<p>Hawkette, we each have a picture in our heads of what an “ideal” university should be like. I always have anyway, ever since I was in high school. You do too. I am not going to go into the details of what constitutes an ideal university since we each have our take on this subject, but it is evident that there are varrying, and often conflicting, points of views. </p>
<p>Out of curiosity, can you please provide us with the data supporting your view that Michigan as a school does not belong in the higher echelons in the real world? I have always maintained that in academe and in the real world, Michigan does in fact belong in the upper echelons. There is ample evidence supporting that view coming out of academe, but I have not seen a great many from the real world.</p>