.
#95
Valpo Basketball / Re: Game #27, MVC 16 at Missou...
Last post by vu72 - February 16, 2024, 08:59:03 AMThey are just too big for Valpo to win. Hope we can keep it close.
#96
Valpo Basketball / Re: Game #27, MVC 16 at Missou...
Last post by usc4valpo - February 16, 2024, 08:57:25 AMMissouri St. 88
Valpo 69
Valpo 69
#97
General VU Discussion / Re: Forever Valpo Fundraising ...
Last post by vu84v2 - February 16, 2024, 08:51:01 AMQuote from: valpo95 on February 16, 2024, 08:11:31 AM
Here is a recent story about Allegheny College, showing their declining enrollment trends and recent S&P ratings cut for their debt. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/longtime-pennsylvania-liberal-arts-college-204417049.html
Allegheny has a good reputation as a small, quality, private liberal arts university located in western Pennsylvania. I have had several colleagues who have kids who graduated from there, and they generally thought it was a good school. Allegheny has 1,353 students, but this is down 37% from 2012. It also has an endowment of $264M (or about $198K per student per the NACUBO report; VU has an endowment per student of $110K per student). The report highlights some of the same enrollment headwinds that have been discussed elsewhere.
My recent posts seem to be negative, instead I am trying to share some facts about the situation facing VU and other, similarly-sized private institutions.
I took a look at Allegheny College's website. The striking thing here is that they have very few majors that can directly be tied to jobs/careers. Computer science is the exception. For "business", it is really just economics branded as business - no faculty or courses in accounting, marketing, supply chain, finance, etc. Bottom line is that they are a pure liberal arts + sciences college. Allegheny may do this very well, but that is not where the market is. Students and their families value these areas, but if they are going to pay a significant amount for college they expect a clear path to meaningful employment after four years. Thus, Allegheny is different from Valpo as Valpo has a meaningful and accredited College of Business, engineering, health sciences, nursing, etc.
#98
General VU Discussion / Re: Forever Valpo Fundraising ...
Last post by valpo95 - February 16, 2024, 08:11:31 AMHere is a recent story about Allegheny College, showing their declining enrollment trends and recent S&P ratings cut for their debt. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/longtime-pennsylvania-liberal-arts-college-204417049.html
Allegheny has a good reputation as a small, quality, private liberal arts university located in western Pennsylvania. I have had several colleagues who have kids who graduated from there, and they generally thought it was a good school. Allegheny has 1,353 students, but this is down 37% from 2012. It also has an endowment of $264M (or about $198K per student per the NACUBO report; VU has an endowment per student of $110K per student). The report highlights some of the same enrollment headwinds that have been discussed elsewhere.
My recent posts seem to be negative, instead I am trying to share some facts about the situation facing VU and other, similarly-sized private institutions.
Allegheny has a good reputation as a small, quality, private liberal arts university located in western Pennsylvania. I have had several colleagues who have kids who graduated from there, and they generally thought it was a good school. Allegheny has 1,353 students, but this is down 37% from 2012. It also has an endowment of $264M (or about $198K per student per the NACUBO report; VU has an endowment per student of $110K per student). The report highlights some of the same enrollment headwinds that have been discussed elsewhere.
My recent posts seem to be negative, instead I am trying to share some facts about the situation facing VU and other, similarly-sized private institutions.
#99
Valpo Basketball / Re: PLEASE READ: THE FUTURE OF...
Last post by valpo04 - February 16, 2024, 07:49:27 AMUpdate:
I have set up and switched on the new forum: https://www.valpofanzone.com. The test site is now read only. I have also updated the links in the original post.
If you have registered for an account already, you should have access to this live site as well. Feel free to begin using it.
I have created a "testing grounds" board like we have here so you can try out the new board, provide feedback, and get a feel for how things work: https://www.valpofanzone.com/community/testing-grounds/
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I have set up and switched on the new forum: https://www.valpofanzone.com. The test site is now read only. I have also updated the links in the original post.
If you have registered for an account already, you should have access to this live site as well. Feel free to begin using it.
I have created a "testing grounds" board like we have here so you can try out the new board, provide feedback, and get a feel for how things work: https://www.valpofanzone.com/community/testing-grounds/
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#100
Forum Information / Re: PLEASE READ: THE FUTURE OF...
Last post by valpo04 - February 16, 2024, 07:46:34 AMUpdate:
I have set up and switched on the new forum: https://www.valpofanzone.com. The test site is now read only. I have also updated the links in the original post.
If you have registered for an account already, you should have access to this live site as well. Feel free to begin using it.
I have created a "testing grounds" board like we have here so you can try out the new board, provide feedback, and get a feel for how things work: https://www.valpofanzone.com/community/testing-grounds/
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I have set up and switched on the new forum: https://www.valpofanzone.com. The test site is now read only. I have also updated the links in the original post.
If you have registered for an account already, you should have access to this live site as well. Feel free to begin using it.
I have created a "testing grounds" board like we have here so you can try out the new board, provide feedback, and get a feel for how things work: https://www.valpofanzone.com/community/testing-grounds/
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