UD Alumni Against the Proposed Adult Degree Completion Program

No watered down degrees. It's called the CORE for a reason.

I think much more information is needed.

Bacon is good for me, but this would not be good for our alma mater.

The University of Dallas must continue to require that the Constantin College Core Curriculum be included in the requirements of any bachelors degree program offered by the University of Dallas.

This could be fleshed out to better standards, but as it stands it is woefully insufficient.

Masters - 1998 The adult program seems like a fruitless endeavor to raise funds. Please start developing and courting relationships with potential donors who want to invest in what make UD great!

Class of 2009

No adult degree program! This is a backdoor way of phasing out the core. Focus on what makes UD unique. That is the effective way to get donors.

We need to get more signatures on this. Class of 2007

"We do not believe that the Core should be reserved from 'lesser students' or that the liberal arts should be reserved to the elite." <- the new college would be divisive and discriminatory.

If I had a penny for every time Keefe said "Enthusiastically Catholic" in a speech or conversation I'd probably have close to $10.00. Our current President is a salesmen & fundraiser, NOT a businessman. Thus, he should NOT be making business decisions, especially those of this magnitude. This motion by Keefe is "enthusiastically" against the pillars upon which UD was founded and a Pandora's Box, temporarily solving one problem while creating dozens of others that will have permanent consequences. YES, UD has a financial problem. If alumni, faculty, staff, and current students come together to solve it, it will be solved. Ask us for help and we will rise to the challenge. DY

Class of 2011

The university needs help. This is 100% NOT the solution. We (the alumni) will come together to help you if only you will ask. Otherwise, we'll come together against you. Your choice.

I believe this runs contrary to everything that makes UD a special place.

9 years ago Featured

I am in favor of some sort of program providing a more flexible class schedule or online element to help adults complete their degree, but not as a separate college and diluted core. As someone who took extra time to finish her degree, I find this insulting. There are many reason a person may delay graduation. It is harder to complete a degree with a full time job, or a family, but diluting the content does a disservice to the person seeking the education and those of us who have already made extra sacrifices to earn a diploma from a respected institution such as UD.

The University of Dallas would be better served by efforts to strengthen and build on its core strengths as a liberal arts institution. Alumni love UD for what it is, and send their own children there so that they may share the unique UD experience. Anything that dilutes that identity and experience will ultimately work against the university.

Defend the Core! Love the Core! Live the Core!

Until the development office of the school and the board actually understand and care about what UD is, no amount of tweaking will fix the budget. I never went to Hillsdale or TAC but I have a much clearer idea about those schools' visions than I ever did about UD, even as a student.

9 years ago Featured

delete The University of Dallas has always been a unique place, those of us who had chosen UD did so knowing full well we would work much harder than our peers to receive our degrees, thanks in large part to UD's challenging core curriculum. Any type of change to the University of Dallas that would in any way cheapen the sacrifices we all had made to receive our degrees is unacceptable and is an insult to all of those who have received our degrees from the University of Dallas.

I stand against this low-energy "adult degree completion program." Let's focus on solutions that would actually work and not erode at UD's mission.