Norman Stahl wrote:
>
> >Is Research I a major research university?
>
> A Research I school is always a Major Research University. It is likely
> that a Research II university is an MRU. It is always dicey when you get
> to the Doc I's and Doc II's as to how these are perceived.
>
> That's how it works in my mind.
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I recently heard the head of research at the Research II university in
my community explain Research I and II status in terms of federal
research grants secured; in other words, if you have a certain level of
federal research funding (maybe it's $100 million or more; I'm can't
remember the exact amount) then you are considered Research I; Research
II institutions have less $. The university in my community is striving
to increase research $ and thus become Level I. In doing this, they are
raising admissions standards and negotiating with the local community
college (where I work) to provide freshmen/sophomore level instruction;
in addition to the freshman/sophomore classes, I would assume that the
community college would also assume responsibility for remediation
(something for which our particular college has a good track record).
Gail Platt
