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It has gotten out of control but it looks like there are no plans to cap enrollment. They should have capped it at 25,000 for now until they get the infrastructure to accommodate more students. They don't have it right now and it's really disappointing.

Right around when I was nearing graduation was when they were reactive mode because they started to realize that UA's infrastructure not only couldn't support future enrollment growth, it wasn't big enough for the (then) current student body.

Old Main and Ozark Hall were falling in on themselves, Kimpel was outdated and cramped, Brough wasn't big enough, and the Union was horrendously out of date. That was around the time they started having to hold a few large lecture classes in Barnhill.

I love UA deeply, but we're way behind the curve on dorms. The Maple Hill complex is very nice, but Reid, Hump Dump, G-Rip, Buch-Droke, and parts of Pomfret are old and very outdated. It's still crazy to me that Humphreys just got A/C within the last few years. The Northwest Quad is over 10 years old now. I know academic buildings are a must, but we've got to significantly upgrade and add to our dorm facilities.

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Posted by wmr

North of Dickson, South of Herman's

Member since Mar 2009

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Posted on 9/11/15 at 5:33 pm to Feral

The "private dorms" keep going up around Dickson. The campus still needs a couple more dorm complexes. The ironic part of all of the private apartments set up like dorms right off campus, it has made on-campus living more popular, because everybody who can afford it is living within a few blocks of campus now. It's cool to be downtown and campus-adjacent, and living on-campus is the cheaper alternative.

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