[Husker] "Thrown out" of AAU?

[Skylar Dodds]

John, you're mostly correct. The reason UNL was thrown out was because they changed the rules so that agricultural research no longer counted towards qualification and obviously that removes a significant portion of NUs research.

In regards to the Big Ten, Jim Delaney said that without a doubt NU would have still be admitted without the AAU membership. Now, whether or not that's just pub speak because we're already in, I don't know, but I thought I would mention it.

Lastly, for the conspiracy theorists out there, I believe the chairman and a few other board members are Texas graduates...take that however you'd like.

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"Killmar, John" <John.Killmar at STJUDE.ORG> wrote:

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 -----Original Message----- 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 To: Husker 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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