The university dropped all admissions test score requirments for the next two classes just recently. Citing "Covid" as the reason. They're now overloaded with freshmen for the incoming school year and don't have enough dorm rooms to house the number that accepted their admissions. Basically, "Oh, you can't spell your name? Hmm... can you pay? Great! Welcome!"
Record admissions = more income. Raises for graduate students and staff just under inflation rates. Where's the money going?
Oh, massive pay raises for the ivory tower. Classic.
Not 5 years ago they were continuing to shove "Strive for 25" up everyone's butts to justify the massive construction projects and increased tuition rates and campus improvements to make UT a Top 25 public university while lining pockets of the construction companies that kept getting low bids then would change plans and inflate the construction costs beyond budget to milk the school.
Now it's dropping the standards of admissions which will likely decrease degree completion %, decrease university ranking, increase problems like sexual assault, etc. All to make Donde's amd others' wallets thicker.
Okay, off my soapbox. I'm probably off-base on a lot of that and hopefully someone more knowledgeable about the situation than I will ease my mind and frustration.
