Whats up With Emory?

NerdyChica
Fri, 22 Jan 2016 11:24:52 +0000

^ You make some great points. I think what Emory needs to do is focus on making a couple of departments truly world class. Duke did that with its English department and med school in the second half of the 19th century and currently boasts world class biochemistry, BME, materials science, and mathematics departments. I think Emory can become a major player in global health or maybe immunology. A targeted effort to improve certain departments will add luster to the entire university. Is Emory poised to become a world leader in any academic discipline? You also have the good fortune of being located in Atlanta. I’m sure some top notch scholars would be interested in moving there.

I’d also argue that marketing does begin to matter once your product is already world class. Chicago languished in relative obscurity for close to a couple of decades before being revitalized by a marketing push. Emory should work on both fronts simultaneously! Also, is the endowment still comprised almost exclusively of Coca Cola stock?