<p>Barron's I can't get it to open, can you repost?</p>
<p>That LInk Froze my Computer!</p>
<p>Interesting... strange methodology maybe... why include undergraduate data in a research ranking?</p>
<p>by the way.. look HOW MUCH Johns Hopkins spends on research!</p>
<p>Johns Hopkins was the first research university in this country and remains a powerhouse for research and education everything from Creative writing to Nuclear Medicine and Space research. No surprises, it receives more federal funding than any other school in the country.</p>
<p>All it talks about is money....who cares....</p>
<p>WHOO for Cornell! Let's make it #1 next time!</p>
<p>Money rules. Also good info on faculty awards winners.</p>
<p>Site address without excel</p>
<p><a href="http://mup.asu.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://mup.asu.edu/</a></p>
<p>I love that Cornell University and Cornell Medical College have two different rankings.</p>
<p>ur right. Wouldn't the Medical School be part of the University? My school is sooo weird.</p>
<p>I believe they are about 300 miles apart. Similar to U Illinois and U Ill Medical, U Oregon and Oregon Health Sciences.</p>
<p>undergrad cornell = ithaca
cornell med = NYC i think?</p>
<p>@sheed30</p>
<p>Could this be someone disheartened with "P-Town's" low ranking? Money is obviously important when it comes to research.</p>
<p>Thanks Barrons!</p>
<p>Pton just missed being in the top group despite a relatively small grad school and research component. The faculty ranks very highly in NAS members and award winners.</p>
<p>so true padfoot...so true!</p>
<p>Barrons: </p>
<p>I'm asking you bec I have no intention of reading through all those pages. But regarding the table on page 8: there's no composite score or I missed it. What puts Columbia at the top or is it that there's a multiple tie for No. 1?</p>
<p>"I believe they are about 300 miles apart."</p>
<p>LoL... so.... Is the medical college not a part of 'Cornell University'?</p>
<p>Quote from <a href="http://mup.asu.edu/TableIntroTopAmResUniv.html%5B/url%5D">http://mup.asu.edu/TableIntroTopAmResUniv.html</a></p>
<h2>TheCenter determines the Top American Research Universities by their rank on nine different measures: Total Research, Federal Research, Endowment Assets, Annual Giving, National Academy Members, Faculty Awards, Doctorates Granted, Postdoctoral Appointees, and Median SAT Scores. (The Source Notes section of this study provides detailed information on each of the nine indicators.) The tables group research institutions according to how many times they rank in the top 25 on each of these nine measures. The top category includes those universities that rank in the top 25 on all nine indicators. The bottom category includes universities with only one of the nine measures ranked in the top 25. Within these groups, institutions are then sorted by how many times they rank between 26 and 50 on the nine performance variables, with ties listed alphabetically. A similar methodology produces a second set of institutionsthose ranked 26 through 50 on the same nine measures.</h2>
<p>Please tell me if Im wrong, but it seem like the ranking depended entirely on two arbitary brackets 1-25 and 26-50</p>
<p>Assume that the composite rankings from the nine measures are as follow for Columbia (which was ranked #1 in the top 25 list) and University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (which ranked last in the list)</p>
<pre><code> Measure 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
</code></pre>
<p>Columbia 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25</p>
<p>Texas MD 5 26 51 51 51 51 51 51 51</p>
<p>If we use the data above, employing the same criteria, to make up the top 10 list instead of top 25, then Texas would make the cut but not Columbia. So, Columbia is #1 and Texas #25 in the top 25 list, but Texas would be one in the top 10 but not Columbia.</p>
<p>Am I missing something?</p>
<p>To be in the top group (1-25) you have to have the most measures in the top 25 and then the top 50. Col would have 9 Top 25 ratings and be in the top group tied for First (9-0).</p>