That just means your regular tuition per hour is too cheap. It really is, you know.Originally Posted by techman05
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That just means your regular tuition per hour is too cheap. It really is, you know.
I agree with that too. As long as you graduate in a field with a future, a Tech education is cheap!
UT also has some interesting programs for kids who can't get in, but choose to go to other UT campuses. My nephew wanted to study engineering at UT, but couldn't get in. He decided to go to UT-Tyler where he could get guaranteed admittance to UT-Austin if he met some GPA requirements. Tech was cheaper and had better engineering that UT-Tyler, but he chose UT-Tyler for that program (which has some fancy name that currently escapes me).
Time is your friend. Impulse is your enemy. -John Bogle
A&M has similar programs with satellite campuses (i.e. A&M Commerce, A&M Galveston, Blinn Community College)
Got a question. When a student gets these credit hours, do they also get a grade for their GPA with it? Getting A's in freshman courses are the foundation for student's overall GPA.
It should be, yes. Especially if its dual enrollment with Tech.
I spoke with an intern today. He asked where I went, I told him. He said Tech was his #1 choice. But he settled for Southern Arkansas because he didnt want to have to pay out of pocket. He still lived on-campus there, so he didnt save on housing. I assume he recieved the lottery scholarship they have in Arkansas on top of what SAU offered. SAU is inexpensive, but even from the grads there, they know their new engineering program is nothing impressive. But the low cost is definitely bringing in students.
Yes, many high school grads graduate in 3 years now with these credits and it counts toward GPA. Most of them were 4.0 coming in so they expect the best.
Thanks, was just curious.
Yep on paper we have had one for the last 10 years or more I think. The original one started out strong but then left the position after a couple of years if I remember correctly. Just because Tech has someone on paper assigned to a job doesn't mean they are doing it/well.
Don't get me wrong, I am not saying this is the end all be all of recruiting. I am just pointing out that concentrating on this area, much less all of DFW, would go a really long way to hitting the goals the school set. I am only tapped into a couple of districts, so maybe we are getting a good ROI from her in other parts of the Metroplex. Quality academic students, and athletes as well!!
If we truly need the market size, which we do, Tech needs to absorb ULM or LSUS. Period!
LSUS was the best target originally, a cast off from a separate system. I don't see the state allowing a ULS school absorb another ULS.
The truth of the matter is Louisiana has way WAY too many universities.
Politicians loved universities because they were a way to make promises to their constituencies, now those universities are coming back to bite the state. What Louisiana should do is close a bunch of them, but this will never happen because it sounds so mean.
Closing schools costs votes, and career politicians want the votes.
The ULS system should consist of Tech, Southern, NSU, ULL, and UNO. I know southern isn't part of the ULS but it is in better shape all around than Grambling. Plus Grambling and ULM are simply redundant while Tech exists. The rest serve a particular geographic part of the state. In a even better system I would shut UNO and probably NSU as well. You will upset people and they will argue one is better than the next but all the ULS schools suffer with the distribution of insufficient funds, especially cutting that pie 9 ways.
Grambling, ULM, McNeese, Nichols and Southeastern should be shut.
Not only that, but one they need to close would be seen as overtly racist when it’s really just the financial burden it presents.
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