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https://www.washingtonpost.com/education...nt-circle/

quote: “So many of our students are deeply interested in the workings of our democracy,” said USC President Carol Folt. “We wanted a vibrant East Coast center. We said this is the place for us to be.”

quote: USC, with about 49,000 students, has long had offices in Washington, with hundreds of students, faculty members and others flying back and forth every year from Los Angeles. But the new D.C. campus, Folt said, will take the presence to another level, perhaps tripling or quadrupling the transcontinental traffic for the school’s community, known as the Trojans. “We got a very excellent place that suits our needs for a very reasonable price,” she said.

With USC joining the B1G, this can't be a coincidence.

Might be a pointless post but I thought it was interesting to know.

DC has become a really popular “study abroad but you’re not actually going abroad” location with students getting class credit for taking Congressional or other government/government-adjacent internships for a semester. So, it’s a natural place for schools from across the country to build a tangible presence in that area since they have a churn of students going there every semester.

(03-16-2023 11:29 PM)Frank the Tank Wrote: [ -> ]DC has become a really popular “study abroad but you’re not actually going abroad” location with students getting class credit for taking Congressional or other government/government-adjacent internships for a semester. So, it’s a natural place for schools from across the country to build a tangible presence in that area since they have a churn of students going there every semester.

I did that while I was at Ohio State. The school rented a few apartments down the street from the Kennedy Center, and shared a building with a handful of other schools in Capitol Hill where we'd take classes. They were talking about straight up buying a building back then, but I don't think they ever got around to it.

A ton of other schools either had their own buildings, or shared them with other schools. The University of California has a building a few blocks from my old Vox offices, BYU has a building, Texas and A&M have buildings, and when Maryland joined the Big Ten, I want to say the league had a full time employee or two working out of Michigan's offices. If you hang out near Capitol Hill, Foggy Bottom, or on the NW side, you're going to see a ton of these tiny satellite campuses from big schools.

That USC building is pretty primo real estate though. Even with the post-pandemic drop in Dupont office occupancy, I bet that couldn't have come cheap.

Even Liberty has a "campus" they own in DC. The only thing stopping just about any school is the ridiculous cost of real estate in the District.

An office building is not a campus, l but I think we get the idea.

Makes sense to do something like this. Goes the other direction as well: UMass has "UMass Global" that's HQ'd in Irvine California.

Hope they enjoy their time in that swamp

(03-17-2023 09:15 AM)DFW HOYA Wrote: [ -> ]An office building is not a campus, l but I think we get the idea.

An office building with dedicated classrooms and faculty offices is a campus. While grassy fields are commonplace, there are a number of urban colleges that just have buildings.

I can see it now. Assign all USCLA non-revenue athletes to the DC campus so they don't have to bear the burden of coast to coast travel. Or better yet, open up a Chicago campus and assign them there.

(03-17-2023 09:28 AM)BruceMcF Wrote: [ -> ]

(03-17-2023 09:15 AM)DFW HOYA Wrote: [ -> ]An office building is not a campus, l but I think we get the idea.

An office building with dedicated classrooms and faculty offices is a campus. While grassy fields are commonplace, there are a number of urban colleges that just have buildings.

Texas opened one in NYC a couple years ago. I don't know that I would call it a "campus," but they do have a location for classes and offices.

(03-17-2023 06:34 AM)MattBrownEP Wrote: [ -> ]That USC building is pretty primo real estate though. Even with the post-pandemic drop in Dupont office occupancy, I bet that couldn't have come cheap.

$49.4 million for 60,000 SF. That's almost six months of Big 10 money...

Arizona State has a campus in LA.

(03-17-2023 09:15 AM)DFW HOYA Wrote: [ -> ]An office building is not a campus, l but I think we get the idea.

Agree. It's like calling a large condo tower a "community."

I understand the "campus" argument. The article and USC President refer to it as a campus, so I wrote campus. No matter the term, USC is expanding it's east coast presence.

(03-17-2023 12:21 PM)ENCterrapin Wrote: [ -> ]I understand the "campus" argument. The article and USC President refer to it as a campus, so I wrote campus. No matter the term, USC is expanding it's east coast presence.

I was not being critical of you, ENC-Terp. And I'm glad you posted. I was unaware.

(03-17-2023 11:14 AM)bullet Wrote: [ -> ]

(03-17-2023 09:28 AM)BruceMcF Wrote: [ -> ]

(03-17-2023 09:15 AM)DFW HOYA Wrote: [ -> ]An office building is not a campus, l but I think we get the idea.

An office building with dedicated classrooms and faculty offices is a campus. While grassy fields are commonplace, there are a number of urban colleges that just have buildings.

Texas opened one in NYC a couple years ago. I don't know that I would call it a "campus," but they do have a location for classes and offices.

It’s seriously legal for a Texas state university to add a campus outside the state of Texas?

(03-17-2023 12:51 PM)bill dazzle Wrote: [ -> ]

(03-17-2023 12:21 PM)ENCterrapin Wrote: [ -> ]I understand the "campus" argument. The article and USC President refer to it as a campus, so I wrote campus. No matter the term, USC is expanding it's east coast presence.

I was not being critical of you, ENC-Terp. And I'm glad you posted. I was unaware.

No offense taken. I was debating the same thing myself while reading the article.

The University of Southern California is in Washington DC?

No wonder kids these days are so bad at geography!

jk

(03-17-2023 11:43 AM)SoCalBobcat78 Wrote: [ -> ]Arizona State has a campus in LA.

Oh, good for them!

Keep the Sun Devils around, PAC. You need that LA presence.

(03-17-2023 11:50 AM)bill dazzle Wrote: [ -> ]

(03-17-2023 09:15 AM)DFW HOYA Wrote: [ -> ]An office building is not a campus, l but I think we get the idea.

Agree. It's like calling a large condo tower a "community."

Imo a “campus” in this context isn’t a physical set of buildings or vibe, it’s a literal term for a location of a university. A ton of urban universities have a campus smack dab in a downtown area amidst high rises, but it’s still a legit city place where the college operates and students go to class.