Interesting.

I guess CWRU's endowment places it just outside the threshold.

We'll see.

Actually, I watched some highlight film on Aaron Alexander, the RB from Texas.

He played for a very good playoff level large TX high school, and based on his highlights, he looks tough to bring down.

Wouldn't surprise me to see him come in and get some carries right away.

Wow!

We added a 6'5" 288 pound D1 O-lineman and a WR that averaged over 14 yards per catch?

Nice!

Ladies and Gents,

Coach Debs gave a really great interview on the YouTube show "Object of the Game."

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BfuiZqWExmM&pp=ygUhQ29hY2ggZGViYWxqYWsgb2JqZWN0IG9mIHRoZSBnYW1l

Clark is a university whose star has definitely fallen in the last few decades.

Consider this.  Clark was an original CHARTER member of the elite Association of American Universities (AAU); a membership it held until 1999.

Today, however, it doesn't even rank as a Carnegie Foundation Tier One research university (Clark is now considered R2 by that group).

For comparison, two of my alma maters are AAU (CWRU and Illinois), and a third is R1 (Houston).  R2 puts Clark on the same Carnegie Foundation tier in terms of research productivity as Central Michigan U.

Not sure exactly what went wrong at Clark, institutionally.

I just watched the first hour of that game in Italy.  CWRU was definitely having its way with that Italian "team" (I'm perhaps being a bit generous in my use of that term).  Is that like a local club team of some kind?

OK.  Thanks!

I need to watch that youtube video!

Interestingly, I just noticed that one of the men's XC commits is from MY old high school!

Again though, don't go by birthrates.  Birthrates have been below the replacement rate in the USA for decades, yet the US population has continued to rise owing to the fact that, compared to other developed countries, the USA continues to receive a HUGE number of immigrants annually...........immigrants who often bring kids with them that will likewise need college educations.

Whether that will mitigate the "population cliff" effect on higher ed enrollment is something that I am curious to see.

Hmmm........looking at my other alma maters, I'm not seeing a consistent pattern of enrollment decline.

Let's take a look:

University of Houston (JD): (I-FBS, Power 4) Fall enrollments are 47,890 for 2024, 46,676 for 2023, 46,700 for 2022, and 47,031 for 2021.......not really seeing a decline there, and seems fairly consistent, though God only knows what 2025 and beyond will hold.

Central Michigan U (MSA): (I-FBS, G6) HUGE enrollment decline since 2009 when there were almost 28K students; enrollment today is only about 14K total, but that isn't because of a population cliff; enrollments at nearly all MAC schools are in decline and have been for years.  It's simply a reflection of the overall decline in enrollment at "directional," non-flagship state universities, which is how most MAC schools should be characterized.

US Army Command and General Staff College (MMAS): (Athletics N/A) Enrollment is federally mandated and only changes because the Department of Defense wants it to change based upon needs of the military.  Military graduate school.  Any change in enrollment will not be based on population.  Bad example.

University of Illinois (MS): (I-FBS Power 2)  This past year they brought in their largest freshman class ever with more than 9,000 students, and now have a total enrollment of over 59,000; enrollment was about 56K in 2023, so no population cliff effect at this school either THUS FAR, though again, God only knows what Fall 2025 and beyond have in store.  So far, it's still growing.

Yeshiva U (LL.M): (D3) 2024 enrollment, based on what I could find on a state website for NY, was 6078 total students and 2316 undergrads; 2023 was 5348 total students, and 2022 was 4877 total students.  Appears to be growing.  This is perhaps a bit surprising given that most of the undergrads are from one particular faith background; one that is typically a very small percentage of the population.

So among my SIX alma maters, only ONE has seen a significant enrollment decline, and that one has been in decline for several years now.  As I said, it appears that "directional" state universities like Central Michigan, Western and Central Washington, etc., are the schools that are and will be most affected by this trend.

Perhaps from 2025 onward we'll see a decline for the other five, but that remains to be seen.  I'm guessing you'll see a comparatively far bigger effect at two-year colleges, trade schools, less prestigious liberal arts colleges, and "directional" state universities.

ADL70,

A couple of questions:

1) do you have any idea when this year's recruiting class will be announced/posted, AND

2) is there a summer tour being planned for this team?

Sadly, Denison was too much to overcome.  Truly our Achilles heel this season; lost to them three times.  That's OK though.  CWRU returns a bunch of top players and should once again be a national title favorite in 2026.

In a STUNNING UPSET, CWRU beat Claremont 4-2 on Claremont's own home court, avenging an earlier loss.

Now CWRU will play in its fourth d3 men's tennis national title game against its local Ohio nemesis, Denison, a team which has had CWRU's number this season, and which is currently ranked #2.

It'll take ONE HELL of an effort for CWRU to win this one and claim its second national title.

GO SPARTANS!!!!

That's what I said in one of my posts above.

30 years ago, 60% of the undergrad students were from Ohio.

It's now more like 18%.

Well, that could be a part of it.

Undergraduate enrollment has increased as well.

2020-21: 5,430
2021-22: 5,792
2022-23: 6,017
2023-24: 6,186
2024-25: 6,528

Point taken.  But what about all the immigrants that have arrived in, let's say, the last 18 years?

Won't they bring kids with them that need higher education.........and which can somewhat offset that "bubble?"

Hey listen.  I don't know if the answer is yes or no, but it sure seems like it would stem the tide somewhat.