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re: University of Arkansas enrollment grows past 60,000 students.
Posted on 8/30/16 at 3:55 pm to rockiee
Posted on 8/30/16 at 3:55 pm to rockiee
There is absolutely zero reason to get degree like that. They would be better off learning a trade or joining a union. Something worthwhile to contribute value to the American economy
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Posted on 8/30/16 at 3:57 pm to rockiee
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At the end of the day, knowing people is more important.
I blame the 80's and the brain drain from other major to MBA's because RR was in office and Wall Street (movie) "Greed is Good" mantra. personally I would love for a return to "classical" education coupled with core development in a specific concentration. The day Latin was removed from the core ended the secondary benefits in the sciences, education, law, and medicine.
Anyway, did not mean to derail the thread so back to bert is fat I suppose.
Posted on 8/30/16 at 3:58 pm to TailbackU
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They would be better off learning a trade or joining a union. Something worthwhile to contribute value to the American economy
Have an up vote!
Posted on 8/30/16 at 4:01 pm to TailbackU
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There is absolutely zero reason to get degree like that.
Meh, so many jobs need a college degree to even apply even if someone with barely a high school education did that job 30 years ago.
A "worthless" degree is simply a way to avoid the first round of cuts and get you to the interview. In the interview is when you turn on the charm that some left brained engineer or scientist might not have.
Posted on 8/30/16 at 4:37 pm to AggieDub14
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There are 3 campuses considered to be part of Texas A&M University. Those campuses are located in College Station, Galveston, and Qatar.
Any other entities claimed by Texas A&M are part of the Texas A&M system.
Galveston probably has 2,000 students, and Qatar probably around 600. These numbers don't move the dial much.
You are forgetting the Fort Worth law school you bought a few years ago. Aggy has its precious little law school now.
Don't forget the medical students in Temple.
SO... aggy claims "Texas A&M" includes students in College Station, Galveston, Qatar, Temple and Fort Worth.
That's small-dicked laughable stuff right there, folks. Jackie Sherrill expanded stadium capacity in the 80s by making the seats narrower, so this is typical aggy. Everything comes back to The University of Texas for them.
Posted on 8/30/16 at 4:42 pm to texashorn
Oh look, there you are again. Did someone forget to turn the lights out on this thread?
Posted on 8/30/16 at 5:06 pm to cardboardboxer
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a way to avoid the first round of cuts and get you to the interview.
Not sure if you've ever hired anybody or not, but this is laughable.
Posted on 8/30/16 at 5:54 pm to Cheese Grits
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Kentucky
LSU
Moving quietly up
UK's drawback has always been its dedication to academics. Dr. Capiluoto is changing that with a quickness.
UK doesn't have to accept a student just because he graduated from a state high school anymore. The legislature did the school a huge favor several years ago by taking the Lexington Community College away from UK and making it a part of the KCTCS, the state community college system.
The Markey Medical Center recently attained NCI status and has top notch research programs. Medical research is one of UK's main strengths.
With new dorms, a new science center, student center and many other improvements, UK's 32,000-student campus is becoming a competitor in both academics and research. Of course, AAU status may never be on the horizon no matter how advanced UK becomes.
The AAU is a private organization whose membership is by invitation, not necessarily by qualification. There is a bias against some southern schools that will not go away any time soon. Sorry, UGA, UT, USC, LSU, Bama and Auburn.
That bias is costing UK and most of the SEC schools billions in federal research money. Coincidentally, federal research dollars are one of the most important considerations for membership in the AAU. That's what got Syracuse kicked out a couple of years ago. Their federal dollars dropped and their state research money increased but the AAU was not pleased.
The SECU needs to redouble efforts to raise the profiles of conference schools and demand a bigger share of federal research money. As it stands, there is a "tradition" of letting the AAU schools have first picks. Non-AAU get the leftovers.
This post was edited on 8/30/16 at 5:56 pm
Posted on 8/30/16 at 5:55 pm to texashorn
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Everything comes back to The University of Texas for them.
Like them coming on the the Big 12 forums and trolling Longhorns....oh wait
Posted on 8/30/16 at 5:58 pm to Numberwang
Damn, how can you turn enrollment into this?
Not bad.
Not bad.
Posted on 8/30/16 at 6:59 pm to Numberwang
60,000 retarded rednecks in one spot?
Only in murica.
Only in murica.
Posted on 8/30/16 at 7:57 pm to texashorn
According to the horns, the state of Texas is better served concentrating one of their flagship universities' medical and legal services in a small-ish college town, rather than in the areas where people need them.
Those dildo-swinging longhorns, geniuses I tell ya.
Those dildo-swinging longhorns, geniuses I tell ya.
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