<p>Latest: Smoke pointing towards Johns Hopkins considering joining the Big Ten. </p>
<p>They would have their lacrosse program (Men/Women) compete in the Big Ten. The rest of their sports teams are not D3. </p>
<p>JHU is supposedly very interested in the CIC and would become a member.</p>
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Now nothing is set in stone, but it cannot be overstated how <em>huge</em> this would be for the CIC. </p>
<p>Currently, the University of Michigan brings in the most federal research money annually, at $800m. JHU comparatively brings in <em>double</em> at 1.6B annually. In fact, JHU is #1 nationwide in federal research money. </p>
<p>The CIC members engage in 8B annually in federal research money. With the addition of Johns Hopkins, the CIC would see a 20% boost, totaling to 9.6B in federal research money. This is very significant. </p>
<p>Could this be the start of a second athletic conference truly separating itself from the others academically?</p>
<p>I can say a little bit about the most recent admit to the B1G “before” UMD and Rut. My alma m. Nebraska was a logical choice. It’s a land grant institution, and was an AAU member (big research consortium…prestigious) before the AAU got all squirrelly about not allowing ag/nutrition research to count toward AAU research. That’s a whole other b.s. argument to have. But bottom line is the B1G is far and away the best amalgamation of research institutions in the country. Not putting down other athletic conferences…but the B1G stands out, and UMD, and Rut. will reap the benefits. I’m proud that Nebr was asked to join. One of the reasons that I believe ND was not asked, is that ND tends to have a go-it-alone attitude, whereas the Big 10 institutions have absolutely joint decision making. You can see the difference in the Big 12. U of Texas basically destroyed the B12 by makign huge demands based on the power of their population base. The conference gave in and then Texas started the Longhorn network, and the better academic schools bolted (U of Missouri, Colorado, and Nebraska…and finally T A&M.) Rutgers and Md are better off…and it will make a great academic partnership.</p>
<p>By “top-30”, I take it you referred to the USN college rankings. That’s just one of the many rankings out there. Most other rankings put Big Ten schools higher than ACC schools, sometime significantly. BC, WF, and UVA, etc are either mediocre or awful in research (even UVA president admitted that it’s not on par). How many ACC schools are AAU members?</p>
<p>I wanted to provide an update to this thread, specifically in regard to something I alluded to in a post back in early February. </p>
<p>John Hopkins University is in fact joining the Big Ten as an affiliate member in Lacrosse. The Big Ten is adding lacrosse in 2015 and with JHU being a Lacrosse powerhouse, this is a nice addition in that regard. </p>
<p>In relevance to this thread, it looks like John Hopkins may be applying for CIC membership, although I have not found confirmation of this just yet. In early July the CIC stated that it had not yet formally been in talks with JHU. I will make another update when confirmation either way is available. From what I have gathered it seems it is a matter of when this officially occurs, however.</p>
<p>Again this is big news because if this were to take place it would further solidify the academic excellence of the Big Ten and its Consortium (CIC).</p>
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<p>As stated above,
Currently, the University of Michigan brings in the most federal research money annually, at $800m. JHU comparatively brings in <em>double</em> at 1.6B annually. In fact, JHU is #1 nationwide in federal research money.</p>
<p>The CIC members engage in 8B annually in federal research money. With the addition of Johns Hopkins, the CIC would see a 20% boost, totaling to 9.6B in federal research money.</p>
“Implementation of the Commission’s recommendations will (1) advance the excellence and reputation of UMD”</p>
<p>2) “Allocate some of the Big Ten revenues to support UMD’s academic mission and need-based student financial aid”</p>
<p>3) “Some of these new revenues will be allocated to support the University’s academic priorities and student financial aid. These allocations are expected to grow to at least $1 million annually. Effective immediately, I have redirected $500,000 annually in other non-state revenues, previously budgeted for Maryland Athletics, to fund expanded mental health counseling services for all students.”</p>
<p>4) “UMD will produce high-quality academic, research, and athletic programming for the Big Ten Network that reaches some 80 million households in the U.S. and abroad.”</p>
<p>"Joining the Big Ten is about academics as well as athletics. I am pleased to report that many of our faculty, students, and staff are already participating in CIC programs on education, research, technology commercialization, libraries, student government, student affairs, and campus safety. They have been warmly welcomed by their counterparts in this consortium of top-ranked flagship and AAU research universities. Joining this “super-university” will advance UMD’s academic mission. "</p>