LACs: Bates vs. Colby vs. Whitman

Bill_Marsh
Sat, 19 Mar 2022 02:39:22 +0000

gardenstategal:

@nyreader, so glad your kid is happy.

Mine was a '20 grad and never had a visiting prof! Wondering if this had anything to do with covid as so many faculty at so many schools were reluctant about in person teaching? Or if it’s related to specific departments? Or meeting the needs of more kids who stayed on campus rather than going abroad?

Over-enrollment is impacted by students who couldn’t go abroad because of covid and had to stay on campus. I thought I had read that they were going to 550 but your # could be right. Waterville doesn’t have an abundance of overflow housing like Boston or Durham (places where I know kids who were “forced” into alternate housing) might when this happens. I didn’t realize they were building more housing.

Hope your DS continue to enjoy his time on Mayflower Hill!

Great points. I also wonder if some senior faculty took leaves due to Covid but are planning to come back when it abates, thereby creating the need for temporary replacement profs.