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Hey GW ... I hear that "Don't Be Evil" is available again and seems like it would be suitably generic. On a more serious note, I'm on staff at a relatively maj

by smoyer 7y ago

Hey GW ... I hear that "Don't Be Evil" is available again and seems like it would be suitably generic. On a more serious note, I'm on staff at a relatively major university having spent the previous 30 years in private industry. One of the things I (now at least) appreciate is that the university isn't supposed to have a corporate culture. There isn't a profit motive, it provides a safe-haven for "new thoughts", and should be altruistic in ways even a non-profit corporation can't be. (Note - not all "new thoughts" end up being right). As we work on the university's infrastructure, we commonly ask ourselves how we (as staff) can make the student's experience and/or education better. We're not directly interacting with students (most of the time) like the faculty but I feel the pain of this GW professor - perhaps their president needs to ask the same question.

ahi 7y ago
I am an '05 alum of GW. GW disqualified itself from using "Don't Be Evil" a long time ago. e.g. https://www.propublica.org/article/george-washington-university-has-for-years-claimed-to-be-need-blind.-its-no https://www.propublica.org/article/george-washington-univers... But GW isn't really an academic institution. It's a real estate developer that uses rich kids from Long Island to fill it's square footage.
- smoyer 7y ago
  Interesting ... they heavily recruited my daughter who's a senior in high school and looking to go to business school in supply-chain-management. She applied to GW but it was her last choice and she was accepted everywhere she applied.
- cafard 7y ago
  Universities do that. I have lived in Washington, DC, for many years, and have seen all of the local universities sprawl. I'm not sure American University had reached to the west side of Massachusetts Avenue yet: now it has a building or two on Connecticut Avenue. Catholic has expanded up along the train tracks. Howard briefly had a dorm on 16th St. Georgetown is trapped in an expensive neighborhood, and has publicly considered what it might do to put some facilities in Maryland. If you want to meet a real estate behemoth have a look at Harvard...

by smoyer 7y ago

ahi 7y ago

I am an '05 alum of GW. GW disqualified itself from using "Don't Be Evil" a long time ago. e.g. https://www.propublica.org/article/george-washington-university-has-for-years-claimed-to-be-need-blind.-its-no https://www.propublica.org/article/george-washington-univers... But GW isn't really an academic institution. It's a real estate developer that uses rich kids from Long Island to fill it's square footage.

smoyer 7y ago
Interesting ... they heavily recruited my daughter who's a senior in high school and looking to go to business school in supply-chain-management. She applied to GW but it was her last choice and she was accepted everywhere she applied.
cafard 7y ago
Universities do that. I have lived in Washington, DC, for many years, and have seen all of the local universities sprawl. I'm not sure American University had reached to the west side of Massachusetts Avenue yet: now it has a building or two on Connecticut Avenue. Catholic has expanded up along the train tracks. Howard briefly had a dorm on 16th St. Georgetown is trapped in an expensive neighborhood, and has publicly considered what it might do to put some facilities in Maryland. If you want to meet a real estate behemoth have a look at Harvard...