2015 Enrollment

[31Ragin97]

I think you would like my vision for a "UL City". Higher grade apts/condos (5-10 floor modern apt buildings) an Urban City in the space where Blackham is now to CajunDome. Students could have rental options starting with regular dorms up to Apts/condo sized living quarters. Use main street frontage for retail space/restaurants. UL City would expand game day experience to a new level.

would we be called UL at UL? much better than at laf! I like the proposal/ check out N.dame, I think they have unincorporated out of south bend, and into N.dame, Indiana

[RaginCajun77]

I'm not sure where you think we're going to expand ON TO the horse farm. But they have a master plan and it's all pretty much used

Honestly I think The Park at the Horse Farm based on that concept could end up being a pipe dream.

[CajunAmos]

All due respect to athletics but having worked with recruiting on academic side (New Orleans area) for many years, the new dorms have had a major impact on numbers and quality esp. from NO area, Alexandris, Shreveport and out of state. Back in the old days, NO was our second largest area of recruitment. It had dropped badly in the bad dorm days to a point where Houston was nearing the their numbers here. They're back (Yes, Boomer, lots of Blue Jays too). Athletics makes it more fun; with the new dorms, now the U and we're in a good position for growth. To a point we need to look at more dorm space. Now, we need a good infusion into some of our academic programs (LIKE a NEW Engineering building and labs) and we really grow.

Saw posted on the SBC board attendance thread that UTA has about 37K with 7K in just engineering.

[CajunAmos]

Honestly I think The Park at the Horse Farm based on that concept could end up being a pipe dream.

Saw posted somewhere (maybe the Advertiser) they they actually already have about $11M donated for the pending work.

[CajunAmos]

i am a little confused. I thought awhile back when we stopped being "open admissions" that is when enrollment dropped. I thought it was better academically to have less quantity but more quality with tougher admissions standards. has this sudden increase followed a lowering of the standards and a move to a higher acceptance rate?

Did you read the article or being sarcastic? This is the highest enrollment with the highest GPA & ACT scores.

[cajun_lannister]

we really need AAU membership its what all the P5 conferences want

[CajunEXPRESS]

would we be called UL at UL? much better than at laf! I like the proposal/ check out N.dame, I think they have unincorporated out of south bend, and into N.dame, Indiana

Carve out a city "Louisiana", from University to College & Bertrand, and Pinhook to Cameron.

[Policarp]

Saw posted on the SBC board attendance thread that UTA has about 37K with 7K in just engineering.

6+k in engineering is international students. Same ratio of international with UT Dallas. They dont cap international so they come by the thousands each year.

[LaCajunsFan]

Saw posted somewhere (maybe the Advertiser) they they actually already have about $11M donated for the pending work.

Yes, they apparently got a major donor who gave enough to earn naming rights. This person has not been named yet, but will be announced in December.....along with the name that was chosen. They are finishing up final drawings and construction of phase one is scheduled to begin in the spring.

[barchief]

And people thought increasing tuition would have a negative effect...

Just to be fair, the tuition increases were put in AFTER 99% of this freshman class had already starting making plans to come here. The increases were announced July 7th.. that's a little more than month before the start of classes.

[TravlnCajun]

You are making that statement based on snails pace growth, not potential.

UL has grown by 2,641 in the last 30 years. The attendance in 1984-85 16,351. Incidentally that was the window where UL partially marketed as University of Louisiana.

one caveat to note, school was open enrollment then, not so today

[Turbine]

one caveat to note, school was open enrollment then, not so today

That is a BIG difference.

It's a good thing too when it comes to campus capacity, otherwise the future need for land would already be in the rearview mirror.