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<p>Unless it happens, it’s just empty threats.</p>
<p>And it’s not like USC is exactly cheap for its students:</p>
<p>[USC</a> ranked 7th for debt by CNBC |Daily Trojan](<a href=“http://dailytrojan.com/2011/01/27/usc-ranked-7th-for-debt-by-cnbc/]USC”>USC ranked 7th for debt by CNBC - Daily Trojan)</p>
<p>I read that USC has the second highest student loan debt of not-for-profit institutions behind NYU. And that my friends, aint cheap.</p>
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<p>Well the thing is, that just simply isn’t true. Most of the claims that it is are purely conjectural and wholly unsubstantiated. It’s researchers are still winning plenty of awards, important faculty haven’t left, etc. In fact, i believe, we just got our first Turing award winner not too long ago with Judea Perl. And a history profsesor, T. Ruiz recently won the humanities medal. (you can google either)</p>
<p>UCLA rose into the top 10 regarding REPUTATION this year; USC, ims, still hasn’t cracked the top 50. (although it did rise from last year at 70-80 range) </p>
<p>[Top</a> Universities by Reputation 2012](<a href=“http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2011-2012/reputation-rankings.html]Top”>http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2011-2012/reputation-rankings.html)</p>
<p>Again, not hating on USC. But trying to say that UCLA is degrading in academic quality simply isn’t true.</p>