From a branding standpoint I would change the name of UH-D.
City College of Houston
Cullen University
Weāve covered this before. Aināt happening. It just aināt. Iād fight in the parking lot over this (kidding, but just).
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Two entirely different visions shouldnāt have similar names.
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UT Dallas, UT RGV, UTEP has entered the chat.
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Those arenāt 3 miles away from the parent institution.
UH has decades to go before IF it ever reaches UCLA level
Houston essentially offers the same exact thing that LA offers except for way worse weather. UCLA is also ranked way higher than UH and is attended by much wealthier students given their out of state population
Given that UCLA is located in one of the most progressive cities in the country along with being a top 3 destination city, it is able to get professors that UH could never get
Check the news, even Rice is struggling to keep professors because of Texas politics
The journey of a thousand miles starts with the first step.
We are WAY past the first step.
The growth of Houston insures that we will be one of the great public universities.
Could it take 10 years? Sure. Could it take 20 years? Maybe. Will it happen? Absolutely.
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If UH tries to force UH Downtown to change their name they should lobby the state to make them part of the UT system. UT Houston instead of UH Downtown is the only other name they should accept.
I donāt think he was challenging UH-Dās purpose. I think it was more just a question about accounting.
I know he can answer for himself. Iām not sure what you mean by a question of accounting, do you mean UHD should benefit UH financially?
Man, youāre in love with your own paradigms. And that is exactly the reason I said something.
Iām not saying anything about accounting. I was offering a rationale on his inquiry.
I thought it was pretty clear that I didnāt understand what you were saying.
I see now you meant 3rd Ward asking the question was just accounting for the current reason for UHD vs the original reason for it. (Or something along those lines)
3rd Ward asked how UHD benefits UH in its purpose. My answer would be that UHD is not supposed to benefit UH, it is supposed to benefit the community and the students enrolled. I just stated that in more of a question to his original question.
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Yeah, I am not sure that UHD ābenefitsā the Main Campus as such, but it has a mission, and accomplishes that mission well.
UH-Mainās mission, of course, should, over time, become more and more that of a traditional university, and increasingly differentiated from UHDās.
Not sure if weāll ever become the UCLA of Houston, but we should probably at least try and become the Pitt of Houston (you know, AAU and all).
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I probably should have used different wording that my bad
I meant more along the lines of the fact that UHD is situated mere minutes from UH-Main, and if there was any strategic benefit for UH-Main in that regard given that UT or A&M do not have satellite campuses within the vicinity of their main campuses
For example, having the UT brand for Dallas and San Antonio is a benefit for those schools rather than just being University of San Antonio.
An outsider looking in might think UHD is actually the main campus given Third Ward to many Houstonians is considered downtown or inner city.
That being said, schools like UH-Sugarland or UH-Victoria benefit from having the UH brand attached to them. UH-Downtown probably benefit by having the UH brand too, but what exactly differentiates it from the main campus? Do main campus students get better job prospects than UHD?
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And I think we are. We are always on an upward trajectory. Regardless of our football success. Some people canāt divorce the two.
Iām sure UH would keep that real estate under the UH brand,
UH system owns that land. UHD canāt sell anything to UT without approval by the UH system regents
If anything, UH Main Campus would buy UHD and use it for their own benefit. They would never sell prime downtown real estate to another school especially a competitor
I really donāt know all of the answers, but here is my experience.
I graduated high school in 1987. I was not sufficiently prepared for the college experience. I went to the UH-Main campus for 3 semesters. The large class sizes intimidated me. I had too much freedom. I was not successful. I then knocked out my core classes at HCC. When I was ready to pursue my degree in accounting, I went to UH-D because it was open admissions and the class sizes were much smaller. They were about the same size as my high school classes if not smaller and I thrived. We used the exact same text books as UH-Main. I had professors. I feel like I received the same education level I would have received at the main campus.
The best part is that it was only 10 minutes from my favorite restaurant, Zydeco.
My resume says I graduated from UH-D, but of course, I tell everybody Iām a UH grad.
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It benefited me. I moved there after earning my undergraduate degree, and earned my masterās degree in Victoria. The population seems stuck at about the same level as when I first moved there, but the UHV campus has been growing like crazy, with lots of places to live. Take a drive there sometime. Iāll drive you around if you need a tour guide.
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I think Victoria benefits from the UH brand, which stems from the brand of the main campus.
In other words, if UH wins the college football playoff, then it benefits UH enrollment (similar to how enrollment got a boost in 2016 after the Peach Bowl). However, this brand exposure from the main campus at a national level also benefit the satellite campuses that depend on the UH-Main Campus brand.
The UHD campus is a bit of an outlier though because it serves a different purpose. Itās minutes away from the main campus, and it still relies on the UH brand. How exactly does having another 4 year institution with the UH brand in the same vicinity of the main campus benefit the main campus?