<p>Those of you who frequent this forum probably know of UoC’s changes of the last decade or so, including switching to the Common App, dramatically improving the undergraduate experience, and hiring Dean Nondorf to run admissions. Whereas the “where fun used to die” slogan might have been pertinent several decades ago, such is no longer the case today. </p>
<p>My question, then, is whether there have there been any other “success stories” similar to UoC. Basically, a case in which a well-regarded school suffered from institutional “failures” but was brought back to from the brink by forward-looking administrators. I have heard Penn mentioned before, but all I have to look to are numbers and facts which do not tell the entire picture. And as a university student, I am too young to understand the sentiment of, say, 2004 or 2005. </p>
<p>Basically, what I’m interested in figuring out is how long it generally takes for an institution that was previously “not as well-known to the general public” to reverse course. This might be useful for us students who are graduating in a few years and are interested in projecting how well-known UoC will be to potential employers in the near future.</p>