Mike Damone

September 26th, 2018 at 12:23 PM ^

It is very good news for U-M!

And I know I am biased, but I truly believe having been in the business world for over 25 years, we are a better school than those ranked 15-19: Cal Berkeley, Columbia, UCLA, Duke and Cornell.  All fine schools - but I will take our programs, education and quality of graduates over any of those 5 all day, every day.

It is terrific that we are recognized worldwide for the strength of our wonderful University.  Alabama, Clemson and Georgia have awesome football teams - but they come nowhere close to us when combining academics, true achievement, and "sports fun".

Go Blue!!!

 

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evenyoubrutus

September 26th, 2018 at 12:36 PM ^

I'm sure this is true. However, I have one critique. I would humbly ask that the guidance counselors instruct their undergraduates to treat their field-related jobs as actual jobs, and not like resume enhancers for their grad school applications.

It's pretty sad as an employer to have far more confidence and trust in your Washtenaw Community College students than you do in your 4.0 UM undergrads, and to see the pattern repeat itself year after year after year.

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PapabearBlue

September 26th, 2018 at 4:47 PM ^

My first assumption was that all of the top schools would be in states where it has been recreationally legalized. Oddly enough, it isn't. Which is quite stupid considering that you could still get criminal charges at most of the top 10 schools. Doesn't sound "stoner friendly" to me.

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UMGoRoss

September 26th, 2018 at 12:34 PM ^

My dyslexia kicked in for a minute and I read it as High Times Education vs Times Higher Education and I was shocked we weren't better. 

That being said, this is pretty impressive.

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Dano1984

September 26th, 2018 at 12:49 PM ^

I'm amazed how often this stupid topic gets posted to the board. This is a sports blog not a UM alumni circle jerk. 80% of the subscribers probably are more "Wal Mart" than University material. 

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Arb lover

September 26th, 2018 at 1:31 PM ^

Thanks for convincing me to log in for the downvote. I have to assume that most people who are heavy Michigan fans likely have ties to the university, otherwise what's the point? Even if they didn't go there, perhaps they grew up watching Michigan football because parents went there, etc. or they have gone to games for most of their lives from growing up in the area.  An area by the way where most kids end up going to college and by definition don't meet your not university material claim.

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ToledoBlue

September 26th, 2018 at 2:36 PM ^

You see there's this thing called a title way up at the tippy top. That (usually) gives you a pretty good idea of what's inside said post. You may want to read it closely before randomly clicking it in the future lest you waste your time.

- signed a Walmart guy that had zero shot at getting in the doors but still cheers loudly

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mgowill

September 26th, 2018 at 2:48 PM ^

Hello Dano1984,

As my first act as a moderator I reviewed your posting history and found it consistent with this comment. As such, you won’t be posting as Dano1984 anymore. I’ll leave your comment and not cave it. 

Have a good day!

mgowill

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likerice

September 26th, 2018 at 12:51 PM ^

Very impressive, especially when you consider most of the higher-ranked schools are private, and therefore have far more resources per capita.

Here are the U.S. public schools in the top 50:

15. UC Berkeley
17. UCLA
20. Michigan
28. U. Washington
30. UC San Diego
34. Georgia Tech
39. UT Austin
43. Wisconsin
50. Illinois

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rusty bathslts

September 26th, 2018 at 1:42 PM ^

I'm always wary of these lists. Part of the ranking comes from input from high school counselors. I don't know about you, but I would not trust rankings from my former high school counselor. Also, the counselors from California will rank all the UCs higher than most schools in the country. That's why you get random UCs ranked higher than schools like UT Austin. 

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huntmich

September 26th, 2018 at 1:56 PM ^

So you're thinking of US News and World Report. THE uses things like research output, the learning environment, etc. It uses data, not opinion.

 

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/methodology-world-university-rankings-2018

 

"The performance indicators are grouped into five areas:

  • Teaching (the learning environment)
  • Research (volume, income and reputation)
  • Citations (research influence);
  • International outlook (staff, students and research)
  • Industry income (knowledge transfer)"

 

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Merlin.64

September 26th, 2018 at 4:56 PM ^

Interesting information. As a former international grad student, I was surprised there weren't more international students at U of M, but maybe the ratio has changed since my (long ago) day. Incidentally, I'm impressed that three universities from the state of Illinois rated so highly.

Academically, not football, of course.

Go Blue!

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