Thanks for the details, very interesting.
Making up the 2 points to catch UVA will be very challenging. Most of these criteria cannot be directly affected, they are byproducts of decisions and initiatives of the university and take time to produce results. Also, UNC, UCSB and those right behind UF are not going to sit on their hands and be complacent.
It seems to me that Resources are the key. Increasing resources not only improves those categories, but should also have secondary effects which improve the other categories like Outcomes.
I am curious what others think…