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<p>Here is some information to compare “institutional resources” at these schools:</p>
<p> Library Size (in number of volumes) <a href=“source:%20%5Burl=The Largest Libraries in the U.S.”>/u</a>
Michigan … 7,800,389
Wisconsin … 7,232,850
WUSTL … 3,608,538
Notre Dame … 3,054,075</p>
<p> Annual Research Expenditures<a href=“%5Burl=http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/college_guide/rankings_2010/national_university_research.php]National%20University%20Rankings%202010%20|%20Washington%20Monthly[/url]”>/u</a>
Wisconsin … $841M
Michigan … $809M
WUSTL … $573M
Notre Dame … $77M</p>
<p> Faculty in National Academies (rank among national universities)<a href=“%5Burl=http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/college_guide/rankings_2010/national_university_research.php]National%20University%20Rankings%202010%20|%20Washington%20Monthly[/url]”>/u</a>
Wisconsin … 19th
WUSTL … 30th
Michigan … 33rd
Notre Dame … 92nd</p>
<p>Museums
[Museums</a> at the University of Michigan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museums_at_the_University_of_Michigan]Museums”>List of museums and collections at the University of Michigan - Wikipedia)
[University</a> of Wisconsin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia<a href=“Lots%20and%20lots%20of%20special%20collections%20at%20UM%20and%20UW;%20by%20comparison,%20the%20Snite%20and%20Kemper%20art%20museums%20seem%20to%20be%20about%20it%20at%20ND%20and%20WUSTL,%20respectively%20…%20maybe%20I’ve%20missed%20some.”>/url</a></p>
<p>Observatories
Wisconsin - (15.6 in. refractor at Washburn Observatory; 3.5 meter WIYN telescope owned and operated in a consortium with Indiana, Yale, and NAOA; [url=<a href=“http://www.wiyn.org/]WIYN”>http://www.wiyn.org/]WIYN</a> Observatory](<a href=“University of Wisconsin–Madison - Wikipedia”>University of Wisconsin–Madison - Wikipedia) )
Michigan - (85 ft. diameter parabolic reflector at Peach Mountain Observatory; [Michigan</a> Astronomy | Observatories](<a href=“http://www.astro.lsa.umich.edu/obs/obs.php]Michigan”>http://www.astro.lsa.umich.edu/obs/obs.php) )
WUSTL - (6 in. refractor at Crow Observatory; [Crow</a> Observatory | Department of Physics](<a href=“Resources | Department of Physics”>Resources | Department of Physics))
ND - (is currently building an observatory on the roof of the new Jordan Hall; not much info seems to be available on the existing ND observatory - [Notre</a> Dame Observatory](<a href=“http://www.nd.edu/~comet/]Notre”>http://www.nd.edu/~comet/))</p>