Wait, did the OP never come back and explain what he meant by "shambles"?
I'm shocked.
I'm shocked.
David Harris-UNI AD
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Total enrollment slips across Iowa's public universities, again
Total enrollment across all three of Iowa's public universities dropped again this fall, according to new numbers made public Thursday showing a continued slide that began in fall 2017 and worsened last year when COVID-19 upended the higher education experience.
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Total enrollment slips across Iowa's public universities, again
Total enrollment across all three of Iowa's public universities dropped again this fall, according to new numbers made public Thursday showing a continued slide that began in fall 2017 and worsened last year when COVID-19 upended the higher education experience.
wait... maybe its the state? kids saying eff it im going somewhere else?
I did. Check #24 and #29.
I'm guessing you guys aren't interested in a department staffing, social media, community involvement and attendance and fundraising trends but I can definitely expand on those. There's also been quite the uptick in institutional support to backfill the corporate dollars lost.
Funny. When I graduated, I received obscure postcards from cities and municipalities asking me to stay, yet I had to leave to find work.
- Fewer kids in Iowa in general, which will only get worse with current trends
- Iowa (and the US in general) becoming much less attractive for international students
- Cuts to UNI academic programs have decimated the marketability of the school
- ISU has become much more attractive and even U of I has with improved facilities post-flood
- UNI’s gameday atmosphere is awful at both FB and MBB, and I say this as someone who’s attended a lot of games over the past decade
- Their ticket prices for everything are ridiculous
How would this be helpful to you? Other than to throw out UNI problems and try to connect them to ISU.
I'm not trying to connect anything back to ISU. He was obviously well thought of enough to be the choice even though he wasn't the committee's recommendation for the job. He has to have a great background somewhere and I was just asking for any information on what his strengths were in Ames because he was in a non-public facing position.
No harm intended. I'll see myself out.
I officiated a state football final with Troy Plummer back in 1997. Great guy!
That's why IIRC there was a claim that they had ~70% rate of first time CPA exam passing rate. Unfortunately, it wouldn't help in the real job as excellent "exam-questions-problem solver" struggled when faced into new assignments where there were no prior year's workpapers (aka "can't just follow what people did previously")
I think TV availability has completely killed their ticket sales. Not even their own games, but TV availability of other games (especially football.). People would rather stay home and watch a random Big 10 or Big 12 game on tv than go to a UNI game in person.
Lack of foreign students due to pandemic and Anti-Asian sentiment has hurt ISU enrollment. Plus continued erosion of State government funding has hurt total enrollment.
You beat me to it....folks forget that declining enrollments of hs kids in the state will continue to hurt state schools.
So....you young, child bearing aged Cyclone fans....start producing! Lol
They should hire Scott Frost again! Lol
I did see they hired Drew Tate recently!
Great points on the decline....and honestly, the TV deals Iowa and ISU have have made the gaps huge athletically.
From a school stand point, id imagine the CC growth has also hurt UNI the last 15 years.
and living in iowa? you can move south for better weather..... you can move west for true freedom..... you can move east for.. ahh stuff to do? idk.
Just wait until that lines up with China’s population pullback meaning less imports and increased disruption from online learning technology.
On-campus education is a soon a luxury good and many colleges won’t survive. ISU needs to continue to invest in college athletics as it’s a relatively cheap product differentiation
Anti-Asian sentiment? At Iowa State? Are you implying the student body or the admissions process is racist? Sorry I don't get where you are coming from on that.
Ya thats a bs line. There are tons of Asian kids in Ames school district.
Regarding declining international student enrollment: One factor is the difficulty in getting employment in the US in general and in Iowa specifically.
20 years ago, International Students had about a year from their graduation to look for jobs in the US through Optional Practical Training (OPT). Basically OPT gives a chance to employer to see whether they like the employee and want to go to the next step (offering H1B visa that will be good for 3 years and can be extended for further 3 years). 20 years ago, IIRC you could delay the start of the OPT until 3 months after graduation in case you want to travel do something. The last few years, OPT kick in on your graduation day without exception andyou will need to find employment within 6 months, otherwise you will need to go home. That’s what happens in general although if you are in STEM, you can apply for extension.
That’s a tall order for a lot of international students. Especially in Iowa where only limited companies can and want to hire international students. If it was difficult about 20 years ago, I can imagine it is more difficult these days. You add the cost of sending your child(ren) to the US and it makes things less attractive for parents to send their kids to the US
20 years ago, International Students had about a year from their graduation to look for jobs in the US through Optional Practical Training (OPT). Basically OPT gives a chance to employer to see whether they like the employee and want to go to the next step (offering H1B visa that will be good for 3 years and can be extended for further 3 years). 20 years ago, IIRC you could delay the start of the OPT until 3 months after graduation in case you want to travel do something. The last few years, OPT kick in on your graduation day without exception andyou will need to find employment within 6 months, otherwise you will need to go home. That’s what happens in general although if you are in STEM, you can apply for extension.
That’s a tall order for a lot of international students. Especially in Iowa where only limited companies can and want to hire international students. If it was difficult about 20 years ago, I can imagine it is more difficult these days. You add the cost of sending your child(ren) to the US and it makes things less attractive for parents to send their kids to the US