As Museum said, my understanding is that medical schools are required to obtain state approval in order to get started. In other words, Rice could buy a hospital system and operate it, but would not be allowed to have a school to teach doctors or nurses unless the state board of accreditation approves it.
Silly I know.
A state the size of Texas and a city the size of Houston needs more medical schools, as the state and the nation is facing a huge doctor and nurse shortage.
Doubt it, more like strengthen it as resource sharing and networking amongst the law students would be a positive. Plus Rice is private, it wonât effect any state funding UH Law gets.
But it might affect our status as the cityâs top law school, and draw top faculty and students away from UHLC.
BAD idea for UH.
JUST SAY NO!!!
So the same rational that UT uses to keep UH down (ie. med school)? lol. If UH wants to stay on top, they shouldnât fear competition.
One day when our financial resources are equal to Riceâs, Iâll consider that to be a fair fight.
Hey listen. We already successfully thwarted aTmâs attempt to establish a law school in Houston.
We also successfully fought off South Texasâ attempt to steal our name.
Given that, we will NOT tolerate any other effort to challenge our top spot in town, least of all from Rice.
I tend to agree with this even though there could be a regional benefit of
the synergy or competitiveness between the schools. When we receive
appropriate funding thru endowments and state , increased federal research grants, and Rice sponsors our joining the AAU, itâs game on !
Other than being a so called âprestigious universityâ, what exactly is Rice known for?
Their undergrad engineering programs are elite. Their CS department, for example, is one of a small handful in the country that Google recruits SWEs from.
The Texas Higher Education Board would not have to approve a medical school or any other program at Rice. In approving new programs at state institutions , the Board does consider availability of other programs including private schools.
Rice getting a medical school if they do is ok bc we have one. UH has advocated smu and tcu into various conferences we were in and once there, we donât fear unlike the big 12 that fears though they are there.We also advocated Rice into cusa.
Rice has plenty of health science research already. No need for a med school. I could see Rice eventually wanting law but the current students already treat the Jones (biz) folks like aliens. Rice is stem heavy with very good classics as well. Shepherd Music is top notch too.
Ditto.
Thatâs only for PUBLIC universities.
Has nothing to do with private schools like Rice.
Rice could start up a medical school if they wanted to, WITHOUT having to consult with any Texas board. All they would have to get is accreditation from either the allopathic or osteopathic accrediting agencies, and thatâs it.
A public u coordination board isnât the reason why Rice doesnât start up a medical school. Thatâs not a requirement for private schools.
Rice simply hasnât had any interest in doing so.
Engineering and Music are their flagship programs, and theyâve shown little inclination to change that.
They are content to be geeks, dweebs, dorks, nerds, and spazzes.
Thatâs their niche!!!
Whatâs our niche, playing the perpetual victim card?
Our niche, by contrast, is being UBER KEWL!!!
Yep. The Boomer and Generation X Coogs are notorious for playing the victim and having an inferiority complex.
Millenial and Generation Z Coogs donât have this issue
âmore students would mean more financial cushion for the institutionâ
20% more undergrad enrollment and a business major. Now people canât say that Rice doesnât have business. It was already sending more people (per capita) to investment banks and top consulting firms than UT. With 1200 per class vs. 1000, this will hurt UT the most with ~90 of those extra students coming from Texas. However, UTâs class of over 8000 can handle competition at the top end for engineering and business which are incredibly tough to get into, even for those in the top 6%.
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