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<blockquote data-quote="Buster68_rivals" data-source="post: 130014664" data-attributes="member: 1832666"><p>Well, I hate to give credit to anyone from Pitt, but you nailed it. Unfortunately, the issue you raise is taking place at state supported schools across this country.&nbsp; These universities have turned their backs on the constituents who pay the taxes in search of academic rankings instead of fulfilling their mission of providing higher education to their residents.&nbsp; Over my forty plus years in business, I have managed and/or employed graduates of most of the Ivy League schools, the Big 10, ACC and SEC and never once felt inferior or disadvantaged because I graduated from WVU. As you said, a terrific college education can be had at any university. Success in life is dependent on the individual not the school. So calling these rankings devastating is, IMHO, overly dramatic. Of course, I would like to see the rankings higher but not at the expense of selling out the hope and promise that this university represents to the good people of WV.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Buster68_rivals, post: 130014664, member: 1832666"] Well, I hate to give credit to anyone from Pitt, but you nailed it. Unfortunately, the issue you raise is taking place at state supported schools across this country. These universities have turned their backs on the constituents who pay the taxes in search of academic rankings instead of fulfilling their mission of providing higher education to their residents. Over my forty plus years in business, I have managed and/or employed graduates of most of the Ivy League schools, the Big 10, ACC and SEC and never once felt inferior or disadvantaged because I graduated from WVU. As you said, a terrific college education can be had at any university. Success in life is dependent on the individual not the school. So calling these rankings devastating is, IMHO, overly dramatic. Of course, I would like to see the rankings higher but not at the expense of selling out the hope and promise that this university represents to the good people of WV. [/QUOTE]

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