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Isn't UT Austin an established state school? They have a lot of alumni in the valley.

by melony 4y ago

karmicthreat 4y ago
UT Austin is a completely established school. I'm talking about the deceptively named University of Austin which is the Musk, Rogan, Fridman affiliated school opening maybe soon. I don't know if those 3 are actually affiliated with it, but their names come up with it.
- pyuser583 4y ago
  Isn’t “University of Dallas” also deceptively named?
  - jxramos 4y ago
    I think this may be an unfamiliar pattern for towns that haven’t yet crowded their name into university titles but it’s a well established pattern when enough institutions land on the ground. Eg University of San Francisco (USF) San Francisco State University (SFSU) University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Same exact pattern in San Diego too. Probably going to see this pattern permutations across several towns in the future. I think Seattle and towns in Florida May have a similar pattern too. Kind of makes a schools named after individuals a bit more distinctive come to think about it.
    - pyuser583 4y ago
      I’d only noticed that pattern in University of Chicago and University of San Francisco … but yeah … very interesting.
- ldldksmwbsj 4y ago
  The University of Austin, if it comes to be, isn't promising marketability, though, just education for those interested in the classic liberal arts canon. I'm interested, and I already have a career. If I pay for a course to join like minded people and have interesting discussions, where's the grift? The regular state university I attended that left me with a pile of debt and did nothing to get me a career was the grift.. but I figured that out when I was young and dropped out, because it WAS promising a marketable skill, which I taught myself, and wasn't giving me the interesting discussion or insightful reading or anything else I wanted from a general education... ... Which is why I'm interested in the University of Austin...
webel0 4y ago
Parent is referring to a non-UT, liberal arts school [1]. [1] https://www.uaustin.org/ https://www.uaustin.org/

Isn't UT Austin an established state school? They have a lot of alumni in the valley.

by melony 4y ago

Isn't UT Austin an established state school? They have a lot of alumni in the valley.

UT Austin is a completely established school. I'm talking about the deceptively named University of Austin which is the Musk, Rogan, Fridman affiliated school opening maybe soon. I don't know if those 3 are actually affiliated with it, but their names come up with it.

pyuser583 4y ago
Isn’t “University of Dallas” also deceptively named?
- jxramos 4y ago
  I think this may be an unfamiliar pattern for towns that haven’t yet crowded their name into university titles but it’s a well established pattern when enough institutions land on the ground. Eg University of San Francisco (USF) San Francisco State University (SFSU) University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Same exact pattern in San Diego too. Probably going to see this pattern permutations across several towns in the future. I think Seattle and towns in Florida May have a similar pattern too. Kind of makes a schools named after individuals a bit more distinctive come to think about it.
  - pyuser583 4y ago
    I’d only noticed that pattern in University of Chicago and University of San Francisco … but yeah … very interesting.
ldldksmwbsj 4y ago
The University of Austin, if it comes to be, isn't promising marketability, though, just education for those interested in the classic liberal arts canon. I'm interested, and I already have a career. If I pay for a course to join like minded people and have interesting discussions, where's the grift? The regular state university I attended that left me with a pile of debt and did nothing to get me a career was the grift.. but I figured that out when I was young and dropped out, because it WAS promising a marketable skill, which I taught myself, and wasn't giving me the interesting discussion or insightful reading or anything else I wanted from a general education... ... Which is why I'm interested in the University of Austin...

webel0 4y ago

Parent is referring to a non-UT, liberal arts school [1]. [1] https://www.uaustin.org/ https://www.uaustin.org/