Attendance... School Expansion

[mrydel]

Maybe we could get Paul Quinn to transfer.

[GRGB]

I believe that a while back when SMU was buying land everywhere there was talk of doubling the student body to about double what it is now. More in line with USC. Any truth to that?

Or am I confusing the requirement of sophomores to live on campus, which will double the housing needs?

Either or, long term, I would hope it would help attendance. I do not advocate sitting on our hands until then, just curious.

I'd rather triple it to quadruple the enrollment.

[smupony94]

Cheese the people in Denton off and buy UNT-Dallas

[Dutch]

The idea is to keep gettting better, not bigger. We might grow from 6000 to 7000 undergrads but that would be over 10 years. I would like to see it too, but I can tell you it is EXTREMELY difficult to keep our student quality up while increasing class size - and if it is one thing they are determined to do it is get SMU up with the Vanderbilts and Northwesterns of the world.

have to add new colleges/degrees to do that.

[MustangSTATS]

Our undergraduate size is inline with top 25 undergraduate programs, just need to further increase student support, research opportunities, and professor to student ratio. Re-examining majors offered and their requirements may also be useful. We are severely lacking in the quantitative liberal arts, which is were things seem to be going as well as professional development opportunities for students in the liberal arts. If we increase anything it should be the graduate school size and offerings, research, and number of professors. Also more 4+1 opportunities could be advantageous for attracting more high caliber students. Seems to have payed off well for Lyle.

Cant imagine how much it would cost to double our undergraduate size while keeping the same quality and moving toward the top 25. My guess is an additional 4 billion+. Half for improvements and the other half or more for endowment. UP land is not cheap and height restriction is a pain. You need more buildings and expansion of existing, more dorms, even more faculty housing to replace the homes you will tear down to expand SMU, more endowed chairs, not to mention scholarships and financial aid.

For those confused, doubling on-campus housing so that they can require 2nd year students to live on campus and move to a residential commons system. See Rice as an example.

[NavyCrimson]

Re-examining majors offered and their requirements may also be useful. We are severely lacking in the quantitative liberal arts, which is were things seem to be going as well as professional development opportunities for students in the liberal arts.

Give an example of quantitative liberal arts degrees or professions, please?

professional development opportunities - examples?

[Kynd Tulsa Phan]

Heard we are buying Richland College

Richland College has already accepted a CUSA bid. You cant have them.

[Kynd Tulsa Phan]

Maybe we could get Paul Quinn to transfer.

We really need to expand our fan base into Pleasant Grove and Seagoville.

[ojaipony]

especially stuff that doesnt depreciate.

What would that be? You can't depreciate land for tax purposes, yes, but to what are you referring?