Sure it is. This all started because of the discussion on lack of football attendance. We all know it.
Sounds like a Jim Crow type questionnaire.
Which sounds about right.
As much as we crap on the Aggies, I think we need to do a weekend brainwashing camp mandatory for all incoming freshmen and transfers to help build pride and fandom.
Or if anyone remembers Dr. Bott from chemistry, then offer extra credit for attending UH sports events.
except football is primarily a SHARED passion of BOTH white and african american families
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On-campus school spirit usually lasts for 2 years at most (freshman and sophomore years)
When college students turn 21, they spend way less time on-campus and more time on off-campus sites unless it’s game day or doing something related to class work
I had friends at A&M they would drive down to Houston almost every weekend because college station is so damn boring after sophomore year
You can only go to north gate so many times
I’m not white or african american and even I answered yes to all those questions.
Just based on the graduation numbers every year, UH graduates about 7,000-8,000 each academic calendar year since the year 2010.
If we even get 1,000 of them to sign up for season tickets for football, then we would be making significant strides.
14 years of 1,000 new season ticket accounts would give 15,000 more people in the stands at TDECU assuming some would have 2+ seats.
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I find this whole thread hilarious. Years ago I stated that the diversification of colleges in CA, especially the increasing numbers of Women, Asian-Americans and international students, had reduced interest in college sports, especially football, and was called all sorts of names. Now there is concern that it is Now, this post is basically agreeing with me.
Anything that happens in CA is a prediction of what will happen to the rest of the USA but that’s another story.
CA over hauled their college education system with the UC system and CSU system and never let politics get in the way of progress unlike Texas.
They have like 9 AAU schools compared to 3 in Texas so of course they have to allow the best and talented students stay in state instead of leaving elsewhere.
Did it hurt sports attendance?
Well football attendance at UCLA and USC have been declining since 2010 but that is because football isn’t prioritized like it is in Texas.
Matter of fact, when I went to LA a few years back, I saw more kids playing pick-up basketball, pick-up soccer, or pick-up baseball at the local parks compared to pick-up football.
UH1927 our campus does not even have a real grocery store. The entire area has to be gentrified. Until this is done U of H and TSU are “locked” You and others can complain about commuters but history and reality can’t be ignored. I took classes at night. I never had any issues but a neighborhood that is university “friendly” makes a huge difference in Houston or any other city. This same neighborhood was a flourishing neighborhood at some point. What can’t it be again. This is life, This is reality. It is not about kicking people out of an area. It is about beautify the area. It has to be done then you can see a grocery store right next to campus even restaurants, pubs, clubs etc…Until this happens we will write about this for ever. We embrace every race. This is why U of H is unique.
A more traditional and deeper alumni base would put the university in a better place financially wouldn’t need to work or be part time
agree. But again this is not the issue of admitting part time students. It is a matter of getting graduates to donate back to the school. Again, part time students do not prevent this in any way. part-time full-time is not an either or situation.
The admission part is not the problem.
Yes. cant buy what isn’t sold. culture breeds culture. If every time you go to a common area and there’s little to no one there, you stop going no matter how traditional and experience you want. if there’s 50 people there every time time you go you have that option.
Except that the part time students are not preventing full time students from being there. So that is false. It is only impactful if the school is admitting part time students while denying the full time which is not happening.
Now what is this other thread 1927 talks of???
It shouldn’t be and is partly the reason why USN&WR’s rankings are largely considered to be a scam.
Yikes ! In your link it has this mentioned:
Among all colleges and universities that reported this data to U.S. News, the University of Florida had the most alumni who made donations – 55,780 – while the University of Houston—Clear Lake had the lowest average giving rate, 0.12%.
There is also Rice that has 24% of alumni giving and rank 17th. And we know Rice students
don’t attend football games.
24%
17, National Universities
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Rice is a different situation…don’t they have a ban on a Greek system, and similar type of social groups at their University?
Yes, they are very smart students but socially lacking.
Public schools have the potential for more of a balance of a diversified student body + networking culture
Rice not having Greek life or any type of way for the wealthier students to separate themselves from the non-wealthy hurts them quite a bit.
Though Rice is a hundred times more prestigious than SMU and TCU, if Rice had Greek Life they would easily be socially on par with both of them.
Rice unfortunately is just not a party school. Not that they don’t have parties at all, they just don’t really attract the type of students that attend SMU/TCU who would otherwise get accepted into Rice especially the 1%ers that still want to party
Rice from what I can tell typically gets the Ivy leftovers/rejects, or they get the students that are Ivy-bound but offer better financial aid than the Ivies/Stanford/Cal-System
That being said, UH will obviously never be Rice academically, but UH doesn’t do itself much favor by lacking a true public school social scene for its own reasons.
UH desperately needs better neighborhood surroundings and options for off-campus housing. Greek Life most likely will never match those of SEC schools because UH simply lacks the alumni base to fund it.
I’m sure UH will look vastly different in 20 years as long as it maintains its momentum and the 3rd ward conntinues gentrification
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I mean, magic the gathering is a gathering tho, so…
I really don’t care much about the surrounding areas of schools as I have seen quite a few schools that have the opposite situations.
USC is near a bad area yet still have 80k plus on gamedays and another few thousands on their Greek row.
SMU/Georgia Tech/Rice/Tulane are surrounded by affluent areas and still struggle with attendance at their football games.
We’re nice in houston in terms of aggressiveness
If someone wanted to make a point they would eminent domain most of the area and create the venues we seek but no one wants to bite that political bullet
You think tsu would’ve zapped cuney homes decades ago if the opportunity presented itself?
In terms of demographics- look at how HISD and Aldine ISD football has dropped and the interest overall - If 50% of those kids come to UH yearly there’s your problem
They don’t care about it for whatever reason