<p>Bud and Pancaked: That’s kind of true I guess. I don’t hear a lot of noise (I guess I mean “national”) about the faculty and professors at Vandy, even though they are really good. We have lots of great/really well-known profs. and stuff (that have been making headlines) and we don’t rank that well (I suppose we have decent law school placement, I guess…), but plenty of people who are actually here for the education like this aspect and it really adds (I suppose that Emory does not do well because it does not know how to market well and doesn’t get through to students that, “yo, we have an amazing faculty”. Either that, or we get students who don’t care about that, which is a problem we need to fix. Must recruit people who don’t merely see it as a nice name on a degree). Since Vandy already ranks well and is having an upswing (As in, students now recognize its more than just a nice name), y’all should perhaps “poach” some faculty members (or better highlight well-known academics or faculty members). That’s what we did, it makes this place way more interesting than what it would be without these key faculty members, most whom are in the liberal arts like Natasha Tretheway , but an increasing amount in the sciences on top of folks like Liotta and Frans de waal. This will make even more noise for Vandy and actually boost their international reputation without really having to chase the ranks or constantly worry about “placement”. Point is, it’ll become an even cooler place to be educated than it already is. Just don’t poach our faculty (or perhaps even Duke’s, even though I am sure Duke faculty have very competitive pay) because that would make (and them) sad lol.</p>