AAU Membership Issue

[eyekwah]

After reading a number of articles on Nebraska losing its membership in the AAU it makes me wonder what Iowa and Iowa State's status are within the organization. I came across comments that some current AAU members are lagging behind some Universities that are not current members.

The state of Iowa is fortunate to have two members of the body for a state of its size. Iowa and Nebraska were admitted at the same time along with some other Big Ten members. I would not like to see either University lose the distinction. I would hope President Sally Mason would alert the public if Iowa has any AAU issues.

 

[raspberrytea]

I would speculate that Iowa is fine and ISU may be on the bubble (If Chancellor Pearlman's reasons for AAU bias are true).

I imagine a reporter in Iowa or Nebraska could conduct some research and produce some figures to show where each institution ranks among all universities in the ranking categories. Well, maybe not a Nebraskan reporter, given current conditions at that institution.

 

[ISU]

I would speculate that Iowa is fine and ISU may be on the bubble (If Chancellor Pearlman's reasons for AAU bias are true).

I imagine a reporter in Iowa or Nebraska could conduct some research and produce some figures to show where each institution ranks among all universities in the ranking categories. Well, maybe not a Nebraskan reporter, given current conditions at that institution.

Iowa State is not on the bubble. But good try.

 

[bandgrocks]

After reading a number of articles on Nebraska losing its membership in the AAU it makes me wonder what Iowa and Iowa State's status are within the organization. I came across comments that some current AAU members are lagging behind some Universities that are not current members.

The state of Iowa is fortunate to have two members of the body for a state of its size. Iowa and Nebraska were admitted at the same time along with some other Big Ten members. I would not like to see either University lose the distinction. I would hope President Sally Mason would alert the public if Iowa has any AAU issues.

Really? What is alerting the public going to do, start a letter writing campaign, protest? The public has NO control over this. My guess is if you told the general public this their comment would be "Does this impact the football team at all?" When they were told it had no impact on the football team, they would say "Okay, who cares."


AAU membership is by invitation only, which requires an affirmative vote of three-fourths of current members. Invitations are considered periodically, based in part on an assessment of the breadth and quality of university programs of research and graduate education, as well as undergraduate education.

The association ranks its members using four criteria: Research spending, the percentage of faculty who are members of the National Academies, faculty awards, and citations. Two thirds of members can vote to revoke membership for poor rankings.

 

[H8IAST8]

ISU would be in much more trouble if Ag isnt counted. Iowa has a Law School and Med School, i am sure they are sitting pretty comfortable.

 

[chitown]

ISU would be in much more trouble if Ag isnt counted. Iowa has a Law School and Med School, i am sure they are sitting pretty comfortable.

The AAU only counts AG faculty, it doesn't count AG research $$$.
ISU's Engineering is what's keeping them in.