It’s one of the oldest universities in the state, arguably the second best private university behind Stanford. Ranks fairly high nationally, top 40 or so. It had traditionally leaned conservative as it was founded by Methodists, though it’s unaffiliated to any religion now. Hefty price tag to go there so I’d guess either they are giving too much financial aid, or have become bloated with student services bureaucracy.
“students services”
These universities are not salvageable at this point.