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06-15-2005 09:59 PM |
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Originally posted by Tex1899
Firehouse, Tyler Junior College and UT-Tyler are two separate schools.
According to the UT System website (www.utsystem.edu), UT-Tyler is expected to have over 8,000 students by 2030. Visit http://www.utsystem.edu/borminutes/2...1-00ServTx.pdf and scroll down to page 7 to see the enrollment estimates of the different UT campuses.
Some of the projections will come about sooner than expected - I believe UTPB already has 3,000 students.
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Yeah, even though the report only came out 4 1/2 years ago, its dated on its data. Many of the univerisities listed on page 7 have grown much faster than expected. UT - San Antonio was expected to reach enrollment of 36,000 by 2030. Fall 2005 enrollment is expected to be near 30,000, with approximately 2,000 to 2,500 additional students each academic year added, with no sign of that trend easing anytime soon. At revised rates, UT-San Antonio will be at the projected 2030 enrollment by 2009 - some 21 years ahed of that date.
Other schools in the UT system are experiencing the same growth. I have read that UT- Brownsville is experiencing the same growth (the largest growth seems to be in the southern half of the state). I would imagine that UT-Tyler would experience a larger growth rate than projected, but not as fast as the universities in the southern half of the state. I could imagine UT-Tyler at 14,000 to 17,500 in the next 10 to 15 years.
The growth is a combination of improved access to education, explosive population growth in the state, the Texas law that GURANTEES admission to the public university of the students choice if they graduate in the top 10% of their class, regardless of SAT/ACT score and HS involvement/activities, and an enrollment cap at UT-Austin, the flagship institution of the system. All combined, its a perfect storm for explosive growth at the state universities. Of course, someone should tell the legislature that so they'll drop some coin and work to fix the problem.
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