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KryHavok

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The state unis need to stay separate from UConn. I applied to Western and Central as my safeties and got a full ride from Western due to my grades, but ultimately I went out of state for my undergrad (cuz at that time private unis were much cheaper and I wanted to grow up being on my own). For someone today, those state schools provide an affordable alternative. I've no negative perception of Central and hope it can continue to thrive as a state school.
 

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I think in state public schools will consolidate before there are any out of state mergers, especially in the Northeast. Look at Connecticut. Do we need Eastern, Western, Southern, Central as well as UConn Hartford, UConn Stamford, UConn Waterbury, UConn Avery Point, as well as UConn?

Completely different situation. How does a kid at WestConn in Danbury that has to work to pay for school attend college at CCSU in New Britain? Where does UConn put kids it wants but does not have room for in Storrs? How does the Fairfield County business community get involved with UConn without the Stamford campus? The satellites are set up to be additive to the respective schools' visions without being particularly expensive.

Consolidating these regional campuses would be pointless.
 
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I think places like Central are more focused on traditional college programs now. Central really should become a university option to UConn for those who can't get accepted to the Storrs campus. Eastern provides a public liberal arts college option in a smaller campus.
Why does any state have a "University of " and " State University?" Just have one branched state school to pour resources into

I would rather have one big elite school than multiple smaller mediocre ones
 

KryHavok

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Why does any state have a "University of " and " State University?" Just have one branched state school to pour resources into

I would rather have one big elite school than multiple smaller mediocre ones
You would rob Dr. Pepper from its marketing ploy?! How else will Bosworth find any employment?
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Completely different situation. How does a kid at WestConn in Danbury that has to work to pay for school attend college at CCSU in New Britain? Where does UConn put kids it wants but does not have room for in Storrs? How does the Fairfield County business community get involved with UConn without the Stamford campus? The satellites are set up to be additive to the respective schools' visions without being particularly expensive.

Consolidating these regional campuses would be pointless.
I agree that it would be a mistake to take away legitimate four year college options within reasonable driving distances from Connecticut kids. But I would call them all University of Connecticut and make them all pseudo-branches. I think it would raise the profile of the "directional schools" and bring more pride to the UConn name in the state. You may even get kids from out of state to go and pay non-subsidized tuition.

Look at the North Carolina system. We have kids from NJ going to UNC Charlotte and UNC Wilmington. I don't know a lot about the Connecticut state schools, but I'd think they are of similar quality to some of the UNC schools.

Or probably more appropriate since the UNC schools have pretty big enrollments, look at Penn State. Every kid in NJ that applies to Penn State gets accepted in some capacity. Often it's branches, but those branches are actual four year schools with dorms and other students that plan on being their for four years. Seems to give a better option than UConn Hartford.
 
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Why does any state have a "University of " and " State University?" Just have one branched state school to pour resources into

I would rather have one big elite school than multiple smaller mediocre ones
because you don't have the means to put everybody in one place and the larger you make it the less elite it becomes.
 
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I think we are less than 10 years, and possibly less than 5 years, from the first merger of public universities from different states. UConn is crazy not to approach the SUNY system right now, because the SUNY system is an obvious target and Penn State, Rutgers, or someone else will merge with it if UConn doesn't.
The SUNY system isn't even merging with itself, never mind other schools.
 
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I think in state public schools will consolidate before there are any out of state mergers, especially in the Northeast. Look at Connecticut. Do we need Eastern, Western, Southern, Central as well as UConn Hartford, UConn Stamford, UConn Waterbury, UConn Avery Point, as well as UConn?
You need these schools more than ever now that UConn and other state schools like UConn accept a ton of students from out of state.
 
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You need these schools more than ever now that UConn and other state schools like UConn accept a ton of students from out of state.

These schools more and more are the future.
 
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Completely different situation. How does a kid at WestConn in Danbury that has to work to pay for school attend college at CCSU in New Britain? Where does UConn put kids it wants but does not have room for in Storrs? How does the Fairfield County business community get involved with UConn without the Stamford campus? The satellites are set up to be additive to the respective schools' visions without being particularly expensive.

Consolidating these regional campuses would be pointless.
I would consolidate Eastern with UConn. 7 miles apart and ECSU's enrollment has declined by 25% over the past decade. Maybe make Eastern the grad campus or have a couple of schools move there. Without Eastern, the rest of the CSU's could compete for those students as they are all battling enrollment declines.
 

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I would consolidate Eastern with UConn. 7 miles apart and ECSU's enrollment has declined by 25% over the past decade. Maybe make Eastern the grad campus or have a couple of schools move there. Without Eastern, the rest of the CSU's could compete for those students as they are all battling enrollment declines.
Doesn't seem fair to the local students.
 

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I would consolidate Eastern with UConn. 7 miles apart and ECSU's enrollment has declined by 25% over the past decade. Maybe make Eastern the grad campus or have a couple of schools move there. Without Eastern, the rest of the CSU's could compete for those students as they are all battling enrollment declines.
If they shut down Eastern.

It sounded like he was saying is to just roll the ECSU students and program into part of the Storrs campus. You can keep the students and programs, but it's a 7-mile change in commuting distance.
 
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I agree that it would be a mistake to take away legitimate four year college options within reasonable driving distances from Connecticut kids. But I would call them all University of Connecticut and make them all pseudo-branches. I think it would raise the profile of the "directional schools" and bring more pride to the UConn name in the state. You may even get kids from out of state to go and pay non-subsidized tuition.

Look at the North Carolina system. We have kids from NJ going to UNC Charlotte and UNC Wilmington. I don't know a lot about the Connecticut state schools, but I'd think they are of similar quality to some of the UNC schools.

Or probably more appropriate since the UNC schools have pretty big enrollments, look at Penn State. Every kid in NJ that applies to Penn State gets accepted in some capacity. Often it's branches, but those branches are actual four year schools with dorms and other students that plan on being their for four years. Seems to give a better option than UConn Hartford.
The State universities, Central, Easter, Western, Southern, are different and have different missions from UConn. They are more teaching focused and less dedicated to research which is really UConn’s bread and butter. The regional schools are comparable to places like the traditional MAC schools, the MASCAC schools in Massachusetts. They have a different role than UConn.

What I’d like to see is some of the UConn regional campuses, notably Stamford and Hartford, become universities in their own rights more like NC Charlotte, or UMass Lowell. A component of the UConn system but separate entities that offer more than a place to put kids who can’t fit into dorms in Storrs and MBAs taught by pseudo-faculty moonlighting from Aetna and M&T Bank. Make them real universities with real programs and real faculty.
 

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