In other ratings...

[docdawg]

It would appear that not only did we get out-recruited, but we also got "out-flagshipped." Ughhh.

Read about who moved from R1 to R2 and who moved from R2 to R1

 

[thf24]

It's ok. To claim this is valid and use it, they'd be admitting they weren't the flagship before. It's a catch 22 for them. Nothing to worry about.

 

[121Josey]

Isn't this an evaluation for doctoral students?

 

[Raiderdawg.sixpack]

Its about research funding, publications, grants, etc., which typically is strongest at doctoral granting universities.

These rankings and drop is not surprising. For example, NIH "R01" grant is the standard individual grant for researchers in biomedical research. Many schools have getting a R01 as a requirement for tenure, along with 5 publications out of your lab, graduating at least 1 PhD student, and quality teaching reviews (my previous research university requirement).

At Miss State, we currently have 1 NIH R01, Duke has 33 currently, a school like East Carolina has 15. We are just behind in terms of bringing in a large number of faculty that have research programs that bring in extramural funding to keep us at a R1 level.

 

[lowbird]

NERDS!!!!!