Why is dartmouth not in the aau

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Signup today! Create Account. Have an account? Log In. Thank you. Your account has been registered, and you are now logged in. Check your email for details. Invalid password or account does not exist. Remember me. Forgot your password? Request login link. Need an account? The University of Utah is an ascendant institution in a fast-growing state in a part of the country where AAU is not well represented; Utah becomes only the sixth member of the association from 16 westernmost states excluding California.

While the New Hampshire institution attracts students in large part based on the quality and intimacy of its undergraduate education, it has strong graduate schools and an increasing research portfolio.

Search Over 22, Jobs. Browse all jobs on Inside Higher Ed Careers ». Post A Job Today! We have retired comments and introduced Letters to the Editor. Share your thoughts ». Whatever one calls it, Dartmouth is joining an exclusive consortium of post-secondary research institutions.

The 36 public schools, meanwhile, include charter members the University of Michigan, where Hanlon was previously the provost, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the universities of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and Minnesota It is a prestigious group that recognizes achievement in research and academics.

Sure, we will be a fine institution without being AAU and there are many good schools that are not AAU, but it is always good to have goals and being on the path to AAU, whether we get there or not, or it takes 20 years, means that the university is improving its academic profile and that is always a great thing.

I think we will be a little far from AAU before the next round of realignment though. Very vague qualifications. In general, qualifications that got Nebraska in, changed. Its basically a club. You have to be invited by the members. It takes awhile though.