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[cajun4life]

. . . what cougars

. . . as Meaux is so small and the mall is no longer there, there may be no millionaires in Meaux (we may have one from Leroy who played sports at Meaux School)

. . . since he claims only 100’s, even 25% at or near 1 million is a substantial hit to the point sought to be made and generally speaking one almost needs to probably double that number before being in a position to comfortably retire (much less donate in amounts to make an impact) as one’s house probably accounts for somewhere between a quarter million to half a million even at the lowest ranges . . .

. . . I believe we all know that being a millionaire these days unless it is in multiples no longer infers an ability to donate in a material way financially anymore . . .

. . . finally, I will go out on a limb and guesstimate that many (way more than hundreds) of the current RCAF members are millionaires and look what that has gotten us . . .

. . . Houston is just not in any way analogous in this situation . . .

. . . Lafayette is probably more like Beaumont than Houston . . .

(we do have you and JMV from that VP area which may boost the numbers of the substantial donor pool)

We have at least 2 billionaires that have graduated from UL.

[cajun4life]

UH has 46k students
USF has 51k students
UCF has 68k students
Cincy has 44k students

We have 14,000 undergrads. Who’s fault is it that we aren’t growing?

[CrazyCajun]

We have 14,000 undergrads. Who’s fault is it that we aren’t growing?

LSU doesnt even have that enrollment, houston has 2 million more people than the state of louisiana, maybe those schools just arent our peers. LSU and UL combined arent as big as USF and UCF. Texas has 30 million people, florida has 23 million, louisiana has 4 million.

[cajun4life]

LSU doesnt even have that enrollment, houston has 2 million more people than the state of louisiana, maybe those schools just arent our peers. LSU and UL combined arent as big as USF and UCF. Texas has 30 million people, florida has 23 million, louisiana has 4 million.

The point I’m making is our undergraduate enrollment had dipped, the last 5-8 years, to the smallest it has been since we first ended open enrollment. We currently have roughly 16,500 students enrolled, 2500 of those are graduate students.

It has been stated on multiple occasions that we need to be around 20,000 undergraduate students in order to close on some budget shortfalls. We aren’t close to that.

For all of the progress we’ve made academically and athletically, we’ve taken bigger steps back. Something’s are out of the control of the university, but the majority of it is. Incompetence and a lack of accountability are the cause.

[Turbine]

An online enrollment push can get that number way up... if the price is right.

[MelRock]

Every 1,000 students brings in a million dollars to the university. It is imperative that we get the enrollment up.

[CrazyCajun]

The point I’m making is our undergraduate enrollment had dipped, the last 5-8 years, to the smallest it has been since we first ended open enrollment. We currently have roughly 16,500 students enrolled, 2500 of those are graduate students.

It has been stated on multiple occasions that we need to be around 20,000 undergraduate students in order to close on some budget shortfalls. We aren’t close to that.

For all of the progress we’ve made academically and athletically, we’ve taken bigger steps back. Something’s are out of the control of the university, but the majority of it is. Incompetence and a lack of accountability are the cause.

Not arguing any of that but comparing us to the states, cities, the political climate in those areas and schools isn’t fishing in the same pond.

[Grantvb]

The size of the cities are why I’ve never been a fan of the metric. We need to reach out to the 8 parishes. Cajun COUNTRY. There needs to be a marketing campaign to the west end of Acadia, the South end of st. Mary, the North Pole of Evangeline and all the way east of St. Martin.

[Grantvb]

The 8 parishes hold 641,927 people. If we could corral 1/2 of that, I'd be happy. But the university and the RCAF need to get with the business of proving representation. The mascot of this school represents this ethnic people. Need a mascot, Have a 4-piece band of Cajun/Creole musicians playing in the corner of the South endzone in front of a large boiling pot on the burner....And put a small mockup like this behind them.....

[CajunNation]

What is the difference between schools that have huge online students like Grand Canyon and Liberty, and why can't we do that here?