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Which benefits do you perceive with branches becoming “full-fledged independent colleges”? Unclear benefits to possibly diminishing bigger UConn, brand, etc; may run counter to expanding Storrs-affiliated grad programs, corporate partnerships, internships, etc in Stamford and Hartford. Maybe not …I feel like there is a plan to elevate the various UConn satellite campuses into full-fledged independent colleges. I'm not sure about the Waterbury campus, but seem to be taken for Hartford, Stamford, and Avery Point each of which either have residential housing …
I haven't really thought it through. I'm reading the tea leaves about the push for residences and dining halls in all three campuses. If I were to guess, I would think they are looking at the California university system model. I'm not sure that that would diminish the brand in Storrs.Which benefits do you perceive with branches becoming “full-fledged independent colleges”? Unclear benefits to possibly diminishing bigger UConn, brand, etc; may run counter to expanding Storrs-affiliated grad programs, corporate partnerships, internships, etc in Stamford and Hartford. Maybe not …
I think we may be saying the same thing a different way. Housing, cafeteria, four-year degrees Sure seem to be a concerted effort to make the branch campuses more than a two-year option for underclassmen. That doesn't mean they wouldn't be part of UConn.While the plan is to increase enrollment (and add four year programs) in Stamford and Hartford, along with providing more housing for both branches, the idea is to continue to keep all branches as part of UConn.
I'm not sure that it is the best solution but there are no plans to have a UConn version of UCLA, UAB or UNC Charlotte.
UCLA, UCSB, UC Berkeley and all of the other UC's on California are individual four year schools. Yes, they all all part of the University of California system (just as SD St, Fresno St, San Jose St et al are part of the California state university system) but they are individual schools with individual acceptance offering a diploma specific to that school.I think we may be saying the same thing a different way. Housing, cafeteria, four-year degrees Sure seem to be a concerted effort to make the branch campuses more than a two-year option for underclassmen. That doesn't mean they wouldn't be part of UConn.
I'm not sure what you mean with your last sentence. Making the branch campuses a place where you can go to school and get a four-year degree seems entirely consistent with the California model. How do you see Connecticut's version being different, other than the relative notoriety and success of the California version?
I don't think so. With the enrollment problems at the CSU system, I doubt they are going to create new 4 year schools. And, UConn has had to push many instate students to the branches as they don't have room in Storrs. So, they are making the branches more attractive and they are helping revitalize CT cities, so killing 2 birds with one stone.I feel like there is a plan to elevate the various UConn satellite campuses into full-fledged independent colleges. I'm not sure about the Waterbury campus, but seem to be taken for Hartford, Stamford, and Avery Point each of which either have residential housing or have plans for them.
That's plausible.I don't think so. With the enrollment problems at the CSU system, I doubt they are going to create new 4 year schools. And, UConn has had to push many instate students to the branches as they don't have room in Storrs. So, they are making the branches more attractive and they are helping revitalize CT cities, so killing 2 birds with one stone.