I remember living on campus knowing almost nothing would be open , on the weekends,;so that i could get food.
The few places that were open had reduced hours ir skeleton crew/inventory.
UH made it extremely difficult to be a Traditional Student…I tried!
And that’s kind of the thing about any efforts to turn into a “traditional” campus; schools like Georgia Tech and Rice and UT mostly shut down on nights and weekends too, they just have a complex of dining and entertainment options just off-campus. If UH wants to be more “residential,” private industry is going to have to get involved in that, and at this point, whether the school and neighborhood are making it prohibitive or there’s not a market, it’s not happening.
There’s a lot of talk about redeveloping Scott Street, but I think that’s a red herring; making students walk to the other side of campus and cross a stroad to get to wherever they’re going is less-than-ideal. We already own two strip centers along MLK; why can’t those stay open, even though they’re much closer to where most students actually live? Why hasn’t the school made an effort to turn those parking lots along Wheeler street, across from where literally all of the on-campus Freshmen live, into something more useful than surface parking?
Texas Tech is another campus with huge student support for Athletics.
Same reason as other schools. Campus life is everything. Lubbock 100% revolves around Tech, Students have stuff to do near campus.
And if you want to go somewhere else for the weekend, DFW is a mere 360 miles away.
No one goes anywhere and it is a tradition to attend Football and Basketball games.
Not really about being ranked on it, but, as others mentioned, giving students reason to be on/near campus.
When I was an undergrad (not UH obviously) there were only a few places within walking distance of my campus. Some places to eat and a few bars (also not a great section of town, but not too bad - different now) but it was enough to help give options for late night food and gathering with friends.
A big difference was stuff available to do on campus during weekends with greek life, on-campus events such as concerts and plays, lots of intramurals, numerous clubs that had weekend activities organized,and of course the school sports teams. All together, the weekends were busy.
Good ideas
That website is FALSE @92010Coogs
Take Ohio for example.
It says only two Ohio privates require campus residence.
That’s baloney.
Without even doing an exhaustive search, I can find four right off the top of my head!
Incoming First-Year Students - Fall Semester | University Housing | Case Western Reserve University.
Quote: All first- and second-year unmarried undergraduate students who do not live at a parent’s permanent residence within 40 miles of campus must live on-campus and participate in the University board plan.
Quote: As a residential college, Oberlin College requires on-campus living for all enrolled students, except those granted approval for Study Away, OSCA Housing, Off-Campus, or Exemption status.
Housing and Assignment Policies | Kenyon College.
Quote: All students enrolled at Kenyon are required to live in College-owned housing and enroll in the College dining plan. Kenyon students are prohibited from utilizing non-Kenyon facilities or living spaces to supplement their College housing.
Housing Accommodation Information | Wittenberg University.
Quote: As a liberal arts residential campus, all undergraduate students enrolled full-time at Wittenberg University are required to live in campus housing.
And BELIEVE me.
THOSE AREN’T THE ONLY FOUR!!!
Ohio has MANY schools that have an undergraduate housing requirement. How do I know? Because I went to college in Ohio. It’s LOADED with residential colleges!!!
MOST top colleges and universities are either a) chiefly residential OR b) have some sort of undergraduate housing mandate.
If UH wants to be a top university…it should follow that same model.
And if the only way we can achieve something resembling that model is through a freshman housing mandate, then by all means, IT SHOULD BE DONE!!!
Here are some others.
Housing | University of Mount Union.
Quote: The staff and administration at Mount Union believe that the residential experience can significantly contribute to a student’s overall collegiate experience, and, as such, has a two-year residency requirement which reflects our philosophy that learning takes place both in and outside the classroom.
Quote: 1 Residency Requirement.
1.01 All entering Students who are not non-traditional Students as defined by JCU, need to declare their status as a resident or
commuter through the Enrollment Reservation Form sent by JCU as part of the admissions process. This policy also applies to
those who transfer into JCU as traditional Students. Commuting is defined as living exclusively in the permanent and
primary residence of a parent or legal guardian, which must be located within 35 miles of the John Carroll University
campus.
1.02 Resident Students who entered JCU in the fall semester of 2022 and spring semester of 2023 are required to live on campus
during their first three years. Resident Students who entered JCU in the fall semester of 2023 or later are required to live on
campus for their first four years.
1.03 Once a Student establishes his/her status as a resident, he/she must seek approval for a change of status to commuter.
Office of Residence Life - Otterbein University.
Quote: As a residential campus, Otterbein expects all students to live in campus housing until their senior year unless they are living at home with their parents within a 30-mile radius of campus.
And I could easily find MORE.
I really don’t know where that website got its info from, but it’s completely WRONG.
You forgot Denison, OWU, and Hiram.
Okay my sister is in her first year at the UofA and that’s the ‘I’m drunk pick me up and take me home’ Trolley
Bauer and Cullen are doing this. CS is not. For ‘tech’ majors, Bauer has MIS, Cullen has CIS.
The difficulty starts at MIS, then CIS, then CS.
CS has grown by 1000 students since my junior year here. CS needs to raise it’s admission standards.
I will say on the flip side, the talent level, holy moly. I TA a class where you have to develop a video game. Some of that stuff is ridiculous coming out of there.
UH has these students but UH doesn’t try lol.
They’re driving up the price of Bayou Oaks to drive Greek out.
It would be cool if the neighborhood directly south of the freshman dorms and Moody towers had all of the frat houses there. But I’m sure there would be tremendous pushback from the neighbors.
University Oaks? That’s a faculty housing spot
Downtown and Clear Lake are separate schools, like UTEP or UTSA are. Clear Lake only started having freshman and sophomore classes like within the last 10 years or so (same with UHV, I believe).
Sugarland, I believe, only has UH main campus programs and Wharton County Jr college. There are 8 undergrad programs, only 3 don’t offer classes on the main campus. One of those is Nursing which has a 2nd degree BSN fast track program and a RN to BSN program. I believe there are like 12 graduate programs there but really most of the school loyalty comes from your undergrad experience.
Katy has 4 undergrad programs from UH and has the UH/HCC Engineering Academy. 3 of the four programs are tied to the UH/HCC deal and the fourth is the junior and senior year traditional nursing BSN program (different from what is offered at Sugar Land) and the RN to BSN program (which is also offered in Sugarland and I believe on main campus). The rest of the programs in Katy are all UH-Victoria.
Interesting only the pre-nursing and the first two years of traditional nursing are taught on the main campus. However I am willing to bet that is more core classes and like biology, anatomy and physiology, etc.
I know. Move them elsewhere. Lol
As I said, there are many others.’
That site was completely BOGUS.
No.
Sugar Land now has the entire College of Technology which has more than 4000 undergrads.
That school has basically gone “super commuter,” disengaging a huge percentage of undergrads from campus life.
Katy has the four year traditional BSN, but that’s only a small number of students each year.
Law, I literally looked all that up last night.
Not sure how complete your research is if it failed to mention this.
As I said, SUPER commuterism!
law is trolling us. This is another example of it.
University of Mount Union.
I am sure it is a great place, to visit, live, spend a day enjoying the area.
Now facts:
Alliance is where Mount Union is. What is the population of Alliance?
https://worldpopulationreview.com/us-cities/alliance-oh-population
Yes 21,350
Our own enrollment doubles the Alliance’s population.
What is Houston’s population?
Per wiki 2,302,878 in 2022…Surely it is even more today. Well there it is.
https://worldpopulationreview.com/us-cities/houston-tx-population
2024 2,325,324
So basically an entire Alliance town added in two years.
Again law brings up ucla and…again he fails to mention Westwood.
Facts:
People enjoy living in a community when there is something to do.
Facts:
There is hardly anything to do on the U of H campus.
You want more freshman to live on campus?
Invest and redevelop the area. That is as simple as that. I have written the same point since this thread was started. Everybody living/being a U of H student knows that there is nothing to do on campus.
law, let me ask you this. Who’s responsibility(ies) is it that there is nothing to do on campus/within walking distance of campus?
Please do not bring up ucla again. You defeat your own argument by bringing it up. You should know that being a lawyer.
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