I am told BYU will be expanding (focusing the growth on some colleges),

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Aug 5, 2019
8:43:32am

garyfan All-American

I am told BYU will be expanding (focusing the growth on some colleges),

and that it will strive to become more research-oriented.

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garyfan

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Expand enrollment to 50K (change up the housing regulations, hire more professors) and have BYU be the religious version

monkeycowboy Tenured Brofessor

8/5/19 8:30am

I've heard from my chair that BYU will be expanding, or that there's

sakar12

8/5/19 8:35am

Really? I'm BYU faculty and we've always been told no expansion, however

runnincoug

8/5/19 8:47am

Yeah. They're telling us we may need to teach more students per class, or hire

sakar12

8/5/19 9:01am

They just announced a 10% expansion

LaserCoug

8/5/19 8:47am

At least that's what the Dean of the college of engineering told us when he

LaserCoug

8/5/19 8:48am

Might also reclassify the subsidy as scholarship for those with great academics

Blue Golfer

8/5/19 8:35am

I am told BYU will be expanding (focusing the growth on some colleges),

garyfan

8/5/19 8:43am

I see this all the time... why though? That is literally why BYU-I exists

Dissenter

8/5/19 8:43am

There are enough great students who want BYU but get turned away that there

garyfan

8/5/19 8:44am

BYU-I is not currently treated like a real University

Richbyu

8/5/19 8:46am

By whom? It is nationally recruited and the alumni network continues to expand

8/5/19 9:05am

By the Church. Message is: "BYU Students worth it: BYU-I students not worth it."

Richbyu

8/5/19 9:09am

Have you seen BYU-I lately?

KingDave

8/5/19 10:04am

Um, what?

Benfica1

8/5/19 9:35am

What if the average ACT score went from 28.6 or whatever it is to

puntersarepeople

8/5/19 8:48am

Other solution is to start treating BYU-I like a real University.

Richbyu

8/5/19 8:45am

How is it not treated like a real university? And please don't give sports

mudpupper

8/5/19 8:56am

Simple. The don't have any sports programs. Don't even have a school mascot.

Richbyu

8/5/19 9:02am

Thor the Viking will always love on!

TN_Coug

8/5/19 9:14am

Do they even sell BYU-I Vikings gear in the bookstore?

Richbyu

8/5/19 9:16am

No but I always buy RC Vikings gear when visiting campus.

BigEasyCougar

8/5/19 10:17am

Dress code.

toadie

8/5/19 9:23am

a curfew, no shorts, no mascot, not even a basketball team

lukeskywalker

8/5/19 9:29am

So change everything about the school so more kids can have a BYU experience that will no longer exist.

kccougar

8/5/19 8:48am

How would increasing enrollment destroy the BYU experience? It would just make

OlanchoCoug

8/5/19 8:58am

I dont see how expanding enrollment would change the experience. Sure modifying the 1 mile housing rule might but i

8/5/19 9:33am

I liked tunnel singing and I like football. Weird.

Colorado

8/5/19 9:52am

Yes you are but im glad you like football

8/5/19 9:57am

I know they're doing something big with the Provo High property -

boscatar

8/5/19 10:47am

I agree with this completely. We need to become a bigger research inst.

buckeyeod

8/5/19 11:51am

I'd love to see a med school there.

sakar12

8/5/19 12:23pm

We are being pushed to develop online classes to create more space on campus for

SWP

8/5/19 3:38pm

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