Brescani just announced that NDSU is pursuing AAU status...
Holy. Shit.
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Brescani just announced that NDSU is pursuing AAU status...
Holy. Shit.
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Emphasis on the bold. Wow!Originally Posted by aces1180
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NDSU to the Big 10.
The weather in Fargo keeps the undesirables out.....
...Which is why I live near the Twin Cities.
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Not so fast my friend...
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Here's the whole speech: https://www.ndsu.edu/president/speec...tyaddress2015/
This is what it would take to join the AAU:
I believe we are on the path to legitimately being able to pursue membership in the AAU. This is an association of top research universities that are leaders in innovation, scholarship and solutions that contribute to the nation's economy, security and well-being. I believe our scholarly performance already more than meets their standard, and with increased endowment of academic activities, AAU membership will become possible at some foreseeable point in the future. Just a few years ago I would have laughed at that assertion; today it has become quite real.
To that end, I have identified three targets we need to accomplish if we’re to reach AAU status. First, we need to pursue an enrollment of 18,000 students. That number gives us the size needed to be able to broaden our options, but is not so large that we lose our student focus. Second, we need to grow our student scholarship endowment by at least $100 million. And third, we will need to aggressively pursue a substantial increase in endowed chair and faculty positions.
I think this is doable with a great 5-10 year plan in place.
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- Henry Blaha
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Yeah, that's kind of the point, no?
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Looks like we be the smallest public institution in the group.
Nebraska apparently left because they didn't have a medical school and their USDA grants didn't count toward some internal group metrics. Not sure how that's going to go for us.
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Yes indeed
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And of course, the F***ing Fargo Forum's headline is "NDSU's President says he wants enrollment to reach 18,000." Holy shit that is horrible "journalism." That is 1 of the 3 targets identified in reaching the ultimate goal of AAU status.
I am sure the Anti-Imperial Cass folks will have a heyday with that headline. It is not growth of a student body just for the sake of being bigger.
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