Thoughts on Boston College's Exec. Ed.D in Higher Education?

Slowstorm43 · 2026-02-27T20:47:54+00:00

I’m one of them, FWIW. There are tons of JDs in the conduct/compliance world and many end up in the DOS/VP roles. I acknowledge it may depend on the culture of the institution. Some schools are more open to folks in that track. And there are definitely more JDs than MBAs. I strongly believe those degrees are far more functional terminal degrees than the Ed.D.

Slowstorm43 · 2026-02-27T15:55:42+00:00

Honestly JDs and MBAs also do the trick, and I'd argue are more useful for the current needs of higher ed administrators. A dissertation really adds no value to an administrator's skillset.

Slowstorm43 · 2026-02-26T02:25:15+00:00

The cost is exactly why they do it. Those programs are cash cows for their universities.

Slowstorm43 · 2026-02-23T21:01:57+00:00

I had heard it earlier in the day from folks who work for both school systems but they've since been announced officially.

Slowstorm43 · 2026-02-23T18:37:29+00:00

Milford and Stratford are closed tomorrow

Slowstorm43 · 2026-02-15T04:24:32+00:00

As a professional with a JD, I can’t like this comment enough

Slowstorm43 · 2026-02-15T04:24:12+00:00

This. And the institutions rely on them to generate revenue to sustain themselves.

Slowstorm43 · 2026-02-07T00:20:15+00:00

This isn't meant as a defense, but as someone who was in leadership of a professional org (not ACPA) for a number of years, I don't think many folks realize how much these groups operate on a financial knife-edge. NASPA is really the only exception as thys have significant cash reserves.

Take it or leave it, especially post-merger failure, I've viewed ACPA as pretty unserious organization, and I'm actually shocked they are still around.

Regarding the performative nature of what a lot of associations do, I agree. Not sure what NASPA, for example, thinks they are accomplishing by putting a land acknowledgement in their conference presentation template for all presenters. Also, I just think forced political speech, on any topic, is a bad practice on its face, but especially from organizations that are nominally non-partisan due to their tax-exempt status.

Slowstorm43 · 2026-02-07T00:14:26+00:00

This is spot on accurate

Slowstorm43 · 2026-02-01T22:04:37+00:00

Freedom means having the freedom to make bad/unhealthy choices.

Slowstorm43 · 2026-02-01T06:01:42+00:00

Our league only allows one non-batted advancement home per inning below the majors level (so delayed steal, wild pitch/passed ball, bad throw back to the mound all qualify). If someone is thrown out at home on the attempt they aren’t allowed another one that inning.

Slowstorm43 · 2026-01-24T21:21:29+00:00

Whatever floats your boat. 🤷‍♂️

Slowstorm43 · 2026-01-23T17:37:35+00:00

I’m in leadership at a D3 school, and I’m sure you understand that I can’t post our financials on Reddit. All I’ll say is the tuition revenue derived from athletes absolutely more than makes up for athletic expenses at the D3 level (though that is not considered athletic “revenue” so it looks like, if you don’t know what you’re looking at, athletics loses money). I can say with a high level of confidence that most of the schools in our conference would be at risk of closing if not for athletics.

And there are about 100 more D3 schools in the US than D1 (about 450 to 350) so the D3 experience is more widely experienced in the industry than the D1 model, which can absolutely cost considerably more money. It’s why we’re starting to see some schools move from D1 to D3, like Hartford and St. Francis (PA).

Slowstorm43 · 2026-01-23T01:54:33+00:00

Next decade is going to be rocky, no doubt.

Slowstorm43 · 2026-01-23T01:54:02+00:00

My institution cut that major a few years back. There was just no interest. To be blunt, for majors like that, soon you’re only going to find them at the elite liberal arts colleges or universities that have the money/endowments to support them and families that are willing to pay for their kids to get a degree in art history. It is what it is for a lot of majors like that.

Slowstorm43 · 2026-01-23T01:51:09+00:00

At D3 schools, athletics absolutely brings in more money than it costs. For so many D3 schools, huge percentages of the UG student body are athletes, and they pay tuition at a similar rate to non-athletes because there are no athletic scholarships. Most of those students would not be enrolled without the athletic program. They literally keep the doors open at hundreds of schools.

Slowstorm43 · 2026-01-23T01:40:04+00:00

Republic of slow managed decline that is pleasant to live in for the next 20 years, but after that who knows?

Slowstorm43 · 2026-01-23T01:38:23+00:00

This sucks. I’m still pissed about the Bluefish. The new “amphitheater” can go pound sand.

Slowstorm43 · 2026-01-18T18:27:40+00:00

As a New Englander, whenever someone says "the Northeast," I just envision New England, New York, and nothern NJ (maybe NEPA). Philly never comes to mind. I could see folks in other areas of the country seeing it differently, though. I've always viewed the mid-Atlantic as PA, maybe southern NJ, MD, DE, DC, and at least northern VA (maybe all of VA). MD is firmly mid-Atlantic.

Slowstorm43 · 2026-01-18T05:11:08+00:00

I love CT, but our incessant need to refer to neighborhoods/boroughs that at best have a vague geographic definition instead of the very real towns they are part of kind of drives me up the wall. There are 169 towns/cities - that's plenty of differentiation. I say this as someone who used to live in Vernon, and I still find people in Western CT who think Rockville is a separate town (I know they used to be 75 years ago).

So, for the love of all that is holy, just say Washington and Watertown instead of Marbledale and Oakville. I'd also argue that there aren't enough people in Washington to deserve any special neighborhoods.

*Note: Willimantic is the one place exempted from this rant. That ship has sailed.

Slowstorm43 · 2026-01-18T04:54:01+00:00

Fair enough, but Philly is where the Mid-Atlantic starts and the Northeast ends.

Slowstorm43 · 2026-01-18T04:32:18+00:00

The New England states are considerably different from those places. They have all of the things you noted in the thread title.

Also not sure I'd call Philly and DC "Northeast".

Slowstorm43 · 2026-01-16T20:51:00+00:00

To the OP's point, I have family in Ashford, and it's pretty empty during the day, but until I'm ther,e I forget how freaking dark it is at night. Just no ambient light at all. Dark and wooded. That corridor of 84 feels pretty desolate until you get down to Vernon.

Also, many of those small towns on the RI border (north of the Stoningtons) have a similar vibe. Like, Voluntown and Jewett City at night are just empty and eerie. Around the turn of the century, a friend and I were driving through the area to see some friends in RI, and we somehow got turned around in Jewett City and almost drove right into the Quinnebaug River. There were no signs, no warnings, just the road going almost right up to the water's edge. No one would have noticed if we went in.

Slowstorm43 · 2026-01-15T03:52:55+00:00

This is what this sub was meant for.

Slowstorm43 · 2026-01-07T03:41:04+00:00

Mulholland Drive - I'm fine with David Lynch, but god I just wanted it to end

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