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    LaTech Gannett plays university value ratings game

    Gannett enters the university value game.
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    Starting salaries of Tulane grads not up there with either.
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    Re: Gannett plays university value ratings game



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    Re: Gannett plays university value ratings game

    What's the actual ROI though?

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    Re: Gannett plays university value ratings game

    Of course Gannet has to show LSU above Tech. Money Magazine has us the highest rated in the state.

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    Re: Gannett plays university value ratings game

    Quote Originally Posted by Houston Techsan View Post
    Of course Gannet has to show LSU above Tech. Money Magazine has us the highest rated in the state.
    Exactly!!

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    Re: Gannett plays university value ratings game

    Quote Originally Posted by Houston Techsan View Post
    Of course Gannet has to show LSU above Tech. Money Magazine has us the highest rated in the state.
    Gannet knows money. That's why they are so strong in the paper business.

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    Re: Gannett plays university value ratings game

    Quote Originally Posted by Houston Techsan View Post
    Of course Gannet has to show LSU above Tech. Money Magazine has us the highest rated in the state.
    I personally know the reporter who did the story. She has no bias for LSU or against Tech. She's a Northwestern State grad, and they're ranked ninth in her list. I thought the story was very favorable to Tech.
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    Re: Gannett plays university value ratings game

    Quote Originally Posted by theprofessor View Post
    I personally know the reporter who did the story. She has no bias for LSU or against Tech. She's a Northwestern State grad, and they're ranked ninth in her list. I thought the story was very favorable to Tech.
    SOMETHING caused her to place lsu at the top. She didn't let the actual numbers get in the way.

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    Re: Gannett plays university value ratings game

    I do believe they are using slightly different numbers than the other studies. Aren't we always at or near the top on mid-career salaries. Reading it, this looks like they were looking at starting salaries. Not sure if if that made a big difference, but could be part of it. This is still a positive.

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    Re: Gannett plays university value ratings game

    Quote Originally Posted by detltu View Post
    I do believe they are using slightly different numbers than the other studies. Aren't we always at or near the top on mid-career salaries. Reading it, this looks like they were looking at starting salaries. Not sure if if that made a big difference, but could be part of it. This is still a positive.
    As opposed to mid-career salaries? Maybe with starting salaries it's showing the preference for LSU/SEC alumni... but by mid-career the Tech values begin to show...

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    Re: Gannett plays university value ratings game

    Quote Originally Posted by maddawg View Post
    SOMETHING caused her to place lsu at the top. She didn't let the actual numbers get in the way.
    http://www.thetowntalk.com/story/new...alue/87964482/

    The second paragraph links to the study used as the source for the story. That's the something that caused her to place LSU at the top. She used their actual numbers in the story. The study ranks LSU #1 in the state and #109 nationally, while Tech ranks #2 in the state and #123 nationally. This study used starting salaries, tuition and student living costs as the basis for its ranking. We can disagree with the ranking and how it was derived. I think Tech is the best value in the state, and I'm sure you do, too. But this story wasn't biased against Tech any more than other stories that have been printed showing us ranked #1 are biased for Tech.
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    Re: Gannett plays university value ratings game

    Yes, but did TNS publish a story about Tech being ranked number 1 in another study?

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    Re: Gannett plays university value ratings game

    Quote Originally Posted by Houston Techsan View Post
    Yes, but did TNS publish a story about Tech being ranked number 1 in another study?
    These are two from last month from a quick Google search:

    http://www.thenewsstar.com/story/new...alue/86949736/

    http://www.thenewsstar.com/story/new...tion/86824596/

    So if Leigh's story is biased against Tech, those two stories are biased for Tech. This wasn't a News-Star story or a Times story. Leigh Guidry is Gannett Louisiana's statewide education reporter. She is a former colleague of mine at The Town Talk who did an excellent job covering local and higher education there.
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    Re: Gannett plays university value ratings game

    regardless - if we are #2 to LSU in everything and carve out our specialites, we are doing better than every other university not named Tulane in this state.

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