Bye Angel

[GSII]

Any past GMU Pres go on to take over another school?

Johnson and Merten retired. I see this as an exciting time for Mason...and Cabrera both.

 

[Mason32]

Any past GMU Pres go on to take over another school?

Johnson and Merten retired. I see this as an exciting time for Mason...and Cabrera both.

GMU has been a university for about 2 seconds so probably not

 

[Pikapppatri8]

Just keep lowering the admission standards..

Bullshit - no evidence of this. In fact its harder to get in many of the leading programs.

 

[Pikapppatri8]

Maybe, but then they'll have to deal with people stealing delivered missiles from their front porch when they're not home. Hopefully the Ring door cameras catch them.

The ring catches all.

 

[Falco]

Bullshit - no evidence of this. In fact its harder to get in many of the leading programs.

Use google. In 2018 the acceptance rate was 81%. In 2008-2009 it was 63%

https://irr2.gmu.edu/QuickFacts/0809/ExecutiveSummary0809.pdf

 

[Walter]

Unless SAT scores are going down, not an issue.

JMU's acceptance rate has also gone up.

 

[The Great PATSby]

Increasing Mason’s student enrollment hasn’t helped. Tom Davis said in his email that enrollment has increased by 15% during Cabrera’s tenure. There’s current plans to make total enrollment even larger than it is now.

 

[FreeGunston12]

How do we feel about expanding online options for classes? On one hand, it could cheapen the academic product. On the other, it could provide more revenue for the school that could be used to invest into the campus and athletics. Either way, it’s an issue that the new president should be fully ready to address.

 

[Five Two]

it could provide more revenue for the school that could be used to invest into the campus and athletics.

This got me thinking- what percentage of the overall budget is dedicated to athletics now? What was it when George Johnson left? What was it when Merten left?

 

[MasonSAE4]

Use google. In 2018 the acceptance rate was 81%. In 2008-2009 it was 63%

https://irr2.gmu.edu/QuickFacts/0809/ExecutiveSummary0809.pdf

I would wager this is mostly due to Mason starting to accept the common app from applicants. It's now no extra effort on a high school students part to apply to Mason; just click the box next to GMU on the app and send away. Haven't seen numbers, but I'd bet a lot of local students and students who want to go to top-tier academic schools are now applying here as a safety and Mason is accepting them because obviously a student who may be 50/50 to get into UVA, Georgetown, UNC, etc is going to get into Mason. I wouldn't read too much into it until the incoming GPA and SAT scores drop.

 

[GMUgemini]

I would wager this is mostly due to Mason starting to accept the common app from applicants. It's now no extra effort on a high school students part to apply to Mason; just click the box next to GMU on the app and send away. Haven't seen numbers, but I'd bet a lot of local students and students who want to go to top-tier academic schools are now applying here as a safety and Mason is accepting them because obviously a student who may be 50/50 to get into UVA, Georgetown, UNC, etc is going to get into Mason. I wouldn't read too much into it until the incoming GPA and SAT scores drop.

I told him this already in another thread. Mason’s incoming freshman GPA and SAT scores aren’t spectacular, but they aren’t bad.

 

[Quentin Daniels]

Use google. In 2018 the acceptance rate was 81%. In 2008-2009 it was 63%

https://irr2.gmu.edu/QuickFacts/0809/ExecutiveSummary0809.pdf

I'm less concerned about rising acceptance rates getting in then I am people getting out with degrees who are incapable of typing simple sentences using proper structure, grammar, and punctuation.

As well as lacking the emotional intelligence that stalking someone on Facebook and then posting their home address and photos of their house on a sports message board is somehow OK.

But hey, that's me. Yoo bee yoo.

 

[Bricker]

Mason's place in higher ed. is not to be an exclusive university with impossible admission requirements. W&M and UVA are obviously the cream of the crop "public ivy" universities with smaller student bodies — something most states lack, btw. Virginia is spoiled when it comes to quality public universities, and for the most part, they compliment each other very well.

I'm sure the powers that be don't care if GMU is admitting 50% or 90% of its applicants. They want Mason to provide a service to the community as a non-exclusive, yet quality (and modern) state university that offers practical degrees beyond the traditional, elite liberal arts establishments.

With the last millennials graduating — and attitudes shifting regarding what a college education should entail — unversities are going to have to fight through the coming generation gap to stay afloat. Demographics will work against smaller schools, especailly the more expensive institutions and tucked away liberal arts colleges (look and what's already happened to Sweet Briar). I think Mason's leadership is keenly aware of this and is in a good position to survive and thrive over the coming decades.

 

[GSII]

Mason's location makes it immune to alot. However, I think a competitive admissions process is a proven plus. Balance though, is key within Mason's mission. Are we just a factory for private employers/govt contractors? Do we want to settle for being the cubicle filling university? Would be nice to see a small % of our alumni be founders of the next Reddit, FB, paypal etc. Maybe we should look at silicon valley instead of Korea for the next campus.

 

[Mason2005]

Taco Bamba was created by a Mason alum!

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[sleeperpick]

Taco Bamba was created by a Mason alum!

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the most delicious tacos of them all... have not been to the one in University Mall but find myself at Vienna and Falls Church one whenever I am around there

 

[CHRISTOPHER JAMES JOLLAY]

Pretty sure we just hired Tim Kaine's wife.

Am I wrong? Every now and again I'm wrong but almost never.

 

[Mason2005]

Pretty sure we just hired Tim Kaine's wife.

Am I wrong? Every now and again I'm wrong but almost never.

You are not wrong!

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[KAOriginal]

Pretty sure we just hired Tim Kaine's wife.

Am I wrong? Every now and again I'm wrong but almost never.

Not wrong. This is a deep state ploy to make Mason less conservative.......

 

[psyclone]

She has been named interim president. She had been serving as visiting professor at Mason's Schar School of Public Policy for a couple of years. For those with short memories, she is the daughter of Linwood Holton, former Republican governor of Virginia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Holton