AAU

[HuskerNiner]

I have a question I have never been able to find an answer for. If we do what we need to, can we still apply and be joined back into the AAU?

[Nexus]

AAU membership is by invitation only, which requires an affirmative vote of three-fourths of current members. Invitations are considered periodically, based in part on an assessment of the breadth and quality of university programs of research and graduate education, as well as undergraduate education. The association ranks its members using four criteria: Research spending, the percentage of faculty who are members of the National Academies, faculty awards, and Two thirds of members can vote to revoke membership for poor rankings

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_American_Universities

[VectorVictor]

AAU membership is by invitation only, which requires an affirmative vote of three-fourths of current members. Invitations are considered periodically, based in part on an assessment of the breadth and quality of university programs of research and graduate education, as well as undergraduate education. The association ranks its members using four criteria: Research spending, the percentage of faculty who are members of the National Academies, faculty awards, and Two thirds of members can vote to revoke membership for poor rankings

 

http://en.wikipedia....an_Universities

 

This.

 

Some folks were talking about 10 years or so, before Pearlman went public. However, since Harvey went public with the inner-workings of the AAU and the accusations of a rigged election (or, at the very least, a protracted one so the AAU could receive the result they wanted), I sincerely doubt we'll be invited back anytime soon.

 

Frankly, though, this isn't a big deal--Notre Dame isn't an AAU member, nor do they have plans to be, yet they're coveted by the Big 10. And the AAU's exclusion of agriculture research in compiling its data really doesn't help the organization long-term--the rate in which our population is growing, the AAU's relevance could be significantly diminished in 10-20 years time.

 

Plus, remember we have the CIC, which is both a purchasing and educational sharing consortium, as well as a research one. We're in good hands with the Big 10, and likely better off long-term for it, both on the field and in the classroom.

[bigg10]

Edit: whoop wrong thread.

[Glendower]

AAU membership is by invitation only, which requires an affirmative vote of three-fourths of current members. Invitations are considered periodically, based in part on an assessment of the breadth and quality of university programs of research and graduate education, as well as undergraduate education. The association ranks its members using four criteria: Research spending, the percentage of faculty who are members of the National Academies, faculty awards, and Two thirds of members can vote to revoke membership for poor rankings

 

http://en.wikipedia....an_Universities

 

This.

 

Some folks were talking about 10 years or so, before Pearlman went public. However, since Harvey went public with the inner-workings of the AAU and the accusations of a rigged election (or, at the very least, a protracted one so the AAU could receive the result they wanted), I sincerely doubt we'll be invited back anytime soon.

 

Frankly, though, this isn't a big deal--Notre Dame isn't an AAU member, nor do they have plans to be, yet they're coveted by the Big 10. And the AAU's exclusion of agriculture research in compiling its data really doesn't help the organization long-term--the rate in which our population is growing, the AAU's relevance could be significantly diminished in 10-20 years time.

 

Plus, remember we have the CIC, which is both a purchasing and educational sharing consortium, as well as a research one. We're in good hands with the Big 10, and likely better off long-term for it, both on the field and in the classroom.

 

Not just ag, but also medical programs aren't included. Take those away from NU and there goes a big chunk. I'm not even sure what the AAU does besides have secret meetings and measure their grant dongs.

[Caven]

Integrated medical programs are counted - but Nebraska's medical stuff is on a different campus. Most of Iowa's comes from our medical school.

[VectorVictor]

Caven's right.

 

Also, let's not forget that we're not really going to be taking a hit with our research by losing the AAU--don't forget we've got the Big 10's CIC, which has helped Penn State triple their annual research grant money from the time they joined until today.

 

If the same thing happens with us in 20 or so years, we'll be sitting very pretty, and we won't give two ****s about the AAU any longer.