UH has lacked foundational support from the state of Texas. We lost out on decades of growth because UT and A&M was always the focus and to an extent, Texas Tech.
UH should’ve been in a Power 5 school post-SWC.
UH could’ve been leaps ahead by this time, but we’ve just been held back. Are there things outside of UH’s control that contributes against change? Absolutely.
That being said, UH is climbing in rankings, fast. Student population is improving. Our athletic programs are finally taken serious.
We have to improve the social aspects of the campus, sure. It sucks we don’t have a robust Greek Life, which i think would attract a certain demographic of students. McGregor would be the perfect place for greek mansions, but they don’t want frats in their neighborhood. It would make a killing given its proximity to campsu.
From what I have been told, the neighborhood no longer wanted fraternities in their neighborhood, but I am not sure on the details.
That being said, the last fraternity that had an actual mansion was Sigma Chi but it got torn down. I had a friend that was in the last pledge class they had before it was torn down in 2016 (I’m a 2018 grad) for hazing
At this point, there just isn’t enough legacy alumni support to rebuild a robust greek life, and the money isn’t there either
Because, like the city it serves, it came into its own in the mid-20th century, an era where we, as a nation, all collectively decided that our society would be centered around the car.
Residential colleges are literally just “good urban design, applied to schools.”
UH has a great Architecture program and a Real Estate Development Program plus the nation’s best Entrepreneurship program.
You’re telling me the University can’t challenge these programs to come up with a free market plan to develop an adjacent University District, that would entice developers, to serve a campus of 50,000 students!
Also, if the leaders at the University of Houston do no not have advanced knowledge of ALL the other campuses inside the Power Conferences then they totally missed the mark on what it means to be in a power conference.
We were left out of the original Big 12 because we were a commuter campus with NO SOUL!
Joing a Power Conference is NOT only about Athletics…it is an Athletic AND Academic alliance.
I am with you T-Moar but why was it that the third ward redevelopment was not on Houston’s radar (I assume it was not) right after segregation was lifted? The city of Houston had to know some folks would want to move out. It happens for every neighborhood. Who would benefit from a revitalize third ward? Third ward home owners. U of H and TSU campuses would directly see and improvement to their student lives.
Love it UH1927.
Speak about irony:
We have a great architecture program.
We have one of the very best hotel management school in the Nation.
We have Mr. hospitality/Fertitta.
…and what do we have on campus that will make the students stay on campus?
Texas schools are going to be different than other state schools. UT, A&M and UH (also Tech, State, SFA, SHSU, etc) mostly serve Texas residents.
UT is the most prestigious public school in Texas and still has a out of state population similar to the likes of UCLA (less than 10%)
As I’ve mentioned in above posts, most of the campus life activities is brought to you by freshmen and sophmore students. By your junior year, it gets old and that’s when people typically branch out.
I use College Station (TAMU) as an example. The place gets extremely boring after sophomore year. Almost all my friends that went to TAMU drove back to Houston almost every weekend.
Fair enough 3rdWardCoog but what makes ucla campus so vibrant is because of the campus itself and what is around it. I have been to most Southwestern Campuses in California, AZ and Nevada and most of these campus have vibrant neighborhoods next to them. The third ward has to be revitalize. I am sure it will happen at some point. It is a matter of time.
There’s lots of pushback, and I sympathize for the historically black history it has.
But by factors outside of my control, yes i have a feeling the community will eventually be forced to leave because of the rising costs associated with living in the area. It’s gong take some time though
The “beautification” is to benefit third ward home owners. Why would you want to stay if the neighborhood is not being improved? This is valid for any neighborhood. Houston has no zoning laws. By definition a great neighborhood today might not be twenty years for now. How many examples are like that around Houston? Many.
All these are great points and with 100 yr anniversary in 2027, can we get some people here to voice these opinions to the admin as to how to grow into the next century? Like I said they are doing campus improvements by 2027 but need to do what many here say.
We need some of you to email or talk to the admin/ Dr Khator on the importance of all of this.
If we really want to become a residential campus, we should cut the number of parking passes we sell in half. Instead of making it easier to live on campus, make it harder to commute. I bet we’d have a lot fewer commuters if they had to park and ride from Palm Center every day.
Costs $0. They can do it today. I’m only half joking.
What about some stuff somewhere else on campus or just Scott st . The admin is spending 35 mil on the 100 yr campus stuff so next round they could spend some money for something by Calhoun or in campus. A mini frontier fiesta that is permanent with maybe 3 hangouts. There is a way .
let’s be honest…we had a crap campus in the early 1990s full of a sea parking lots.
I attended in the late 90s and our rec center was a converted locker room. The ab machines were literally in the shower area.
Throw in the fact, there was ZERO campus life after class/on weekends.
Why would the Big 12 have wanted a University like that in their athletic/academic affiliation?
Name our University District Frontier Fiesta to tie into our culture.
Also…even though it is too late, I REALLY wish we would have a design mandate from day one requiring all building to be designed to match the style of our original campus buildings, Art Deco.
Had that happened, we’d have one of the most unique campuses in the United States.
