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Post by gator8 on Dec 18, 2023 9:58:32 GMT -6
We love athletics, and it's the biggest/most effective marketing effort any major university can launch, but we must first take care of our academics, right? I wonder if universities will rue the day when they built so many classroom and dorm buildings only to see everyone go online for schooling. I'm glad to see us take steps to be a research university. This may help fill some gaps. www.al.com/educationlab/2023/12/troy-considers-possible-closure-of-dothan-campus-restructure-of-academics.htmlHaving lived in Dothan once for about 12 years, I'm not totally shocked by this consideration. I don't think it'll outright close, but there is a lot of unused space out there.
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Post by fltrojan on Dec 18, 2023 10:29:32 GMT -6
I just saw this article. I always bring my mountain bike to Troy games and I ride the Trojan trail at the back of the Dothan campus and Forever Wild trail in Dothan. The campus almost seemed like a ghost town on a Sunday. Kind of erie
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Post by gator8 on Dec 18, 2023 12:19:13 GMT -6
University is now doing some rebuffing: www.wdhn.com/news/local-news/houston-county/city-of-dothan/troy-dothan-could-close-down-report-shows/The university PR people have to do what they need to do (I'm in marketing), but with the economy rapidly changing, I appreciate a re-evaluation of even longstanding traditions, facilities, etc. In recent years, there has been a huge focus on trade skills. This is rightfully so given the retirements of baby boomers and a needed correction to the trend that focused on four-year degrees solely. Eventually, though, a focus on trade skills may saturate that market again, and you'll need a correction toward more four-year degrees. It requires vision to know how to adequately navigate the ebbs and flows of the economic and technological trends, and it will not be an exact science. I trust the leadership will make the best decisions.
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Post by California Trojan on Dec 18, 2023 14:42:38 GMT -6
TSU-D should have become the Medical University it is was originally sold as.
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Post by buzzlightyear on Dec 18, 2023 18:27:04 GMT -6
TSU-D should have become the Medical University is was originally sold as. Should have been attached to the DO school when it opened
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Post by fltrojan on Dec 18, 2023 19:29:02 GMT -6
TSU-D should have become the Medical University is was originally sold as. Would be tough with Edge Memorial as the hospital affiliated with it. I had to have a rare orthopedic procedure done of all places Syracuse, NY. My surgeon also taught at SUNY Medical School in Syracuse and their practice Upstate Orthopedics is a huge five story facility with a surgery floor and is affiliated with the school. Troy would never have those capabilities
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Post by foulpolephenom on Dec 18, 2023 19:30:12 GMT -6
TSU-D should have become the Medical University is was originally sold as. Would be tough with Edge Memorial as the hospital affiliated with it. I had to have a rare orthopedic procedure done of all places Syracuse, NY. My surgeon also taught at SUNY Medical School in Syracuse and their practice Upstate Orthopedics is a huge five story facility with a surgery floor and is affiliated with the school. Troy would never have those capabilities Edge isn’t affiliated with the hospital in troy anymore nor would the one I. Dothan be
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Post by buzzlightyear on Dec 18, 2023 19:42:47 GMT -6
TSU-D should have become the Medical University is was originally sold as. Would be tough with Edge Memorial as the hospital affiliated with it. I had to have a rare orthopedic procedure done of all places Syracuse, NY. My surgeon also taught at SUNY Medical School in Syracuse and their practice Upstate Orthopedics is a huge five story facility with a surgery floor and is affiliated with the school. Troy would never have those capabilities There are multiple levels of affiliations. The facility in New York is a good distance from Dothan Alabama. A much more modest affiliation would have been possible in the early days as we were even approached at small facility in Marianna. In the student training aspects.
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Post by California Trojan on Dec 18, 2023 23:32:28 GMT -6
Would be tough with Edge Memorial as the hospital affiliated with it. I had to have a rare orthopedic procedure done of all places Syracuse, NY. My surgeon also taught at SUNY Medical School in Syracuse and their practice Upstate Orthopedics is a huge five story facility with a surgery floor and is affiliated with the school. Troy would never have those capabilities There are multiple levels of affiliations. The facility in New York is a good distance from Dothan Alabama. A much more modest affiliation would have been possible in the early days as we were even approached at small facility in Marianna. In the student training aspects. Correct, in 1971 there was talk and eventually in 1982, when Ft. Rucker branch moved to 231, talk was actioned with an affiliation with SE Medical to teach nurses and other allied health. Never took off.
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