https://twitter.com/alexsands_/status/1704132121076650061
We continue to take Lâs on and off the field. Wake Forest Med School, Chapel Hill MBA executive program, and now Elon Law School.
If Charlotte doesnât âstand upâ I am ready to âstand down.â
Our competitive edge is the stregnth of âour city.â
The void we are leaving open is being filled by others.
We are not maximizing our potential as a result.
It would be much easier to get corporate support if we were considered ârelevantâ in eduacation as well as sports. Med school, law school, etc.
This is being driven by the UNC Board of Governors to restrain our growth and relevance. This limits any threats to the flagship.
Requires strong local leadership to perservere and overcome.
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Not just the BoG but also the legislators. Anything major has to go through both groups. The sad thing is we need the city to throw its muscle around at the state level for us but many of our cities leaders still refuse to view us as the resource they we are and many are still focused on CH and State.
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If this does not piss everyone off on this forum, we should all go to Walmart and purchase Tar Heel attire.
This makes my blood boil. What agitates me the most is the lack of protests coming from our community. Until our community gets a back bone, we will always be percived as â2nd tier.â
Just think what could be if we actually gave a damn. This university has the potential to be elite if not for the rampant complacency.
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CHP 
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clt says our favourite person, tim moore is proposing an engineering school at UNC CHeat
great news for Charlotte and NCSU
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F that guy.
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That is great news. Will Charlotte or NCSU be opening it?
Letâs use the same reasoning why Chapel Hill came into Charlotte and opened âtheir medical schoolâ in our city. âUNC already has an established medical school and there is no reason for the University of Charlotte to open one when UNC can just expand.â
Shouldnât that hold true for engineering. This is a perfect example of crooked, back office politics.
Go pound sand! I hope this inspires people to stand up for our school. You canât make this stuff up!
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clt says NC A&T has a strong engineering program as well, there is simply no need for this
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But, they want it!
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I guess chapel hill has been reading a lot online how their rankings are overinflated in the u.s. news report with the the opinion of the general public outside of nc with the lack of stem degrees they offer. I think they tend go get described as a liberal arts school where you can get an overpriced communications degree from.
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Good for UTSA.
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Imagine how nice it would be for a college system that saw the local university not as something to be kept down but as a valuable partner to be lifted up.
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We would have a lot more if there was more public outcry. We do not have a large enough or loud enough voice. The UNC system is pushing back on us harder than we are attempting to push forward.
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