Universities/Colleges and downtown OKC

[bombermwc]

If OCU moves anything downtown, it will be an "extension" campus. They haven't spent hundreds of millions of dollars in the last decade to up and abandon the campus.

[BG918]

A design school...please.

What about an urban studio that is a joint venture between OU and OSU? Currently at OU you do a year-long urban design project your final (5th) year of architecture school. I'm not sure what OSU does but it would be cool to see both schools come together to work on urban projects in an urban setting downtown. It would also provide the opportunity for 60 or so OU/OSU students to spend a year living in and around downtown OKC if they desire. I know Virginia Tech has a program like this where their students go to the VT Alexandria (Washington DC) campus to do urban projects for a year.

[CuatrodeMayo]

That would be great. Currently, the OSU school does 2-3 urban projects in the fall semester and competition studio in the spring.

[jbrown84]

The only school I can see realistically making a complete (or significant) move to downtown would be OSU-OKC. Their facilities on Portland don't amount to much compared with OCU or OKCCC, and I can see them moving everything downtown except the programs that need that land.

[CCOKC]

Again, that campus has made significant capital improvements over the last year so not sure they are looking to move.

[okcustu]

If OCU moves anything downtown, it will be an "extension" campus. They haven't spent hundreds of millions of dollars in the last decade to up and abandon the campus.

the law school, asthetically speaking, is blahh and they are seriously looking into moving the law school the school needs more dorms and they would prefer to have them concentrated.

[HOT ROD]

I really wish the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education would create Oklahoma Polytechinic (O-Poly) or the Oklahoma Institute of Technology (OIT or O-Tech) downtown. It wouldn't really be a school that competed with OU or OSU but it could serve students from around Oklahoma that attened 2-year schools or graduated from one of the other state schools and want to work on an advanced degree. Teaching staff could be brought in from some of the other state schools to build up the faculty. Even if just had 1,000 students it would be a great start.

Kerry, that;s what I've been talking about. Something like Seattle Polytech (tho is not downtown, but in Cap Hill-close) or Denver's Auraria campus (which is downtown). Nothing big and it dont have to be 4 year, I was even thinking OKC community college; there needs to be more than just one campus - downtown is perfect.

[HOT ROD]

BG, I concur!