College Discussion - View Single Post - How do people view University of Michigan??? against other universities

hoedown · 05-08-2008, 04:32 PM

My own dad (not grandfather, but dad) taught at a university. I grew up being on campus, going to art shows there, socializing with faculty and their kids. That doesn't mean I know the place inside and out. It's neat that your granddad taught here, but it doesn't make your assessment credible.

U-M dropped from 8 to 25 or so because they expanded the components of the ranking. Rankings from this era and rankings from 1987 aren't a reasonable comparison. The #8 ranking, back in the 1980s, was a peer ranking. If you compare today's peer ranking with back then, you instead see U-M has hardly moved. Some very ill-read person at a think tank in Midland once said U-M "plummeted" based on that metric. It was a huge embarrassment for them and the author. For some reason that has stuck with people, you included. But it's absolutely incorrect.

Bollinger was not our chancellor--you really aren't coming off as someone who knows U-M well. I would not characterize his departure to Columbia as "bolting" for quality reasons.

The mean SAT is not 1200. But if you know this place inside and out, why are you asking?

05-08-2008, 04:32 PM	#72
hoedown Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: MI Threads: 5 Posts: 2,943	My own dad (not grandfather, but dad) taught at a university. I grew up being on campus, going to art shows there, socializing with faculty and their kids. That doesn't mean I know the place inside and out. It's neat that your granddad taught here, but it doesn't make your assessment credible. U-M dropped from 8 to 25 or so because they expanded the components of the ranking. Rankings from this era and rankings from 1987 aren't a reasonable comparison. The #8 ranking, back in the 1980s, was a peer ranking. If you compare today's peer ranking with back then, you instead see U-M has hardly moved. Some very ill-read person at a think tank in Midland once said U-M "plummeted" based on that metric. It was a huge embarrassment for them and the author. For some reason that has stuck with people, you included. But it's absolutely incorrect. Bollinger was not our chancellor--you really aren't coming off as someone who knows U-M well. I would not characterize his departure to Columbia as "bolting" for quality reasons. The mean SAT is not 1200. But if you know this place inside and out, why are you asking? Last edited by hoedown : 05-08-2008 at 04:38 PM.