Louisiana's Push for Tier One status

[DieHard1280]

Tier 1 is not worth the paper its printed on in the academic world... Carnegie classification carries all the weight

So why is T-Joe expending energy on it?

[cypremort]

So why is T-Joe expending energy on it?

Carnegie R1 is the focus.

[DieHard1280]

Carnegie R1 is the focus.

Okay, I thought I had seen different on here

[cajun_lannister]

So why is T-Joe expending energy on it?

We are going for R1 status not Tier 1 ... Which is "Highest Research University" in the Carnegie Classification

[Rainman66]

I misspoke, the list I attached is the Carnegie R1 classification and the link as well. Those institutions are NOT Carnegie R1 institutions either.

[VObserver]

Even more remarkable is that UTA and GaSt are both Carnegie Doctoral Highest Research.... as are UNT and FIU.... but not us.

[Rainman66]

Not sure it is more remarkable, but yes, still surprised. Adding to your list USF, UT-Dallas, New Mexico, & UAB (only R1 in Alabama).

[cajun_lannister]

Not sure it is more remarkable, but yes, still surprised. Adding to your list USF, UT-Dallas, New Mexico, & UAB (only R1 in Alabama).

UAB has a pretty good Medical school

[SMD7636]

Tier 1 has some subjective measures.

[wscoog]

Congrats to Rainman on his son's wise choice for undergraduate knowledge gathering. The tier 1 deal is one of those things that is not the holy grail but annoys my tech relatives enough that I know it is not meaningless. A small feather in the cap but still a feather. As the son of a professor whose research could only be analyzed by maybe 5 people in the world I can honestly say academic rankings are incredibly biased but are a part of the game. Keep up the improvements and great things are ahead. As an aside maybe the happiest times I have ever seen my parents was during our visit to Lafayette this spring. My parents have been all over the world and keep asking when we are we going back to Acadiana.