8/22/2006
Destroying Iowa One Ranking at a Time
FIRST BUSINESS WEEK, NOW PRINCETON REVIEW: Things are getting interesting at the University of Iowa - the University of Texas has been ranked as the "Best Party School in the Nation."
Alums out there - what do you reminisce about from your time at Iowa? Great classes (let's be honest, now)? No. Great facilities? Dude, we're paying $6,000 a year and that's with inflation! Our IMU is so decrepit that filming of Tales from the Crypt could commence any day.
Let me succinctly answer that question. You thought about that time at Field House when you bought rail drinks for all your fraternity buddies for less than the price of a Starbucks frappuccino.
But in the never-ending quest to pull our rankings up by the tail and focus on "academics," university officials have cracked down and our equally important rankings have fallen.
Important to increasing the value of our degree? Yes. Arguably damaging to a less scholastic distinction? Perhaps.
Case and point, Business Week recently ranked our superb undergraduate program 39th in the nation...and that's after our Big Ten colleagues Michigan State, Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Indiana, and Penn State.
There are no kudos for being seventh best of eleven.
What we have always been awesome at is drawing in the crowds for the good times. We work hard, we play hard, and we remain earnestly Midwestern about football.
As fellow Iowa football fan and blogger Brady points out, at the whim of University Officials, the grass lot on Riverside and Myrtle has been closed down for Fall tailgating, effectively leaving hundreds of tailgaters without a pot.
Look - I'm not saying that we need to invite Jose and Jack into the classroom, I'm just pointing out that we need to try to remain distinguished at something...anything.
Alums out there - what do you reminisce about from your time at Iowa? Great classes (let's be honest, now)? No. Great facilities? Dude, we're paying $6,000 a year and that's with inflation! Our IMU is so decrepit that filming of Tales from the Crypt could commence any day.
Let me succinctly answer that question. You thought about that time at Field House when you bought rail drinks for all your fraternity buddies for less than the price of a Starbucks frappuccino.
But in the never-ending quest to pull our rankings up by the tail and focus on "academics," university officials have cracked down and our equally important rankings have fallen.
Important to increasing the value of our degree? Yes. Arguably damaging to a less scholastic distinction? Perhaps.
Case and point, Business Week recently ranked our superb undergraduate program 39th in the nation...and that's after our Big Ten colleagues Michigan State, Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Indiana, and Penn State.
There are no kudos for being seventh best of eleven.
What we have always been awesome at is drawing in the crowds for the good times. We work hard, we play hard, and we remain earnestly Midwestern about football.
As fellow Iowa football fan and blogger Brady points out, at the whim of University Officials, the grass lot on Riverside and Myrtle has been closed down for Fall tailgating, effectively leaving hundreds of tailgaters without a pot.
Look - I'm not saying that we need to invite Jose and Jack into the classroom, I'm just pointing out that we need to try to remain distinguished at something...anything.
# posted by Laura W @ 8/22/2006 01:29:00 AM 
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University officials who are serious about Iowa academics should focus on the classroom statistics, not the drinking ones. Busting tailgaters, closing parking lots, etc. won't do anything to help the school's academic image.
To me, it's just a bunch of liberal administrators looking for a scapegoat. But, at the end of the day, Iowa will still have its "lower" academic ratings, but also the new, lower "social" ratings.
Hell, when I was a freshman at Iowa (1998 - 1999), you could still tailgate in the Slater parking lot. Do you think that students who live in Slater now get better grades than previous Slater students? I highly doubt that.
To me, it's just a bunch of liberal administrators looking for a scapegoat. But, at the end of the day, Iowa will still have its "lower" academic ratings, but also the new, lower "social" ratings.
Hell, when I was a freshman at Iowa (1998 - 1999), you could still tailgate in the Slater parking lot. Do you think that students who live in Slater now get better grades than previous Slater students? I highly doubt that.
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