Covid probably to blame for most of the drop- i giessOriginally Posted by glm47
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Covid probably to blame for most of the drop- i giess
When I looked at how much it cost to attend the “flagship” to the south of us, why would any parent encourage their kid to go there?
Thank you for more negativity. This board is infamous for its consistency. Give your step by step turnaround plan. With Tech Alumni doing more to support LSU than Tech. Give us your plan and suggestions for more $$ to replace the stadium video board and speakers to start.
It starts with leadership, not just political maneuvering. If you actually read this thread instead of being the usual drive by you'd see several suggestions.
Better communication and interaction with graduates and donors. The people working in the current alumni center have been doing the same things for at least the past 20+ years. It's not working. We have a steady flow of Tech grads who lose interest in Tech immediately after getting their sheep skin. We need to cultivate "Fans of Tech". Fans don't evolve from graduation, attendance, or bureaucratic BS. They evolve from great memories while at Tech (being a winner) and from receiving attention with real marketing.
We've got to pay lower level employees real money. We've got to know they are passionate about doing their jobs and enjoy what they do. Before this can be put in place we've got to have real leadership. Our presidents have done nothing in this area during my post-Tech attendance. Our last AD was a total failure and it appears our current AD is an empty suit as well. BVDV was an outsider who made some horrible blunders, but I don't believe he ever made a move without getting the nod from his boss. He actually knew the business, but was out of touch with our culture.
President, AD, Alumni Director, most of all well paid assistants in the alumni/athletic departments.
The video board is being replaced for next season. Sorry you've missed the discussion of planning to have two new videoboards in one endzone revised by the AD to one large board . . . after a discussion with one certain BB&B poster.
Louisiana Tech University
Flagship of the University of Louisiana System
I'm reading that college attendance is down overall throughout the country. Many parents are opting out of sending their kids to get degrees that they will never get money back on while having their kids indoctrinated. I'm not saying that is what is happening at Tech. Tech continues to be a great value with high paying degrees. We should do more to promote that aspect.
Many of my students and their friends in other majors work jobs while they’re also on scholarship. In many cases the job is with the employer they will work for after graduation. They get a great degree and finish with little to no debt. They absolutely bust their tails for 4-5 years and are set for life. I wish I had gone that route. Other schools with high cost don’t afford that option no matter how hard students may try. I wish we highlighted more about getting out what you put in and Tech being a place that maximizes that concept.
As I posted above, UofA is up 15.7% in last 5 years. Up 3.9% this year.
The COVID year could have been an opportunity instead of an excuse.
This board is full of solid suggestions many times over the years, simple things that have been ignored, often BECAUSE they originated here. WHY do Tech alumni give more to lsu? Because lsu rewards the support by not being a horrific embarrassment (well, most of the time).
It's easy to use the excuse that they are swimming in cash, which is true, but they also don't waste it. It's a beautiful campus with lots of nice things and a consistent identity.
My oldest is in an electrician apprenticeship where he works for a local electrician company for 4 years, they send him to school during that time, and when he's through he is a certified electrician and has zero acquired debt. He starts out at $13-$14 per hour, and if he works hard and passes, he gets a raise every year. I tried to steer him towards that whenever he graduated, and I'm glad he decided to go that route. I see kids coming out of school now with a 4-year degree with staggering amounts of debt to pay off. Talk about starting off behind the 8 ball.
No, they just can’t afford it.
I care somewhat less about the raw number of students than their quality, to some extent. It's a fine metric, but how many will stay 4 years?
Depends on the degree, of course. But excellent for your son.
College Investigator - College Transitions
Louisiana Tech
Freshmen Retention 81%
4-Year Graduation 39%
6-Year Graduation 58%
ULL 76/23/50
ULM 69/35/53
LSU 83/43/66
LSUS 62/17/30
Can get a degree in "Art History of Contemporary Social Injustices." This really boils down to studying graffiti on boxcars and in subways. Lots of jobs in this field
Because the state and federal governments has been handing out free money in the form of large student loans, bogus "made-up" scholarships, etc.... over the past 20 years. Not surprisingly, the flagship schools --and private schools-- keep raising their tuitions to absurdly high levels because the pricing has been desensitized to the customers (students) for the same reasons.
Make no mistake, if a kid and his or her family think those loans won't have to be repaid, they'll take the free money and put Junior in the biggest flagship school they can find. Afterall, it's free money to them. The free subsidies need to stop.
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