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(01-28-2023 10:39 AM)CliftonAve Wrote:  

(01-27-2023 10:14 PM)BearcatMan Wrote:  

(01-27-2023 03:08 PM)CliftonAve Wrote:  

(01-25-2023 11:24 PM)vabearcat Wrote:  Nobody flunks out these days. For most schools, there are no longer any university admission standards. The SAT is a thing of the past. The colleges admit whomever they want. The kids have “tutors”. They take classes on-line. The classes are on social Justice and Kinesiology (weightlifting) and Hip/Hop. You won’t get a “C” or anything below. When is the last time you heard of a scholarship basketball player flunking out of school?

The last I saw I think our own admission standards are over 80%. I think that is just the main campus so the rest are hidden in UC-Blue Ash or Clermont. Basically if you have a pulse you are in. That's why I think it is just a matter of time until Cincy Tech will be absorbed into UC to get to that 60K enrollment they want by 2030.

The state would never let the only public CC in Cincinnati go away.

I just don’t see how else there are going to grab 12k new students with Ohio demographics in such a short period of time.

Bolded, I agree with that. The infrastructure on the hilltop wouldn't seem to support it. The Straight Street area is going to be so dense when built out, I can't even imagine the traffic/pedestrian safety issues. And independently built student housing that ends up in UC's control because of unscrupulous financing, poor construction quality, or bad management only adds to the University's expense. We saw it last fall at those Deaconess units that flooded when UC students had to be housed in the Hampton Inn and Fairfield Inn properties.

UC will open a new classroom/office complex in the fall at Clifton Court. But then the former McMicken Hall will need major renovation, Old Chem annex will be demolished and reimagined, and then Crosley will come down. Where do you put 12,000 + more students? As we know, UC can't annex a nearby cornfield as other large universities do.