And they aren’t closing or at risk - so maybe the wrong thread. I’m just looking at what they’re charging and endowment.
Hopefully they are seeing better than I am 
If she’s the benefactor, hopefully they can reconnect.
Enrollment is down by half. HALF. And the endowment is not huge. Something has to give and quickly. And the half that are left are far below typical Beloit level from a decade ago. When Sweet Briar was down that much it basically closed.
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Response edited to nothing after questionable response.
I’ll just say, “Good job on remaining true to your ethics, Beloit College!”
You need a MUCH better example than Nikole. And BLM is a very dubious grifter organization.
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It appears that Sweet Briar is still open:
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And explanation of how they stayed open - very interesting for this thread.
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D22, who had very few schools on her final list, really liked Beloit. We never visited in person but she was able to apply EA and knew she was in on December 1 so it essentially became her safety but one she liked very much. She was admitted to her ED school shortly after and withdrew all her other apps. Beloit has a name even on the east coast around me which very few mid-west schools do.
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Admin closed it and alums went to court. That’s why I said “basically”
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eh, sort of? I mean I have heard of it - vaguely, and I am pretty darn aware. ZERO clue where it is until I just googled. I know it is a college and it exists. I don’t know anyone that ever applied or went there. I even have a partner and family in midwest.
It has no rep like a Grinnell or Carleton or Oberlin IMO.
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I think as many people have heard of it as Kenyon or grinnell. Oberlin is definitely a bigger name. Not sure about Carleton as I know someone who went there. I’ve randomly known people who went to Beloit though can’t think who offhand. But it seems to me when I mentioned it to people when D22 was applying many had heard of it. Though I agree I didn’t really know where it was until she was applying! So who knows.
really staying true to how a board runs too.. which is just being a well run org, too.
Individual board members do not have veto power over day-to-day operational decisions like flying a flag nor do they have individual veto power in setting a vision. The latter can and (IMO) should involve the board as a whole. Individuals certainly can quit if they disagree or don’t want to be affiliated with an org though. Totally her right but there are roles and responsibilities.
can agree to disagree! may just be our circles. I know a bunch of current/long ago kenyon or grinnell grads and applicants. not one beloit. all are small schools though.
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This article is from the Boston University website. It describes how even a large, well-endowed private university is facing “headwinds”.
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I agree Oberlin is a much bigger name (historically) than Carleton or Kenyon.
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that is a pretty honest Q&A with some fairly detailed insights - appreciate the share
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People who have read/followed the CTCL schools are likely familiar with Beloit.
And as for schools that closed and reopened, perhaps some are thinking of Antioch.
But discussing which schools people are familiar with seems off topic.
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The annual Beloit Mindset List* regularly makes the national news every time it comes out, and they have occasional other pop-culture tie-ins. Their marketing department is actually pretty good.
*Which I absolutely loathe, but for reasons having nothing to do with Beloit.
Just as a point of information, the article mentioned BLM the movement, which is distinct from BLM the organization—the latter isn’t really at issue in that narrative, unless you have information from somewhere else that that was part of the reason for the split.
Really, private higher education is facing an economic problem—that part of the sector, even the hyperrejectives (though those less so, for now), are losing pricing power. Syracuse was the canary in the coal mine.
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I graduated from Beloit back in the mid-90s. At the time, it was a T50 LAC, and people viewed Beloit in the same league as Macalester, Kenyon and Grinnell. They’ve always had a liberal leaning student body, and there were many students and alumni who had problems with Diane Hendricks.
Their all-in pricing program is new- and yes, it’s definitely an attempt to boost enrollment but I don’t think they’re at risk of shutting down. They just had their largest freshman enrollment in a decade after a big dip post-Covid. Wheaton College in MA just announced a similar pricing guarantee of $30k. Private schools have been jacking up their price tags and offering deep discounts for years, and I think colleges are now realizing that donut hole families are ready for affordable options.
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Do you want to share info about the Whitman pricing guarantee to this thread?
I just added Beloit to the list (and asked the mods to change the title to something like Schools Making College More Affordable).
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100% - and it’s going to accelerate with less kids overall and prices that just make no sense.
We can all argue here about x school is worth it - but by and large, societally speaking, people don’t have 6 figures to spend on schools and those that can afford will steer kids elsewhere.
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I agree - but if $30K doesn’t cover costs, then what?
Their endowment is small.
At some point it has to catch up. Will it mean all profs are adjunct or dorms and other facilities are never modernized? Or food is horrific?
It doesn’t appear to make financial sense but we will see over time.
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