[Husker] "Thrown out" of AAU?

[Killmar, John]

It appears from the articles linked below, that the AAU is somewhat of an exclusive club and that universities with a large research budget are more desirable.  There are more institutions clamoring to get in and it looks like they felt the need to "prune" at the bottom of the AAU rankings.  No institution has ever been voted out before and it looks like Nebraska was the victim of a new criteria for AAU members.  When the new criteria was approved, its impact was not clearly understood.  Syracuse will leave or has left the AAU voluntarily.

It does appear that Nebraska might not have been invited into the Big Ten without an AAU membership.

The affect of not being a member of the AAU is not clear according to what I just read.

http://chronicle.com/article/Ouster-Opens-a-Painful-Debate/127364/

http://www.omaha.com/article/20110429/NEWS01/110428852

John Killmar




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From: husker-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of Lynette Tillner
Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2011 11:16 PM
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Subject: [Husker] "Thrown out" of AAU?

Can someone please elaborate on this:
 In late April, Nebraska was basically kicked out of the Association of American Universities. Every other Big Ten school is a member of that group, which basically is the best of the best.

It's from this article:  http://bleacherreport.com/tb/b9rj2

Thanks!

Lynette (Tillner) Peavey
ltillner at yahoo.com
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