If UH could just keep the UT and A&M rejects from going to LSU, Ole Miss, Arkansas, Alabama OU and OSU it would benefit tremendously. To achieve that, the scholarship packages would have to be significantly better.
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If only the University of Houston was located in a city with No Zoning.
I knowâŠi knowâŠdeed restrictions but im guessing UH has the political pull to get around that.
UH should buy those houses and lease them to Fraternity/Sorority Chapters
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They monetized it. They made them move into UH owned dorms. Way off campus.
UH Greek life is in Bayou Oaks, which is university-owned apartments within walking distance of campus
Explain PV then
They already do that but with apartments
Fair point
Not sure in that case, but it wouldnât make sense for UH to have 2 different satellites in the same city (UHD / TSU)
If TSU joins a system, it would probably be UT system , but I donât think UT Austin sees value in Houston unless itâs a non-HBCU
If UT bought a HBCU, it would have to be in a standalone college town, but thereâs not other HBCUâs left in Texas to really do that at scale
When i attended the greeks were in their own homes up OST
Yeah and those houses were terrible
I think Delta Upsilon still has a house on OST
YeahâŠhence the University "tolerating " the Greek system and not celebrating it
Wasnât advocating for TSU to join the UH system necessarily. Just speaking to the benefits that could redound to TSU. Fwiw, The UT system has two campuses in the Metroplex, as does the UNT system.
Thanks but that wasnât the point. That was a Bama house and they have that in a row. So every house is as good looking. We are just not that kind of school.
Why not admit it and celebrate what we are aiming to be? Which is not Bama.
Most universities tolerate and donât celebrate Greek life
Alabama sororities didnât even allow black women into Greek life until 2013
Have no idea what you just said and you made it up
Then youâve obviously never set foot on campuses like MIT, Stanford, Cornell, Illinois, Case Western Reserve, Sewanee, Dartmouth, etc.
Or almost all of the P4 UniversitiesâŠour distinguished cohorts.
They arent dumbâŠthey value Traditional Students immenselyâŠas the life blood of their culture
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Donât know what you mean by magnet, Greek at UT is huge, but you have 42,000+students with 58% female. The money flows into those sororities as well.
Winning a NC in basketball or football will always result in a bump.
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This! It works for Miami U, George Mason, UCF, and USF.
Bama, Tennessee, South Carolina, Kentucky, and Auburn get a lot of students from GA and FL, who could not get into UGA or UF simply due to the number of applications those schools get each year. Sadly, UH is actually higher ranked than many of the schools listed above (assuming you believe USNWR rankings).
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This couldnât be more wrong.
49% of students are from Harris County.
26% are from adjacent counties.
11% are from other spots in Texas.
11% are international
3% are OOS.
The Fall of 2023 was the first year ever, where more than 50% of the student body was NOT from Harris County. In fact, the school has been throwing up billboards around the country to try and attract students. I believe before that there was some kind of project announced for the purpose of regional admissions offices or representatives around the country, too.
On Greek Life: UH just tolerates it. Wish they could embrace it because thatâs what will attract the students. Itâs gotta grow, even if it hits 5-10% of the Uni.
Theyâre not on campus anymore. Neither is PIKE.
Students leave Houston to go chase Greek Life or Campus Life at other spots. If it isnât for that, itâs because of the support services.
Seriously, I donât even think that the USNWR has to have anything to do with academics anymore.
Coog Morale, donât know how it feels right now. But even two or three years ago, Feritta got mad at the VP of Marketing for all of UH when she said that students still felt like this place was a commuter school. I remember when that survey that went out, too.
âI donât ever want to hear those words againâ - TF
âWell this is just what Iâve been hearing!â.
As much as weâve transformed as an academic university with a p4 program, thereâs literally nothing else on student life. Why does Texas State enroll more freshman than us? Their campus life looks to be actually decent. Look at other Unis where theyâll pump up how much they enjoyed campus⊠Itâs night and day compared to here
âweâre a big 12 athletics program, not a big 12 schoolâ - CKS.