That and “zero chance of ever getting into the AAU.”
5 Likes
“Hey guys, I just came over here to trash your school and your aspirations, but no offense, OK?”
4 Likes
At least this guy isn’t a UH grad, there are UH alums that insult UH to no end.
1 Like
Lol, I didn’t trash the school, any more than I trashed my own. Saying Houston basically has zero chance (barring unforeseen developments) and that Iowa State has zero chance (and that’s a school that was an AAU member for decades) are not statements that trash the school. They are statements that pertain to the current realities of AAU membership, and that neither school fits those profiles.
Those are completely different things.
Point taken. After all, it is a HOUSTON message board.
I just thought it was clear I was talking about the idea and realities of AAU membership rather than the school. I don’t know if many who are taking offense looked, but their are only 38 public institutions, with 9 of those being in the Cali system. If you take them out (because of the disproportionate relativity) and you have 29 schools from 49 states. Then, when you look at years of admission, 18 public institutions have been admitted since 1970, with SEVEN of those being California institutions. That’s 11 in 55 years. Then there are 3 universities that left, and all had much better profiles than Houston (currently).
Of the 11 that were not California schools, most were huge state university schools with huge research spending. ASU, Florida, Rutgers, TAMU, Arizona, Utah, and South Florida, Pitt, Georgia Tech, and even UNY Buffalo. The lone outlier is Stony Brook, whose surface profile doesn’t quite fit. Otherwise, the public university inclusion criteria is quite clear, and most public universities (even good ones) don’t match what that group wants. For whatever reason.
This should help.
3 Likes
How would you know UH has zero chance getting into AAU? Did you spend time with our Chancellor and she told you that?
Did she? No she did not so spare us making stupid and inept comments like that.
It is indeed one of our goal and she is aiming for that goal.
George Wallace got it.
Watch out ZRF… You’ve ventured into the twilight zone…
2 Likes
Haha, I’m finding out first hand.
No big deal. It just seems like most don’t realize how unrealistic an AAU invite is, not just for Houston but for most public schools. And that’s often for reasons which largely fall outside the said school’s control.
While your Chancellor can help dictate policy and direction, they themselves have zero influence or control over Houston getting an invite. Basically your Chancellor has just as much influence as we do typing from our keyboards.
The reality is the AAU is snobbish, very selective, and their are schools that have far better alignment metrics than even Houston does, and they are not in either. UAB, NC State, and Cincinnati, for example, are schools that have some of the larger research budgets, for public institutions, and they are not in either. It also is a bonus if you are the state flagship school, which comprises almost half of AAU public institutions. In fact, if you remove the Cali and flagship public schools from the equation, you are left with roughly 15 universities. And those? The Michigan State, Penn State, TAMU’s etc of the world. Generally large schools with tons of research dollars.
Kansas low rank was a surprise
…and you can predict the future too?
1 Like
KU Med is just kind of “getting started” in terms of it’s growth. For a very long time, their emphasis was on patient care and teaching, but is increasingly getting more ambitious with growth and research.
If you consider the University of Iowa to be a “peer”, both in terms of flagship status, school age (roughly), and that they both of the med facilities the difference is pretty staggering. The U of I has about 3 times the NIH funding of KU. This is an area where I think Big 10 affiliation, research initiative alignments, sharing, etc. really helps.
When you consider that KU med is in KCK, in the heart of a 2.5 million metro (compared to Iowa City) it’s evening more surprising.