Never mind I read posts above it’s more about living on campus than demographics I got it, but we need a more TRADITIONAL campus, night life, restaurants bars like other traditional universities
That’s also a part of it. As I’ve said before. Get rid of the eyesore that exists across Scott Street. Develop that area into a place with bars, restaurants, shopping, ice cream, perhaps a campus bookstore, etc.
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Traditional students WANT to passionately attend their University and want to be part of the University academically, socially (groups/ greek/ intramurals/etc), and support athletics and hang out with other students after class on campus or in a nearby “university district”. Many live on campus and Many may also work on campus …i know of many that worked in the service industry or as teacher aides. They also mentor under classmen while attending to help with their academic journey but also to pass down their school’s culture/tradition.
They do NOT flee the campus, the second classes end…they help BUILD the culture…to build that networking family!
After graduating, they remain active alums and visit campus multiple times a year- to attend sporting events, alumni events, mentorship/networking events or even to support current students (i.e plays, theater, concert, presentations, lectures, etc.)
In my opinion, the University of Houston does NOT recruit these type of students and should!
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There is nothing to do on campus ot around it, like law said a university district entertainment area, for example I visited Auburn they had a great atmosphere, a large restaurant/bar scene lots of fun and interesting stuff, U of H not so much
That’s one of the four problems i highlighted.
Our leaders are trying to turn that corner but there are obstacles in their way.
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So who is going to talk to the admin about recruiting more traditional kids. I agree with it but we’re talking among ourselves here.
You think after Dana and this fiasco he be canned but the guy is teflon.
We look like TSU? 
Somebody out there living mind I guess TAMU looks like PVAMU
Sure. They did sonwhile being led by adults.
The sun rose today…
And from the east!
There is no zoning in Houston.
Consequences are all over town. U of H is no different. Some of you, including law are living in lala land. You want more freshman living on campus? How do you make that happen?
By making it a destination.
How do you make it destination?
Either by exceptional academics (all relative) or/with an entire neighborhood beautification.
Again the third ward home owners would/should sign off on it in a minute.
Why isn’t happening yet?
That is where law you should concentrate your efforts on. You keep making comparison with mad cows u located in Austin campus, ucla’s campus and other universities. You don’t even do the research on why these campus are the way they are today. You are wasting everybody’s time.
To add restaurants, bars, clubs, offices (crucial) you need major investments. The real question and only question is why isn’t this happening already? U of H would like to have freshman/freshman mandates living on campus. Why? So financially U of H can benefit from it. Does it improve graduation rate? I am sure it does but it is unconstitutional to impose this on anyone IMO. BTW I am amazed this has not been challenged in court especially for a public school.
Whitmire has to view U of H as a jewel and do whatever it can to get money flowing toward a beautification of the entire neighborhood benefiting the entire third ward. some other neighborhood might not agree. So what? At the end of the day a U of H improved campus benefits and entire region.
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I agree about the PUF. UT and A&M don’t have to ever worry about where they should allocate funds because they have unlimited resources.
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Both schools campuses are the way they are.
Both sports programs have unlimited amount of money because.
All together gang:
THE PUF
UH wants that PUF money they need to adopt the same strategy bikers here inTexas did when it was mandated they had to wear helmets for safety. Well they (big burley bikers) kept going up to Austin visiting with state reps until. They gave them an exemption. They state will bend if they suffer enough political pressure…There already saying eventually will get some of the PUF it’s not if it’s when The political pressure should move it up to like right now if you please
15k U of H students demonstrating/demanded our fair PUF share in front of the Capitol ought to be considered.
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That’s fine, but it’s not relevant to whether the administration was justified in ignoring the students whose money they’re trying to spend. You can chase PUF fireflies all you want, but we have what we have, and the immediate charge is to properly allocate student funds. The AD didn’t do that, the administration backed them, and the BOR said “try again.”
The PUF is a fairytale that some people use to derail any and every discussion. It’s just kind of stupid, but some like to shake their fists at the sky instead of dealing with reality. Pretending like the students should choose between fighting for more funds from the state or having a say in how their student fees are spent is a special kind of dumb.
It’s not stupid though. I think what is stupid is a system that only wants to benefit two schools and leaving the rest to fight for scraps. Something should be done in Austin, where they don’t have deal with this. And anyways, I agree with Khator. Athletics are very important for the university and they are already working at a disadvantage, and probably will be even when the Big 12 dollars kick in in a few years.
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There’s no justification for us to receive a portion of the PUF and not schools like UNT, Shrek, etc… Well you know, you guys, my school (Prairie View) is under the umbrella of PUF funding (but I’ve been rooting for UH since I was 9 years old, long before attending there).
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I going to quote CBY he said we should worry about paddling our own canoe, no one else’s.
Well, the BOR doesn’t agree with her, so Ms. Khator and the AD are going to have to work with the people giving them money.
Do you think the BOR doesn’t understand what’s going on? If y’all are going to kick dirt on the students for demanding accountability, you better save some for the BOR for pushing back on the administration, too.