(07-21-2014 06:40 PM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote:  Waiting for a MTSU fan to come and derail this thread....

Derailment! There you go!

Marshall is a regional university, not a national research category institution. That's why we never show up in these rankings. Our mission is to educate the young people of WV and the surrounding areas/states.
That said, I would put my degree up against anyone. As a matter of fact, I used to work alongside a Harvard business grad. While a nice guy and obviously brain smart, he was a terrible business person and had the personality and common sense of a sloth.

(07-22-2014 12:35 PM)SVHerd Wrote:  Marshall is a regional university, not a national research category institution. That's why we never show up in these rankings. Our mission is to educate the young people of WV and the surrounding areas/states.
That said, I would put my degree up against anyone. As a matter of fact, I used to work alongside a Harvard business grad. While a nice guy and obviously brain smart, he was a terrible business person and had the personality and common sense of a sloth.

Marshall is a better university than people would think. Their forensics program is #1 in the nation.

I am having trouble opening the link (maybe it's blocked at work?). Could someone tell me where ECU falls maybe what area's we do well at and which ones we suck? Thank you

(07-23-2014 09:09 AM)EastCarolinaU. Wrote:  I am having trouble opening the link (maybe it's blocked at work?). Could someone tell me where ECU falls maybe what area's we do well at and which ones we suck? Thank you

ECU - World Rank 718 - National Rank 203

Do well - Quality of faculty (210+), Quality of Education (355+), Alumni Employment (411) and Patents (481)

Suck at - Citations (800+), Broad Impact (690), Publications (686) and Influence (676)

Total score 44.62

(07-23-2014 10:03 AM)benny_t Wrote:  

(07-23-2014 09:09 AM)EastCarolinaU. Wrote:  I am having trouble opening the link (maybe it's blocked at work?). Could someone tell me where ECU falls maybe what area's we do well at and which ones we suck? Thank you

ECU - World Rank 718 - National Rank 203

Do well - Quality of faculty (210+), Quality of Education (355+), Alumni Employment (411) and Patents (481)

Suck at - Citations (800+), Broad Impact (690), Publications (686) and Influence (676)

Total score 44.62

Appreciate Benny, +1

(07-21-2014 11:07 PM)BamaScorpio69 Wrote:  It is AndreWhere's job to be a nuisance.

I'm not the one who posted a 14-page paean to (of all places) Arizona State.

(07-21-2014 03:32 PM)Niner National Wrote:  Really shocked to see UTSA that high (don't take it as an insult, I simply know nothing about your school).

UTSA, what is your school known for academically? Do you have some advanced math/science/tech programs that I'm not aware of?

Apparently we are like #1 in some technology thing, I think like cybersecurity, and Microsoft just gave of a shitload of money.

(07-26-2014 04:07 AM)Snorkel 378 TH Wrote:  

(07-21-2014 03:32 PM)Niner National Wrote:  Really shocked to see UTSA that high (don't take it as an insult, I simply know nothing about your school).

UTSA, what is your school known for academically? Do you have some advanced math/science/tech programs that I'm not aware of?

Apparently we are like #1 in some technology thing, I think like cybersecurity, and Microsoft just gave of a shitload of money.

Is that just for Bexar County, or for the whole state?

Which of all the publications out there is more credible? I know that each have their flaws but which one has more weight?

(07-26-2014 10:01 AM)AndreWhere Wrote:  

(07-26-2014 04:07 AM)Snorkel 378 TH Wrote:  

(07-21-2014 03:32 PM)Niner National Wrote:  Really shocked to see UTSA that high (don't take it as an insult, I simply know nothing about your school).

UTSA, what is your school known for academically? Do you have some advanced math/science/tech programs that I'm not aware of?

Apparently we are like #1 in some technology thing, I think like cybersecurity, and Microsoft just gave of a shitload of money.

Is that just for Bexar County, or for the whole state?

The whole country

(07-26-2014 01:48 PM)CivilEng Wrote:  Which of all the publications out there is more credible? I know that each have their flaws but which one has more weight?

AAU membership followed by reading the CMUP report and deciding what you feel is important to you

Business School rankings from Forbes and Business week and others are a bit more reliable for just business undergrad and graduate degrees and focus on the aspects that are most important

the ranking here has some flaws.....being a CEO ect is not the only important job out there or the only high paying job what about owning your own business ect or just a large group of alumni well into the top earners in the USA

also this particular ranking normalizes some things to number of faculty ect, but not others and several others would be more relevant if they were normalized

US Snooze is easy to cheat and has been successfully cheated in the past

others like Washington Monthly (I believe it is the one) use stupid criteria like "volunteering" and other crap like that......as if that really has anything to do with higher education and as if there is any way to distinguish some types of volunteering that might actually do good from foolish political activism or volunteering that is just stupid and a waste of time......much less what anyone may or may not have "learned" from that

Princeton Review is a bigger joke than any of them it is just garbage to sell a garbage rag......at least US Snooze puts SOME effort in

(07-26-2014 01:51 PM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote:  

(07-26-2014 10:01 AM)AndreWhere Wrote:  

(07-26-2014 04:07 AM)Snorkel 378 TH Wrote:  

(07-21-2014 03:32 PM)Niner National Wrote:  Really shocked to see UTSA that high (don't take it as an insult, I simply know nothing about your school).

UTSA, what is your school known for academically? Do you have some advanced math/science/tech programs that I'm not aware of?

Apparently we are like #1 in some technology thing, I think like cybersecurity, and Microsoft just gave of a shitload of money.

Is that just for Bexar County, or for the whole state?

The whole country

He was trolling.

(07-26-2014 01:51 PM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote:  

(07-26-2014 10:01 AM)AndreWhere Wrote:  

(07-26-2014 04:07 AM)Snorkel 378 TH Wrote:  

(07-21-2014 03:32 PM)Niner National Wrote:  Really shocked to see UTSA that high (don't take it as an insult, I simply know nothing about your school).

UTSA, what is your school known for academically? Do you have some advanced math/science/tech programs that I'm not aware of?

Apparently we are like #1 in some technology thing, I think like cybersecurity, and Microsoft just gave of a shitload of money.

Is that just for Bexar County, or for the whole state?

The whole country

Texas Hill Country?

(07-26-2014 03:34 PM)Volkmar Wrote:  

(07-26-2014 01:51 PM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote:  

(07-26-2014 10:01 AM)AndreWhere Wrote:  

(07-26-2014 04:07 AM)Snorkel 378 TH Wrote:  

(07-21-2014 03:32 PM)Niner National Wrote:  Really shocked to see UTSA that high (don't take it as an insult, I simply know nothing about your school).

UTSA, what is your school known for academically? Do you have some advanced math/science/tech programs that I'm not aware of?

Apparently we are like #1 in some technology thing, I think like cybersecurity, and Microsoft just gave of a shitload of money.

Is that just for Bexar County, or for the whole state?

The whole country

He was trolling.

I know, he is just butt hurt because his school hasn't won a game in 2 years

(07-26-2014 05:48 PM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote:  

(07-26-2014 03:34 PM)Volkmar Wrote:  

(07-26-2014 01:51 PM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote:  

(07-26-2014 10:01 AM)AndreWhere Wrote:  

(07-26-2014 04:07 AM)Snorkel 378 TH Wrote:  Apparently we are like #1 in some technology thing, I think like cybersecurity, and Microsoft just gave of a shitload of money.

Is that just for Bexar County, or for the whole state?

The whole country

He was trolling.

I know, he is just butt hurt because his school hasn't won a game in 2 years

Neither one of those statements is accurate. USM is on a one-game winning streak, and I was just making a joke. Nobody with a brain thought you were claiming to be the #1 anything in Texas Hill Country or Bexar County. Sorr-y.