Dr. Taylor has recently announced that a plan is being formulated to have the college apply to receive university status.
According to the Huffington Post, it is normal for a college to change its name as it grows and changes.
What exactly does obtaining university status mean for a college?
Richard Stockton State College of New Jersey decided to obtain university status this year because of its growing graduate programs. Cabrini is expanding its graduate programs that will be available for students, including launching its first two doctoral programs in Education and Organizational Development and Leadership in the spring semester.
Cabrini has added a number of new majors in the last year, along with new masters and doctoral pro- grams. With these and other similar programs, Cabrini will be able to offer a richer diversity of courses of studies to meet the challenges of the 21st century.
If one thing is for sure, Dr. Taylor does not want to become a huge, crazy university that does not focus on its students. Cabrini University would embody the same principles as Cabrini College: putting students first and making sure that an Education of the Heart is obtained.
Cabrini College is located on 112 acres of land. It is a small institution and Taylor plans to keep it that way. He has no desire to become the next West Chester or other large state school.
In a presentation to the alumni board, Taylor said,
“We will keep Cabrini small, because we’re best at that. Our core is to focus on our students.”
Class sizes will not grow.. they will be improved. We will not be offering classes of 300 students in auditoriums. Our course offerings will continue to be taught by faculty, not graduate or teaching assistants.
Facilities matter. Students matter. Counseling ser- vices matter.
The college will be enhanced, rather than be changed. University status has been shown to increase brand awareness in the market place. This is a normal evolulution of our institution. University status better reflects who we are and where our vision is leading us.
Taylor would like to obtain university status, because it will appeal to international students. Outside of the United States, college or colegio means secondary school. To be able to recruit international students to Cabrini and increase our study abroad sites for faculty and student exchanges, we need university status be- cause the rest of the world thinks we are a high school if our name is “college.” One of the biggest factors that would be changed with the status would be expanding the college’s outreach, while staying true to its mission.
No matter what happens, the mission of Mother Cabrini will never be forgotten.
The Loquitur staff is extremely excited to be able to witness this process take place and to gain insight on Taylor’s plan for the future of Cabrini.
A word in the title might change, but everything that Cabrini stands for will not.
