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WolverineSteve · Post by **WolverineSteve** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 4:38 am

America's best colleges 2006...

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/colleg ... _brief.php

Rack UM tied for 3rd with UCLA.

State at a tie for #30...our bitch in yet another category.

Screw_Michigan · Post by **Screw_Michigan** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 5:53 am

good hit, WS. doesn't mean you won't lose less than five games this year.

WolverineSteve · Post by **WolverineSteve** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 6:31 am

That poll doesn't prove it, but the squad will. 10-2...book it.

indyfrisco · Post by **indyfrisco** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 1:08 pm

West coast bias.

SunCoastSooner · Post by **SunCoastSooner** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 1:51 pm

It's US News rankings. Sorry after I found out that it was other professors that rank each other I just don't buy the shit. Maybe a system where they actually measure the success of grads in some manner would weight more heavily upon me.

the_ouskull · Post by **the_ouskull** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 2:30 pm

I don't want to bother reading the article. Has Boren turned OU into the "Harvard of the Midwest" yet? Tuition would imply that he has...

the_ouskull

SunCoastSooner · Post by **SunCoastSooner** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 3:29 pm

the_ouskull wrote:I don't want to bother reading the article. Has Boren turned OU into the "Harvard of the Midwest" yet? Tuition would imply that he has...

the_ouskull

Skull put the pipe down. It is cheaper to go to OU on out of state tuition than it is to go to FSU or UF on in state tuition.

the_ouskull · Post by **the_ouskull** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 7:40 pm

Granted... but they're getting other perks... like not being in Oklahoma. (Don't get me wrong, I love it here, and will likely stay here, but, at the same time, there are no Florida-esque beaches... Only good football and stormchasin'.)

...and given the amount of bitching over the random fees that OU charges as of late, you'd think that we were a freakin' private school.

the_ouskull

Terry in Crapchester · Fri Feb 17, 2006 7:46 pm

WolverineSteve wrote:America's best colleges 2006...

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/colleg ... _brief.php

A bit misleading. Public colleges/universities only.

ND usually does very well in these types of rankings when applied to all colleges/universities. One thing I've never quite gotten about NDNation is the criticism of Malloy over that fact.

Btw, SUNY doesn't have a campus ranked higher than a tie for 30th. Why am I not surprised?

GrizBearStare · Post by **GrizBearStare** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 10:44 pm

I guess "proximity to top shelf fly fishing" wasn't a criterion?

:(

SoCalTrjn · Post by **SoCalTrjn** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 11:52 pm

SunCoastSooner wrote:It's US News rankings. Sorry after I found out that it was other professors that rank each other I just don't buy the shit. Maybe a system where they actually measure the success of grads in some manner would weight more heavily upon me.

I agree, lets take the average income earned by graduates 5, 10 and 20 years after graduating from those schools to determine which schools are the best

Laxplayer · Post by **Laxplayer** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 12:02 am

I agree, lets take the average income earned by graduates 5, 10 and 20 years after graduating from those schools to determine which schools are the best

Translation.....$C would be ranked near the top because daddy will take care of everything.

Why is it always how much money someone makes? Why not have it be something along the lines of the impact graduates make on society. So you sell cars and make a ton of money. There are people out there who make a hell of a lot less money and have a greater impact on the lives of people. It's always $$$ with you $C clowns.

Ken · Post by **Ken** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 12:09 am

SoCalTrjn wrote:
SunCoastSooner wrote:It's US News rankings. Sorry after I found out that it was other professors that rank each other I just don't buy the shit. Maybe a system where they actually measure the success of grads in some manner would weight more heavily upon me.
I agree, lets take the average income earned by graduates 5, 10 and 20 years after graduating from those schools to determine which schools are the best

Troll job... right?

Terry in Crapchester · Sat Feb 18, 2006 12:27 am

SoCalTrjn wrote:
SunCoastSooner wrote:It's US News rankings. Sorry after I found out that it was other professors that rank each other I just don't buy the shit. Maybe a system where they actually measure the success of grads in some manner would weight more heavily upon me.
I agree, lets take the average income earned by graduates 5, 10 and 20 years after graduating from those schools to determine which schools are the best

We're going to make money the sole criterion of success now?

The problem with Sun Coast's suggestion is that there really isn't a way to measure the success of grads of respective schools.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 12:36 am

And we'll call it the "No Drunken Frat Boy Left Behind" policy.

Mr T · Post by **Mr T** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 12:38 am

#52 BABY...WE ARE IN THE DANCE AGAIN....wait this isnt the Basketball forum....

Fuck this gay shit.

SunCoastSooner · Post by **SunCoastSooner** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 1:33 am

SoCalTrjn wrote:
SunCoastSooner wrote:It's US News rankings. Sorry after I found out that it was other professors that rank each other I just don't buy the shit. Maybe a system where they actually measure the success of grads in some manner would weight more heavily upon me.
I agree, lets take the average income earned by graduates 5, 10 and 20 years after graduating from those schools to determine which schools are the best

I didn't say I had a better idea of how to do it I was just complaining about this way they do it. If I knew a better way to do it I would have suggested it. When have I ever been bashful about pissing someone off before?

We're going to make money the sole criterion of success now?

The problem with Sun Coast's suggestion is that there really isn't a way to measure the success of grads of respective schools.

I think he was speaking in jest but...

You are correct there really isn't a way to measure it accuratly.

the_ouskull · Post by **the_ouskull** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 4:31 am

Why is it always how much money someone makes?

No shit.

Sin,
I just got my license to teach. I don't know if I should be happy or sad.

SunCoastSooner · Post by **SunCoastSooner** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 4:36 am

the_ouskull wrote:
Why is it always how much money someone makes?
No shit.

Sin,
I just got my license to teach. I don't know if I should be happy or sad.

I don't know wheather to laugh at you of cry for you. My wife actually wants to be a teacher, which I find both disturbing and kind at the same time. Where are you going to teach? I hear that the Norman system is tough to get hired on at. Not OKC... I hope. :twisted:

Terry in Crapchester · Sat Feb 18, 2006 6:14 am

SunCoastSooner wrote:
the_ouskull wrote:
Why is it always how much money someone makes?
No shit.

Sin,
I just got my license to teach. I don't know if I should be happy or sad.
I don't know wheather to laugh at you of cry for you. My wife actually wants to be a teacher, which I find both disturbing and kind at the same time.

My wife works as a teacher's aide at a school for severely developmentally-disabled children. Some of them don't speak, many are emotionally disturbed, most are severely retarded. I consider it to be God's work myself, but the pay is absolutely horrible. She's been hit, kicked, punched, you name it, by these kids.

Right now, she's quietly being groomed for a fundraising position with the school (it's a non-profit) which would pay about double what she makes right now. And it would be a safer job, albeit it would require more hours from her.

SoCalTrjn · Post by **SoCalTrjn** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 8:16 pm

Believe the Heupel wrote:Here's what we can do:

We have everyone take a standardized test after each year, and colleges that have students that score below national averages will have state and federal funding yanked until they improve. Students there will also have the opportunity to transfer to universities in neighboring states.

would only work for public schools, USC doesnt take a cent of state or federal money.

SoCalTrjn · Post by **SoCalTrjn** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 8:16 pm

Laxplayer wrote:
I agree, lets take the average income earned by graduates 5, 10 and 20 years after graduating from those schools to determine which schools are the best
Translation.....$C would be ranked near the top because daddy will take care of everything.

Why is it always how much money someone makes? Why not have it be something along the lines of the impact graduates make on society. So you sell cars and make a ton of money. There are people out there who make a hell of a lot less money and have a greater impact on the lives of people. It's always $$$ with you $C clowns.

was a comparison of public schools wasn't it?

Terry in Crapchester · Sun Feb 19, 2006 1:59 pm

SoCalTrjn wrote:
Believe the Heupel wrote:Here's what we can do:

We have everyone take a standardized test after each year, and colleges that have students that score below national averages will have state and federal funding yanked until they improve. Students there will also have the opportunity to transfer to universities in neighboring states.
would only work for public schools, USC doesnt take a cent of state or federal money.

I'm at least 99% sure you're wrong on this point. If USC allows its students to pay for their tuition and/or expenses with student loans, then USC is taking federal money.

Jimmy Medalions · Post by **Jimmy Medalions** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 7:39 pm

^^ Correctamundo. USC's federal grants for research are huge.

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