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<p>Emory hasn’t “spiked in the ranks” any more than Vanderbilt.</p>
<p><a href=“http://chronicle.com/stats/usnews/index.php?category=Universities[/url]”>http://chronicle.com/stats/usnews/index.php?category=Universities</a></p>
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<p>It certainly has the qualifications to do so, and has done so once. Might wanna buy that coffin.</p>
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<p>I wouldn’t be so quick as to speak for the entire adminstration. Every top 20 university cares about their image, and that includes ranking.</p>