Is there huge gap between BC and BU?

TiggerDad
Tue, 10 Jul 2018 22:00:38 +0000

John Silber, the former President of BU, did wonders with the school during his reign from 1971 to 1996, and Chancellor from 1996 to 2002, and still hung onto his power under Interim and Emeritus titles until his death in 2012. Many faculty, staff and students hated him for his dictator-like administrative style (someone even tried to assassinate him once), but no one would discredit him for bringing what was once known as the “Sidewalk University” back in the 70’s into today’s prominence. No, I don’t see any sense of BC “superiority” whatsoever. If anything, BU has superior faculty and programs, thanks to Silber’s heavy recruitment of superstar faculty over the decades during his reign. He knew very well that any school’s rise to prominence has to begin with superstar faculty. Everything then follows, quality grad students and programs and undergrads. In fact, BU doesn’t even feel inferior to those institutions on the other side of the Charles River.