Linfield University — Attraction in McMinnville

America's higher education system is in trouble and my experience at Linfield showed me why that is. The value of the degree does not match up to the cost and the campus culture is nothing to write home about. I would not recommend digital marketing and communication courses here. The program is underdeveloped. Textbooks from the early 2000's explaining how to buy ads on television don't cut it in today's world. It seems like the necessities of the job market today have passed many of these institutions by. Google offers a free Adwords certification program which has proven more valuable for my education and résumé than the Electronic Arts program offered by the college. You and your wallet are better off going elsewhere, or taking business courses at a community college and teaching yourself marketable skills with inexpensive online resources.

Furthermore, I was at the center of the Jordan Peterson free speech controversy which took place on campus in April 2017. Peers, professors and administrators treated me and fellow club members with appalling toxic behavior. Few people inside the Linfield bubble were comfortable standing up against it, but the wider community let the college know that it was unnaceptable. There are some wonderful people at this college, especially in the music department, and I did have many positive experiences during my four years there. But as an investment for your future, and a doorway into the workforce, I would advise highschool graduates to...

For those who got disappointed by Linfield experience, I would offer to please give it time. It is very valuable education, there is eternal value & substance received there that as we go through life guide us in amazing way. I would not trade this for any material thing.

To this day, I continue to encounter amazing transforming kindness & enlightenments in life just because I went there 20 years ago. They saved me in life difficult moments & disappointments.

I thank all my humble Professors there. They remind me of Socrates' words, "wisest is he who knows he knows not." Thank you for talking to us, listening to us, believing in us & to make us know that we deserve it.

I thank my eternal friends I met at Linfield too. Thank you for being so inspiring & beautiful wherever you are.

I felt safe when I was there & I will send my kid there one day.

I went there 20 years ago but was happy to attend one of the prof's grand lecture in Applied Physics & to find out that my prof's prof was there & that my prof too were Linfield students once & were grateful for...

Daughter attends currently. She and her friends love it; I learn from her course synopses when she returns home on break, and get to review her texts. The curriculum is excellent in liberal arts, improving in others. It's worth the cost, compared to other small colleges. I wish my parents had been able to afford to send me to Linfield, and care enough to consider offering to assist with teaching/ curriculum in my areas of expertise.

Beautiful campus in a cool small town with great vibes.

No Postgrad coursework offered, which encourages hiring teachers, not researchers. Changes the dynamic in mostly positive ways- generally better instruction and more individual attention, at the cost of raising the risk of staying current with what's going on in various...