<p>@simba9: Some of those alumni achievements are those gained by recent alums (like prestigious student awards, PhDs, and elite professional school placement). I kind of doubt that the quality of the UMich student body has dropped off over the past 5-10 years considering that it is harder now than ever to get in there (and the faculty are as highly rated as ever).</p>
<p>Note that the recent USNews Global Universities ranking has UMich at 14th. Following your logic, UMich has suddenly made a massive jump up in quality.</p>