ami_roby

What do u guys say? Which one's better? At least discuss in which aspects is one superior than the other.

MolBioAce06

Kenyon is better and far superior in all aspects. Actually idk, maybe just check the guide books for a few quick differences...

cadence76

As a Kenyon alum (from many years ago) who has also lived in the Amherst area, I'd say they are VERY similar. Academics totally on a par, professors similarly involved. Campuses are different--Kenyon more self-contained, Amherst a little more integrated with the town. And Amherst actually has a town--Gambier is teeny tiny (but fabulous!). (They used to say that at Kenyon you could never get away from an old boyfriend!) Kenyon has the requirement that profs live within a 10 mile radius, which is fabulous--you really get to know them as friends. Amherst has a higher recognition profile. Students similar--"bohemian prep", with Amherst a little stronger on the "prep", maybe. Very friendly campuses. So there you go!

Riceward!

They deep sixed the "Ten Mile Rule" a decade ago.

mallomar

They offer loan guarantees with the local banks to tenure track faculty who live within 10 miles. I expect that that is a pretty strong motivator.

Faculty handbook: 6.2.2 College Guaranteed Mortgage Loans
(amended April 1997)

WHEREAS, Kenyon College is interested in assisting qualified members of the Kenyon College faculty and administration in the acquisition or construction of a personal residence within a ten-mile radius of the Gambier, Ohio, Post Office; and................etc etc

Riceward!

I know at least three or four profs who live in Columbus...

cadence76

They always have (had some who lived farther away), but the pull is still for most of them to be right there. And I should say, there are certainly LOTS of Amherst profs right in Amherst, too--but it's a little more populated area, so there isn't the same "in your backyard" feel to absolutely everything. Not, of course, saying that Western Mass is by any means metropolitan! ;-)