Quote Originally Posted by BeardoMSU View Post
Not great.
No, its not.

The worst thing about rankings like these is so much of it is beyond the control of the university.
We are forced to admit at lesser standards than a lot of our competition due to the Ayers case; the Legislature will never fund the school at a level that will make it competitive for salaries; as one of the poorest states, we will always have a high student debt load unless a robust lottery program funds tuition like our competition; without a funding cash cow like a medical school we will always rank lower than OM which hurts perception; etc etc.

However, that means we have to maximize the things within out control, and I don't know that we are.