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There are 3 comments on Task Force Ponders the Future of CFA

  1. There is a need for a new facility for CFA. Despite all the renovations it is still a makeshift facility. I have a friend at McGill University School of Music in Montreal. Last month I visited and he took me on a tour. The music complex consists of a magnificently restored Victorian building and an ultra modern new building with the latest high tech equipment. I would be embarrassed if he visited CFA. Oh, and as an American student he pays C$18,000/year international tuition.

  2. CAS Alum is right, but let’s not hold our breath waiting for new facilities. Given the administration’s current priorities, reassessing CFA will be largely about money. I.e, how can CFA be made more profitable, bring in more grant $$$, or greater alumni donations? The admin is far more likely to invest in facilities etc. for programs that bring in large amounts of funding. Like so much in higher ed, it’s often not about genuine instruction.

    1. Mr. Artigas, alas, is right on target: if the University Administration is going to base its valuation of its Colleges’ worth solely on the amount of money that their alumni contribute, the CFA may as well close its doors now. There isn’t an orchestra, or a dance company, or a museum anywhere that is a money-making venture – that’s why they call them “non-profits”, and their employees are legendarily badly paid.But without the schools like BU’s CFA, neither would there be the workers to fill the ballets, orchestras and museums. Arguably, few churches are profit-making ventures; perhaps the School of Theology should likewise be challenged. That Marsh Chapel commands some pretty valuable real estate.

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