Finebaum trashes Nebraska's academics
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Nah, he's wrong. The BIG has Northwestern and a couple other legit academic institutions. The rest are nothing more than inflated schools because of large alumni bases.....
Doesn't bother me a bit. I graduated from UNL. My education there allowed me to compete with graduates from "highly accredited" universities and actually, I smoked most of them. I look at the purpose of state universities being to educate the kids of that state and in that regard UNL did me just fine. I never missed a promotion or a raise throughout my career due to not going to a "highly accredited" university. Incidently, Finebaum graduated from UT Knoxville, which is not in the AAU.
I DGAF about our academics in terms of how they are viewed by others....and the SEC has its share of athletic powerhouse factories who's academics suck to, and I DGAF about theirs either. I think college has almost become a total waste of brain matter in so many cases. I'd prefer more people go to trade schools as opposed to some la la land institution where they turn you into an idiot, and then ask me to pay for your tuition years later.
Well he seems to be wrong about FSU compared to the current BIG schools, US News has FSU in a tie with Minny for #53 in National Universities, and ahead of MSU, PSU, Indiana, Iowa, Oregon and UNL. Unfortunately, there is a wide gap between UNL at 159 and all of the other BIG schools who are in the top 100. Maybe UNL is still being downgraded for the pitiful academic record I left behind.
Is "highly accredited" worth anything in the age of DEI and wokeness if this is what you get?
Or are they being downgraded for not being diverse enough?
Or maybe because it's more a research university and there are so many course farmed out to TAs because the professors think it's beneath them?
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The funniest part of the quote is Florida St would be taking a step down entering the BIG and leaving the ACC as far as academic institutions....
I know this is unpopular, but I can't remember anyone asking about my undergrad degree. Where I did my graduate work mattered more.
Also, the field you're in matters...to a degree (pun intended).
Also, the field you're in matters...to a degree (pun intended).
They donāt highly value any research that isnāt competitive and much of ag research is formula based. In addition, when the Regents split off the Medical Center, they basically doomed UNLās research standing vs other B1G schools.. I believe virtually every other AAU institution has a med school and that's where a lot of big competitive grants are available.
Exactly right. A Harvard law degree has real market value but itās mostly irrelevant whether the undergrad pre-law degree was from NU or Harvard.
This is pretty accurate. Now, a lot of the Big Ten schools are hard to get admitted to but unless you are going for computer science and/or engineering at Illinois or Purdue and MAYBE packaging at MSU...those matter but the rest of it doesn't.
There are about 12-15 schools where the name literally will change your life. All the Ivy's, MIT, Stanford, Cal Poly, maybe Vandy...
But, a degree from Iowa or Indiana, well, they are opening the same doors as a degree from NU.
I too attended UNO, but received my engineering degree through UNL. Iām proud of my degree and the work that went into getting to where I am in my career. I think only Penn State has UNL surpassed for my specific degree.
Packaging
It's part of supply chain/logistics but c'mon. Some does get creative. But it's basic math meets arts and crafts.
Yeah. I know several Gen Z/Millennial kids with useless degrees (e.g. anthropology) who can't find jobs and do stuff like drive Uber, Door Dash etc. and hope their student loans get forgiven. Meanwhile, I need a carpenter to do some work and it is a 4 month wait. Same for a guy who will hopefully get to repairing some window glass before winter.
I paid a plumber $400/hour to put in a farm frost free hydrant and I supplied the hydrant. Frickin crook. IF I had known he was going to gouge me like that I would have done it myself.
I know, I do! But MSU is/was like the leader in that degree.Packaging
It's part of supply chain/logistics but c'mon. Some does get creative. But it's basic math meets arts and crafts.
That and it's a numbers game. I don't think there are any AAU public universities in a state with 2 million or less population.
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I don't, maybe they were the first one to offer it?
Northwestern is starting a MBAi program, all the AI stuff is now going to be a major.
Maybe they were the first but it's because they basically feed employees to GM, Ford, and Chrysler and then you have all the suppliers and fringe businesses as well. Southeast Michigan and Northern Ohio are huge for it.
Imagine telling people you're an engineer and they're like oh yeah for what? packages
Does it fall under an engineering degree? UgggggMaybe they were the first but it's because they basically feed employees to GM, Ford, and Chrysler and then you have all the suppliers and fringe businesses as well. Southeast Michigan and Northern Ohio are huge for it.
Imagine telling people you're an engineer and they're like oh yeah for what? packages
By the way, does every engineer HAVE to tell you how how their classes were in college? My god, shut up. All they do is dick around with Excel all day.
Not to mention the committee that took the AAU status away had two Univ. of Texas people on it as we left the Big 12.
Unfortunately a BIG Ten member could have been the deciding vote and they voted against us.
Yes I believe Wisky and Mich booted us outUnfortunately a BIG Ten member could have been the deciding vote and they voted against us.