Letter From 'AA..

#176
#176
RollerVol said:
:lolabove:Good Post Lexvol.
Coach Pearl may be thrown under the bus to appease the gods (little g).
GO VOLS!
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Yeah...this is my own personal witch hunt to bury Pearl. Took several years, but I'm finally exposed.
 
#183
#183
The state of Tennessee has an excess amount of public 4 year schools. We have Memphis, UT-Martin, Austin Peay, Tenn St, MTSU, UTC, Tenn Tech, ETSU and of course the flagship institution in Knoxville. That's 9 public school which is way too much relative to our population. In the perfect system there would be 4 public schools in Tennessee. There should be one public school in west tenn (Memphis), one in middle tenn(MTSU), and one in east tenn not including UTK (ETSU). In this system the brightest students in this state would preferably attend UTK. The students who cannot get into UTK would go to one of the other 3 schools. This would allow UTK to shoot up in the rankings because our admission standards would be increased and we'd have a lot more funding. The state of Tennessee deserves a institution that can compete academically with the very best public schools in the country and that should be our goal. States such as North Carolina, Virginia, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois and now even Georgia have established flagship schools that are respected nationwide for their academic and research excellence and I would be proud if some day we are mentioned among the very best.
 
#187
#187
IndianVol said:
The state of Tennessee has an excess amount of public 4 year schools. We have Memphis, UT-Martin, Austin Peay, Tenn St, MTSU, UTC, Tenn Tech, ETSU and of course the flagship institution in Knoxville. That's 9 public school which is way too much relative to our population. In the perfect system there would be 4 public schools in Tennessee. There should be one public school in west tenn (Memphis), one in middle tenn(MTSU), and one in east tenn not including UTK (ETSU). In this system the brightest students in this state would preferably attend UTK. The students who cannot get into UTK would go to one of the other 3 schools. This would allow UTK to shoot up in the rankings because our admission standards would be increased and we'd have a lot more funding. The state of Tennessee deserves a institution that can compete academically with the very best public schools in the country and that should be our goal. States such as North Carolina, Virginia, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois and now even Georgia have established flagship schools that are respected nationwide for their academic and research excellence and I would be proud if some day we are mentioned among the very best.
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I'm really sorry IV, but this is retarded. All of those schools would not exist if they weren't being inhabited by students (i.e. the TN population). All of those schools are of variable academic quality and they all have some kind of program they excel at. Even though UTK is overall a much better school than MTSU, a music degree from MTSU would be better than one from UTK. TTU offers some engineering degrees that carry just as much clout as UTK, but tuition at TTU is a fraction on UTK's.

These smaller schools you're complaining about are everywhere, not just in Tennessee.
 
#188
#188
Chris4Vols22 said:
I'm really sorry IV, but this is retarded. All of those schools would not exist if they weren't being inhabited by students (i.e. the TN population). All of those schools are of variable academic quality and they all have some kind of program they excel at. Even though UTK is overall a much better school than MTSU, a music degree from MTSU would be better than one from UTK. TTU offers some engineering degrees that carry just as much clout as UTK, but tuition at TTU is a fraction on UTK's.

These smaller schools you're complaining about are everywhere, not just in Tennessee.
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Tuition at Tech is a fraction of UTK? I find this hard to beleive unless the fraction is 9/10 or something. In KY, I know that WKU, U of L, and UK all have similar tuitions.
 
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#192
#192
Chris4Vols22 said:
I'm really sorry IV, but this is retarded. All of those schools would not exist if they weren't being inhabited by students (i.e. the TN population). All of those schools are of variable academic quality and they all have some kind of program they excel at. Even though UTK is overall a much better school than MTSU, a music degree from MTSU would be better than one from UTK. TTU offers some engineering degrees that carry just as much clout as UTK, but tuition at TTU is a fraction on UTK's.

These smaller schools you're complaining about are everywhere, not just in Tennessee.
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Maybe the regional schools do serve a purpose, but the state should still focus on making sure every academic program at their flagship school is equal or better than any program at one of their regional schools.
 
#196
#196
just a side note on the research aspect of UTK.. they have the worlds largest academic computer in the world.. ppl come from all across the world to UT to do research.. and in conjunction with ORNL they allow students to intern at the lab and gain experience. no other schools have that... just saying..
 
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