<p>Specific reason? How reliable are BusinessWeek's rankings?</p>
<p>2006: <a href="http://bwnt.businessweek.com/bschools/undergraduate/06rankings/%5B/url%5D">http://bwnt.businessweek.com/bschools/undergraduate/06rankings/</a>
2007: <a href="http://bwnt.businessweek.com/bschools/undergraduate/07rankings/%5B/url%5D">http://bwnt.businessweek.com/bschools/undergraduate/07rankings/</a></p>
<p>Ok nevermind. The thread answered most of my questions. <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/indiana-university-bloomington/309455-kelley-falls-8-spots-business-week-ranking.html?highlight=business+week%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/indiana-university-bloomington/309455-kelley-falls-8-spots-business-week-ranking.html?highlight=business+week</a> If anyone wants to add anything feel free!</p>
<p>Well, this drop was largely a result of the focus of the previous administration being on areas not related to facilities improvement.</p>
<p>I'm hopeful and believe that this is already changing under the new administration. For more on this, read the following article from this past October:</p>
<p>Here's a couple quotes from that article:</p>
<p>"At the forefront of his [Michael McRobbie's] plan are commitments to remodel all dorms on the Bloomington campus, allocate $1 billion for construction of new buildings and continue a dedication to hire the world’s leading faculty.</p>
<p>'By early next decade, our goal is nothing short of having nearly a billion dollars of new construction underway, providing the essential space and facilities to support world-changing and life-enhancing research, education of the highest quality and innovations to fuel the state’s economy,' McRobbie said in his inaugural speech."</p>
<p>And</p>
<p>"McRobbie’s decision to focus on building expansion and top-quality faculty is a marked departure from the policies of the previous IU president, Adam Herbert, who came into IU with the missions of finding a new Bloomington campus leader and balancing the athletics budget. McRobbie has also worked to distance himself from the problems that plagued Herbert’s presidency, namely a huge divide between the administration and IU professors that led to a faculty revolt in the fall of 2005."</p>
<p>I should also point out that something like $7 million was already allocated to maintenance at Kelley--and this maintenance is already underway. I can't find the article on this, though. I'm under the impression that IU realizes that the music and business schools are their "star" gems--and that therefore the administration and school deans make sure that these two schools get the funding they need to continue attracting top students.</p>
<p>Interesting story Cal. Thanks. Sometimes the inside stuff does not get out to the public much. I would not place much weight on the Businessweek rankins. Any ranking that has such huge changes is not reliable. It is heavily based on student surveys which can easily be manipulated. I'd look more at actual average salary and recruitment trends.</p>