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<blockquote data-quote="Bbuck21" data-source="post: 1790967" data-attributes="member: 748813"><p>Thanks for your feedback. I have been finding some bits and pieces, but most are for recent years. The University has a very impressive on line information page that encourages international students to apply. It explains all the assistance (non-financial) they offer, statistics, housing developments, local business catering to international students, etc. to entice them to apply. I am not a biased person, but this kind of rubbed me the wrong way. The current enrollment is almost 25% international. UofI is ranked as the 5th most attractive US college to international students. I believe with these types of numbers along with the college mentality of those that attend UofI, which is driven by getting the most out of a very expensive education, is the reason students are not attending. The total college experience is completely different from what most of remember. It no longer includes football games on Fall Saturdays. Those that do are in the severe minority. We all go through life cycles. I went ot all the games as a student, then had seasons tickets for 10-12 years after that. Then the kids lives and activities on Saturdays became more important. Then working and starting a business made it difficult to give up an entire Saturday to travel 2-3 hours each way for a game. Only did it sporadically. Now retired (at least semi-retired) I am making it back more regularly. I am sure this describes many alumni. Without current students and recent graduates (say 10 years), it is tough to put a lot of people in the stands. But the DIA should be expected to come up with something.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bbuck21, post: 1790967, member: 748813"] Thanks for your feedback. I have been finding some bits and pieces, but most are for recent years. The University has a very impressive on line information page that encourages international students to apply. It explains all the assistance (non-financial) they offer, statistics, housing developments, local business catering to international students, etc. to entice them to apply. I am not a biased person, but this kind of rubbed me the wrong way. The current enrollment is almost 25% international. UofI is ranked as the 5th most attractive US college to international students. I believe with these types of numbers along with the college mentality of those that attend UofI, which is driven by getting the most out of a very expensive education, is the reason students are not attending. The total college experience is completely different from what most of remember. It no longer includes football games on Fall Saturdays. Those that do are in the severe minority. We all go through life cycles. I went ot all the games as a student, then had seasons tickets for 10-12 years after that. Then the kids lives and activities on Saturdays became more important. Then working and starting a business made it difficult to give up an entire Saturday to travel 2-3 hours each way for a game. Only did it sporadically. Now retired (at least semi-retired) I am making it back more regularly. I am sure this describes many alumni. Without current students and recent graduates (say 10 years), it is tough to put a lot of people in the stands. But the DIA should be expected to come up with something. [/QUOTE]
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