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    Forbes rankings

    http://www.knoe.com/content/news/For...385902051.html

    Has the Newstar reported on this?

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    Re: Forbes rankings

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    They're digging around for any kind of a juco offset story they can put on the front page. Then they might put this on page 7.
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    Re: Forbes rankings

    How does Lafayette offset? They use some obscure ranking that does not include national universities right?

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    Re: Forbes rankings

    Wow even Centenary beat ULOL.

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    Re: Forbes rankings

    LSU #171 Tech #392 in the nation. And, that is the best Louisiana can do? Anyone else thinking....hmmmmm, well, there are 50 states (or 57 states if you're obummer) and one would think....hope...that Louisiana would, by law of averages, kind of have a school in the top 50, or at least close to it. Being ranked like this, to me, is kind of like being the tallest dwarf in the room.

    Now, don't get your panties in a wad. I am always glad to see Tech ranked higher than other state schools, which really, is only telling us something we already knew: Tech is the best! But, looking at this from 30,000 feet shouldn't all Louisianians be concerned we aren't doing better in the national rankings? In the bigger picture this reflects poorly on the state.

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    Re: Forbes rankings

    Quote Originally Posted by dawg80 View Post
    LSU #171 Tech #392 in the nation. And, that is the best Louisiana can do? Anyone else thinking....hmmmmm, well, there are 50 states (or 57 states if you're obummer) and one would think....hope...that Louisiana would, by law of averages, kind of have a school in the top 50, or at least close to it. Being ranked like this, to me, is kind of like being the tallest dwarf in the room.

    Now, don't get your panties in a wad. I am always glad to see Tech ranked higher than other state schools, which really, is only telling us something we already knew: Tech is the best! But, looking at this from 30,000 feet shouldn't all Louisianians be concerned we aren't doing better in the national rankings? In the bigger picture this reflects poorly on the state.
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    Re: Forbes rankings

    LSU #171 Tech #392 in the nation. And, that is the best Louisiana can do? Anyone else thinking....hmmmmm, well, there are 50 states (or 57 states if you're obummer) and one would think....hope...that Louisiana would, by law of averages, kind of have a school in the top 50, or at least close to it. Being ranked like this, to me, is kind of like being the tallest dwarf in the room.

    Now, don't get your panties in a wad. I am always glad to see Tech ranked higher than other state schools, which really, is only telling us something we already knew: Tech is the best! But, looking at this from 30,000 feet shouldn't all Louisianians be concerned we aren't doing better in the national rankings? In the bigger picture this reflects poorly on the state.
    That is certainly a valid point, but meter that thought with the fact that there are over 3,000 4-year colleges in the US alone. I was in Boston a few years back talking with some of the faculty from Olin College and mentioned that Louisiana has way too many universities. They replied with the fact that the greater Boston area alone had more than 80 colleges and universities (yes 80, not 8). So look at it as #392 out of 3,000 and you are suddenly top 15% material. Disclaimer for fairness, Forbes does not rank all 3,000.

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    Re: Forbes rankings

    Quote Originally Posted by DrDawg View Post
    That is certainly a valid point, but meter that thought with the fact that there are over 3,000 4-year colleges in the US alone. I was in Boston a few years back talking with some of the faculty from Olin College and mentioned that Louisiana has way too many universities. They replied with the fact that the greater Boston area alone had more than 80 colleges and universities (yes 80, not 8). So look at it as #392 out of 3,000 and you are suddenly top 15% material. Disclaimer for fairness, Forbes does not rank all 3,000.
    Where does Louisiana rank, compared to the other 49 states, in colleges per capita? I'm surprised that Boston has 80, but the Boston metro population is about the same as the entire state of Louisiana. The state of Massachusetts also has more money to support colleges, and their private colleges are actually private, unlike Tulane who receives state funds. When it comes to funding colleges, I agree with you that Louisiana has too many.

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    Re: Forbes rankings

    There are 54 colleges/universities in Boston metro area.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...politan_Boston



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    I used this Wikipedia page for population.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o..._by_population

    I used this list for number of institutions.
    http://www.univsearch.com/state.php


    Louisiana has 173 institutions for a population of 4,670,724.

    Per capita, Louisiana has 3.7039 institutions per 100,000 citizens.

    This ranks us 14th.


    State 2015 Population No. of Institutions Per Capita
    West Virginia 1,844,128 99 5.3684
    Montant 1,032,949 54 5.2278
    Vermont 626,042 32 5.1115
    Alaska 738,432 35 4.7398
    Maine 1,329,328 60 4.5136
    Pennsylvania 12,802,503 544 4.2492
    Oklahoma 3,911,338 158 4.0395
    Missouri 6,083,672 242 3.9779
    North Dakota 756,927 30 3.9634
    South Dakota 858,469 33 3.8441
    Massachusetts 6,794,422 261 3.8414
    Kentucky 4,425,092 165 3.7287
    Louisiana 4,670,724 173 3.7039
    Arkansas 2,978,204 108 3.6263
    Nebraska 1,896,190 68 3.5861
    Rhode Island 1,056,298 37 3.5028
    Iowa 3,123,899 107 3.4252
    Kansas 2,911,641 99 3.4001
    Ohio 11,613,423 386 3.3237
    New Hampshire 1,330,608 43 3.2316
    New York 19,795,791 632 3.1926
    California 39,144,818 1246 3.1831
    Connecticut 3,590,886 114 3.1747
    Colorado 5,456,574 171 3.1338
    Oregon 4,028,977 125 3.1025
    Minnesota 5,489,594 169 3.0786
    Michigan 9,922,576 302 3.0436
    Illinois 12,859,995 391 3.0404
    Hawaii 1,431,603 43 3.0036
    New Mexico 2,085,109 61 2.9255
    Wyoming 586,107 17 2.9005
    Tennessee 6,600,299 191 2.8938
    Nevada 2,890,845 77 2.6636
    Alabama 4,858,979 129 2.6549
    Virginia 8,382,993 222 2.6482
    Indiana 6,619,680 175 2.6436
    Maryland 6,006,401 148 2.4640
    Delaware 945,934 23 2.4315
    New Jersey 8,958,013 207 2.3108
    Mississippi 2,992,333 69 2.3059
    Washington 7,170,351 164 2.2872
    Wisconsin 5,771,337 132 2.2872
    Arizona 6,828,065 155 2.2700
    Florida 20,271,272 439 2.1656
    Georgia 10,214,860 210 2.0558
    Utah 2,995,919 60 2.0027
    Idaho 1,654,930 33 1.9940
    South Carolina 4,896,146 97 1.9812
    North Carolina 10,042,802 188 1.8720
    Texas 27,469,114 506 1.8421


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    Re: Forbes rankings

    Unfortunately it is neither the per capita nor number of institutions that is problem. The problem is we have more public institutions than we are willing to fund at levels that are adequate for success. As a corollary we are also unwilling to allow the institutions to compete fairly in an open market for tuition dollars or to base state funding on verifiable output measures of success of graduates.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mad Italian View Post
    we are also unwilling to allow the institutions to compete fairly in an open market for tuition dollars or to base state funding on verifiable output measures of success of graduates.
    Great point. We've been promised funding based on results many times. Typical Louisiana politics. We are still on the same grade scale as nlulm and Grambling.

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    I thought the legislature just passed a measure (law?) that now allows individual universities to set their own tuition rates. But, our guvnar has "asked" schools not to raise tuition now due to TOPS being rolled back. (asked put in quotes, because he probably didn't really ask, but rather threatened them)

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    Re: Forbes rankings

    Tuition is on the November ballot as a constitutional amendment. It is one item to vote for.

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    Re: Forbes rankings

    Quote Originally Posted by Mad Italian View Post
    Tuition is on the November ballot as a constitutional amendment. It is one item to vote for.
    Yes, agreed!

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    Re: Forbes rankings

    Quote Originally Posted by dawg80 View Post
    LSU #171 Tech #392 in the nation. And, that is the best Louisiana can do? Anyone else thinking....hmmmmm, well, there are 50 states (or 57 states if you're obummer) and one would think....hope...that Louisiana would, by law of averages, kind of have a school in the top 50, or at least close to it. Being ranked like this, to me, is kind of like being the tallest dwarf in the room.

    Now, don't get your panties in a wad. I am always glad to see Tech ranked higher than other state schools, which really, is only telling us something we already knew: Tech is the best! But, looking at this from 30,000 feet shouldn't all Louisianians be concerned we aren't doing better in the national rankings? In the bigger picture this reflects poorly on the state.
    You omitted Tulane (No. 129).

    Most of the schools ranked ahead of Tech are small private schools most people have never heard of. When you compare Tech to our national research university peers, Tech is No. 161. Take out the private schools, and Tech ranks No. 122 among all public colleges. Tech is ranked No. 81 of all colleges in the South. That's all pretty good considering Tech doesn't have the resources of a state flagship university, and Louisiana has cut higher ed more than anybody.

    You should probably read about the rankings before drawing ridiculous conclusions.

    But NORTHWESTERN STATE IS #9 IN THE NATION, y'all!
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