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Read more at: https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/fort-worth/article290129789.html#storylink=cpy
The mixed-use development would be only the first step in TCU’s plan for West Berry. The corridor is part of the university’s campus master plan initiative, which started in 2022 and aims to create long-term guidelines for the evolution and growth of the campus.

TCU conducted studies, including an enrollment growth analysis, to inform planning efforts. TCU then hired international design firm Sasaki to create the master plan.

The plan was approved in concept by the university’s board of trustees in the spring, according to a July 11 letter to faculty and staff from TCU president Daniel W. Pullin. It is unclear when the full plan will be released. Soileau said the plan is a vision for the future, not a construction plan that TCU is fully committed to. Some projects might not need to be built for decades, but Soileau said the master plan has the potential to double TCU’s square footage and housing inventory.
 
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Limp Lizard

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fff91 said:
Serious question - what is behind the drive to grow the school so much? It seems to me we already are destroying a lot of what made TCU special by having to erect residence halls at every corner of campus, etc.

What about make the school better not just bigger?
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It concerns me that so much emphasis has been put on undergraduate growth. Why? To keep what made TCU what most alumni consider it is small class size, faculty who care, etc. With all those students the University will have to hire a bucketload of faculty, etc. I can see it increasing the acceptance rate, thus pushing TCU out of the top-100 ranking, and just being virtually another state university, except for the enormous price.

The well-regarded private schools usually (exceptions would be USC and BYU, I guess) have a small to moderate undergraduate enrollment, plus kickass graduate programs. Growing graduate programs, especially in engineering and the sciences is really expensive due to high costs of the facilities and equipment, but if we want to be something rather that "little ole TCU" we need to grow those programs.

I hope I can find answers in the above links.
 

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