Talk:College of the Redwoods

Removal of assertion on enrollment, management, Crabill, etc.
I have reluctantly removed the references about supposed declining enrollment at CR, management, etc., as they are not sourced, nor can I readily locate sources to support the material, in fact I have located various references to the contrary. I have added the material from User talk:HarmonicFeather below for reference.


 * I was briefly reviewing this page and found a recent edit you marked as minor...I don't generally consider it such. I was going to modify your changes as they appear to be very POV, but wanted to see what, if any sources or information you were drawing upon for the assertions made concerning anti-student attitudes, etc.

The college has lately been suffering from a decline in enrollment, whose causes are currently unknown, but may relate to poor management, a lack of emphasis on modern technology, and pervasive anti-student attitudes among some of the upper management, including ex CR president Casey Crabill.

The Yahoo education source I'm providing a link for here appears to offer a much different enrollment figure, and I don't know your source. http://education.yahoo.com/college/facts/5856.html

There are other available Web sources that indicate enrollment went up more than 50% bewteen 2000 and 2003 when viewed in sum. Again, the article reference seems unfounded unless there is newer data available from a reliable source.

http://www.northcoastjournal.com/083001/news0830.html

There was a drop from its peak when the college first opened, but that appears to have turned again in recent years.

http://www.humboldt.edu/~economic/landscapes/college_3.html

Please be assured I have no relationship with the college, but I think the assertions you've made need some sort of citation or further backing or they should be removed, especially since the enrollment figure provided here is much higher, and there is also no enrollment history source provided - I'd certainly be interested in seeing one. President Crabill is referred to as being "very popular" in late 2005 here through another well-known area source.

http://www.northcoastjournal.com/102005/news1020.html

She was also spoken of positively here:

http://www.humboldtwib.com/files_public/ECMinutes6-2-06final.pdf

Woman of the Year 2006 here

http://democrats.assembly.ca.gov/members/a01/articles/an012006020.htm

There are a lot of other positive sources on the Web from a brief review, and I can't find anything to support the contentions you added. Crabill went to a NJ college who seems thrilled to have her, and was apparently a finalist for a number of other recent jobs from looking at the Web. That information wouldn't seem to support the position you posited. Overall, what are your sources? The enrollment figure was dropped from 7,000 to 6,000 and I can't find a source for that either. The article appears to need to be modified. Tvccs 03:52, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

Tvccs 20:12, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

Anybody have any pictures to put in here? I only stopped by on my way to Arcata, but it was one of the most beautiful campuses I'd ever seen.

Consider it done. --eethove : )  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.180.38.204 (talk) 18:44, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

Dubious
The unsourced assertion that College of the Redwoods is, "Situated on a man made shelf carved out of low hills," is contrary to what is taught in CR's Geology curriculi. For example, Professor McPherson leads his Seismology class on a brief field trip to observe microfaults outside the Life Sciences building, demonstrating that the shelf itself is a product of seismic forces. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Downstrike (talk • contribs) 21:04, 13 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Since there has been no rationale provided for dubious and unsourced assertions, I'm removing them. Downstrike (talk) 02:46, 13 January 2011 (UTC)