Reply #50: United Methodists, according to the school website

[northzax]

I now assume my snob role. I can understand why she is intimidated. I wager that Orrerbein does not attract students who are born to question and taught throughout high school to argue and defend their beliefs. It is a 'comprehensive' college, not a liberal arts one. (what's the difference? fewer than 50% of students achieve a degree in the 'liberal arts' as opposed to a professional degree such as business. Economics is a liberal art. Business is a professional degree) It's not the same thing.

Students who attend professional sdchools are not looking to question and debate, they are looking to get a skill to learn a trade. I'm sure it's a fine school for what it is, but it is not a liberal arts college in the traditional sense, we shouldn't expect it to be. Frankly, if you're getting a degree in business administraiton, it's not your job to question, it's your job to follow instructions.

now my acknowledged bias. I am a graduate of a traditional liberal arts college (Colby) where professional degrees did not exist. for the measly cost of $120,000+ my degree in East Asian History and Government with a minor in Creative Writing is basically useless as a professional tool, but I wouldn't trade it for anything. You want to discuss the structures of Mongol rule in the Korean Peninsula, I'm your guy. But strangely, the market for that is not as lucrative as you'd think.

That all said. Otterbein students are recieving exactly what they expect, if they read the information closely. Go read the website, and you get a perfectly good sense of what kind of school it is. It is not a school that welcomes debate or student participation in decision making procedures, you can tell that by reading the website. It is not a school that expects its students to act like adults without supervisions, go lok at it. It is not a place that welcomes dissent. That's a shame, but that's what it is, why expect something else?