Most likely state mandated, and little UT Admissions can do, but if these are the approximate %s of incoming students, then UT Austin is not very diverse.
I understand state universities are there to serve its constituents, but what are the long term implications?
Like it or not we will continue to become more global (even if Trump temporarily tries to place a hold in that process). Will UT students have the right mind set when they graduate?
True, UT Austin does have an overabundance of Texans, lol. However the BigFuture “Race/Ethnicity” pie chart looks pretty diverse to me: https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/college-university-search/university-of-texas-at-austin
(click “Campus Life”)
UT is a public university and the dollars are provided by state taxpayers. Since you’ve visited around the states, per your previous posts, you should be aware of that.
UT and all of the other publics are under NO obligation to accept international students, funded by its taxpayers, but it does.
None of the US universities are obligated to accept OOS and international students, but they do, with funding, much like that funding received by your children.
What other country in the world does that?
Have you even visited UT and seen how diverse it really is?
Are you aware that US universities have every culture represented on their campuses? It doesn’t mean that they are all OOS and international. A lot of the kids are US citizens and residents. The clubs alone are a mini-United Nations.
that is exactly the information I was looking for in my post. Thanks @damon30 .
It would be good if the UCs did the same as UT, UNC, and Virginia and set a firm cap/limit on the number of OOS students accepted.
Here is the official Student Profile, Fall 2018 (https://www.utexas.edu/about/facts-and-figures)
At one point last year, the combined endowment of UT and Texas A&M was the second largest in the nation. They don’t need foreign/OOS students to subsidize the system. Texas’s financial situation is totally different from California/Midwest states.
@nrtlax33 The endowment can only be used for specific purposes. The amount given to UT Austin which is talked about frequently outside of these forums - is never put towards financial aid or student safety and upsets many Texas parents/alumni. Even the new chancellor of the UT system wants tuition increased when we have the biggest endowment ever. There are numerous articles on how the endowment is spent, how the trickle to students is ridiculous and how the UT System wants more money from the State or tuition increases are coming again. If it were up to UT President those OOS numbers would be increased.
UT embraces diversity and how anyone could think otherwise means they don’t follow what is really going on.
OOS isn’t needed to promote diversity. Have you walked around the major Tx cities? That these unis aren’t a refection of say, the Houston population isn’t a mystery. Educational equality can’t be fixed at 18 by diversity reqs in college admissions.
OOS pays exorbitant $ as compared to IS. One OOS could equal 2 IS. Per post above regarding the UCs, The UCs do cap the OOS by not meeting the financial need of the OOS. “A politician’s way” of saying we don’t want you. Georgia does come out and say their obligation is to educate the IS.
@parentofsix Plenty of OOS Students gain in-state residency after 1 year. UT will even help you - they have a residency office that fields these questions all the time. Texas tracks these numbers and it’s documented the millions lost by this. California actually has way way stricter rules about gaining in-state admission.
Thank you for the links to the stories. They are very informative. Good luck to all; may your school choice come true!