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Post by marchingband1969 on Apr 27, 2024 14:29:06 GMT -5
Old Man's Comments...Let's stop debating why students are coming to A&T and spend our time debating the best way to accommodate more. Is there something alumni and supporters can do to help the University increase the number of freshman admitted?
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Post by aggiechampd on Apr 28, 2024 18:55:57 GMT -5
Here's my guess at what happened to the 14,000 students that were accepted and didn't show up for Freshman move in day... 1. A&T was their back up school and they decided to attend their first choice college instead 2. The student realize they can't actually afford to attend college 3. The student gets scholarship money from another college and decides to attend another college. 4. Some personal issues in their home causes them to change their decision. 5. They see pictures of War Memorial Stadium and say... " This place is a dump!" I'm ecstatic that we have that many students interested in NCA&T. Having tens of thousands of applications means we get to pick from some of the best. That said, the truth is we don't have the capacity to have a 5 or 6,000 freshman class. Let's say we enrolled half of the 14,000 students that were accepted, where would we put 7,000 freshmen that were "guaranteed" housing their first year? Just imagine the pushback we would get from existing students...which are currently housed on campus at the highest rates in the UNC system. We gonna need more student housing on and off campus to reach even 5K freshman a year. Plus, what would that do to "quality" of the student body. I remember years ago when Renick was pressing the "growth" button and letting a little bit of anybody in and it wasn't good for the school. The plans I have seen what a 20K NCA&T with managed growth...so far, so good. More and more students want to stay on campus for a longer period of time...and I don't think we should exceed 3000 enrolled until more housing is built...or we get contracts with housing partners that'll allow financial aid for housing... Biggest benefit of A&T buying up all those apartment complexes around the campus meant they could utilize financial aid for housing...I've talked to Howard students that envy that... A&T has to get to the point where they can guarantee housing for two years vice one...
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Post by saabman on Apr 28, 2024 20:06:12 GMT -5
I'm ecstatic that we have that many students interested in NCA&T. Having tens of thousands of applications means we get to pick from some of the best. That said, the truth is we don't have the capacity to have a 5 or 6,000 freshman class. Let's say we enrolled half of the 14,000 students that were accepted, where would we put 7,000 freshmen that were "guaranteed" housing their first year? Just imagine the pushback we would get from existing students...which are currently housed on campus at the highest rates in the UNC system. We gonna need more student housing on and off campus to reach even 5K freshman a year. Plus, what would that do to "quality" of the student body. I remember years ago when Renick was pressing the "growth" button and letting a little bit of anybody in and it wasn't good for the school. The plans I have seen what a 20K NCA&T with managed growth...so far, so good. More and more students want to stay on campus for a longer period of time...and I don't think we should exceed 3000 enrolled until more housing is built...or we get contracts with housing partners that'll allow financial aid for housing... Biggest benefit of A&T buying up all those apartment complexes around the campus meant they could utilize financial aid for housing...I've talked to Howard students that envy that... A&T has to get to the point where they can guarantee housing for two years vice one... The problem is not so much the housing that worries me . For me is the security and protection of those housing complexes.
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Post by The Professor on Apr 29, 2024 11:49:42 GMT -5
I'm ecstatic that we have that many students interested in NCA&T. Having tens of thousands of applications means we get to pick from some of the best. That said, the truth is we don't have the capacity to have a 5 or 6,000 freshman class. Let's say we enrolled half of the 14,000 students that were accepted, where would we put 7,000 freshmen that were "guaranteed" housing their first year? Just imagine the pushback we would get from existing students...which are currently housed on campus at the highest rates in the UNC system. We gonna need more student housing on and off campus to reach even 5K freshman a year. Plus, what would that do to "quality" of the student body. I remember years ago when Renick was pressing the "growth" button and letting a little bit of anybody in and it wasn't good for the school. The plans I have seen what a 20K NCA&T with managed growth...so far, so good. More and more students want to stay on campus for a longer period of time...and I don't think we should exceed 3000 enrolled until more housing is built...or we get contracts with housing partners that'll allow financial aid for housing... Biggest benefit of A&T buying up all those apartment complexes around the campus meant they could utilize financial aid for housing...I've talked to Howard students that envy that... A&T has to get to the point where they can guarantee housing for two years vice one... Especially with the housing costs in the city , students are trying to stay on the yard
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Post by aggiechampd on Apr 29, 2024 13:49:29 GMT -5
More and more students want to stay on campus for a longer period of time...and I don't think we should exceed 3000 enrolled until more housing is built...or we get contracts with housing partners that'll allow financial aid for housing... Biggest benefit of A&T buying up all those apartment complexes around the campus meant they could utilize financial aid for housing...I've talked to Howard students that envy that... A&T has to get to the point where they can guarantee housing for two years vice one... The problem is not so much the housing that worries me . For me is the security and protection of those housing complexes. If Security and Protection is the biggest challenge...then more students wouldn't want to stay on campus...
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Post by saabman on Apr 29, 2024 17:42:07 GMT -5
The problem is not so much the housing that worries me . For me is the security and protection of those housing complexes. If Security and Protection is the biggest challenge...then more students wouldn't want to stay on campus... Wouldn't or Would want to stay on campus ?
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Post by aggiechampd on May 1, 2024 20:32:50 GMT -5
If Security and Protection is the biggest challenge...then more students wouldn't want to stay on campus... Wouldn't or Would want to stay on campus ? Would not. If we are talking about the housing complexes owned by the university.
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Post by captaggie on May 1, 2024 21:45:35 GMT -5
With a new chancellor coming on board and cabinet turnover anticipated, we should let enrollment stabilize for two years.
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